Guess the camera body?

Fenster · 03-03-2010 12:17pm #1

If the camera is what I think it is, it might work out as great advertising for the manufacturer:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg

PCPhoto · 03-03-2010 12:21pm

Fenster wrote: »

If the camera is what I think it is, it might work out as great advertising for NASA:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg

it doesnt look like any Canon lens I know ..... (cant see the camera - only the front element of the lens)

so...looks like Nikon have won the space race.

EDIT: Nikon Lens (from reversing the pic and reading the front)

EDIT: For once I like a picture with someone pointing the camera at themselves (so many of this style of photo on facebook - people are afraid to give their P&S to someone to do a pic)

Fajitas! · 03-03-2010 12:24pm

AFAIK, NASA do use Nikons. I'd assume it's the D3 if it was taken recently.

smelltheglove · 03-03-2010 12:26pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

AFAIK, NASA do use Nikons. I'd assume it's the D3 if it was taken recently.

And dont Nikon also do a variety of tools NASA may use too? I know my husband used Nikon tools in Intel labs.

pete4130 · 03-03-2010 12:27pm

http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2009/1221_NASA-D3S_01.htm

Fenster · 03-03-2010 12:30pm

EXIF tags in 'c27ca04479pola_0.jpg.jpg' ('Intel' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag                 |Value                                                     
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer        |NIKON CORPORATION                                         
Model               |NIKON D3                                                  
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Date and Time       |2010:02:19 09:59:23                                       
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Exposure Time       |1/400 sec.                                                
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Date and Time (origi|2010:02:19 05:49:44                                       
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Aperture            |5.31 EV (f/6.3)                                           
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MaxApertureValue    |4.30 EV (f/4.4)                                           
Metering Mode       |Pattern                                                   
Light Source        |0                                                         
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--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
EXIF data contains a thumbnail (6391 bytes).

Fajitas! · 03-03-2010 12:31pm

smelltheglove wrote: »

And dont Nikon also do a variety of tools NASA may use too? I know my husband used Nikon tools in Intel labs.

I heard they both use the biggest Canon's they can get their hands on...

Fajitas! · 03-03-2010 12:33pm

Fenster wrote: »

EXIF tags in 'c27ca04479pola_0.jpg.jpg' ('Intel' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag                 |Value                                                     
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Manufacturer        |NIKON CORPORATION                                         
Model               |NIKON D3                                                  
Orientation         |                                                          
x-Resolution        |0.03                                                      
y-Resolution        |0.03                                                      
Resolution Unit     |Inch                                                      
Software            |Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows                               
Date and Time       |2010:02:19 09:59:23                                       
Compression         |JPEG compression                                          
x-Resolution        |300.00                                                    
y-Resolution        |300.00                                                    
Resolution Unit     |Inch                                                      
Exposure Time       |1/400 sec.                                                
FNumber             |f/6.3                                                     
Exposure Program    |Aperture priority                                         
ISO Speed Ratings   |200                                                       
Exif Version        |Exif Version 2.21                                         
Date and Time (origi|2010:02:19 05:49:44                                       
Date and Time (digit|2010:02:19 05:49:44                                       
Shutter speed       |8.64 EV (APEX: 19, 1/399 sec.)                            
Aperture            |5.31 EV (f/6.3)                                           
Exposure Bias       |0.00 EV                                                   
MaxApertureValue    |4.30 EV (f/4.4)                                           
Metering Mode       |Pattern                                                   
Light Source        |0                                                         
Flash               |Flash did not fire.                                       
Focal Length        |80.0 mm                                                   
SubsecTime          |97                                                        
SubSecTimeOriginal  |97                                                        
SubSecTimeDigitized |97                                                        
Color Space         |sRGB                                                      
PixelXDimension     |4256                                                      
PixelYDimension     |2913                                                      
Sensing Method      |One-chip color area sensor                                
File Source         |DSC                                                       
Scene Type          |1                                                         
CFA Pattern         |8 bytes undefined data                                    
Custom Rendered     |Normal process                                            
Exposure Mode       |Auto exposure                                             
White Balance       |Auto white balance                                        
Digital Zoom Ratio  |1.00                                                      
Focal Length In 35mm|80                                                        
Scene Capture Type  |Standard                                                  
Gain Control        |Normal                                                    
Contrast            |Normal                                                    
Saturation          |Normal                                                    
Sharpness           |Normal                                                    
Subject Distance Ran|Unknown                                                   
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
EXIF data contains a thumbnail (6391 bytes).

