Comments on: NASA Upgrades to Nikon D3x but Fails to Teach Astronauts Photography Technique

By: Miserere

Miserere — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:30:04 +0000

Eric,

You’ve just won the 2011 Fox Mulder Award for this most excellent conspiracy theory

The US military has spy satellites in orbit that can take