Way too much time on your hands.

smelltheglove · 03-03-2010 12:37pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

I heard they both use the biggest Canon's they can get their hands on...

lo, I didnt mean that kind of lab, clean room labs where they wear things that look like space suits.

melekalikimaka · 03-03-2010 12:39pm

there was some nasa custom nikon kit on ebay recently for 20k i think, was a d200 with some casing and some lens with casing too, looks stupid, those gloves make it hard to select settings.

Fenster · 03-03-2010 12:42pm

Maybe he shot on full-auto?

Fajitas! · 03-03-2010 12:44pm

smelltheglove wrote: »

lo, I didnt mean that kind of lab, clean room labs where they wear things that look like space suits.

It's not a lab... it's a photocopier

Ghost Train · 03-03-2010 12:47pm

They used to use Hasselblad cameras, I wonder was it budget cuts that meant they had to switch to nikon

Fajitas! · 03-03-2010 12:49pm

I think it was just a matter of progression in technology and the fact that you were going to get more photos out of a 35mm camera over 120. And then there's the size/weight issue.

melekalikimaka · 03-03-2010 12:55pm

Fenster wrote: »

Maybe he shot on full-auto?

Exposure Program |Aperture priority

Fenster · 03-03-2010 1:40pm

Ghost Train wrote: »

They used to use Hasselblad cameras, I wonder was it budget cuts that meant they had to switch to nikon

It was a question of convenience more than anything else, I think. AFAIK Hasselblad still fly on the shuttle, although they've gone digital with those too.

EDIT: It doesn't fly on the shuttle, sorry. There's one Hasselblad on the ISS, but it seems to be a not-worth-mentioning kind of thing.

democrates · 03-03-2010 1:41pm

Looks like it's one of the D2X's delivered in 2008. The D3S order was only reported in Dec 2009, and the photos taken Jan 2010.

Here's another one taken in Jan with the same full resolution but D2X exif included:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ISS_Oleg_Kotov_Spacewalk_Jan10.jpg

Confused by that exif readout fenster for c27ca04479pola_0.jpg at 4256 x 2913, where the orginal is Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg at 4288 × 2849...

melekalikimaka · 03-03-2010 1:47pm

democrates wrote: »

Confused by that exif readout fenster for c27ca04479pola_0.jpg at 4256 x 2913, where the orginal is Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg at 4288 × 2849...

moonlanding a fake... now this!!!!!

Fenster · 03-03-2010 1:57pm

democrates wrote: »

Looks like it's one of the D2X's delivered in 2008. The D3S order was only reported in Dec 2009, and the photos taken Jan 2010.

Here's another one taken in Jan with the same full resolution but D2X exif included:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ISS_Oleg_Kotov_Spacewalk_Jan10.jpg

Confused by that exif readout fenster for c27ca04479pola_0.jpg at 4256 x 2913, where the orginal is Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg at 4288 × 2849...

I was using the EXIF from the first photo in this article. Dates from the last shuttle expedition (which was when the cupola was installed and the above spacewalk took place). I made some deductions because I know from the photo that the D3 was on the ISS in that time frame.

smelltheglove · 03-03-2010 2:14pm

Fajitas! wrote: »

It's not a lab... it's a photocopier

lol, photocopier / printer I thought you were referring to print lab.

I think I'm in dumb mode today since my printer is fighting with me too.:o

democrates · 03-03-2010 4:02pm

Fenster wrote: »

I was using the EXIF from the first photo in this article. Dates from the last shuttle expedition (which was when the cupola was installed and the above spacewalk took place). I made some deductions because I know from the photo that the D3 was on the ISS in that time frame.

In fairness I was left guessing by the wiki link too.

In any event solved, here's the original:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-22/html/iss022e025518.html

Nikon D2Xs.

For anyone interested, bottom of page http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expedition_22_Reflections.jpg shows an earlier version of the image was uploaded, being uncropped it retains the NASA identifier iss022e025518, google gets the page for the original with exif intact.

ColmDawson · 03-03-2010 4:24pm

Needs more PP.

democrates · 03-03-2010 4:29pm

+1 a 3d tone-mapped hdr would rock, it's too flat and hasn't enough colours.:D

Fenster · 03-03-2010 4:52pm

I wonder how well an R72 filter would work out...

Guess the camera body?

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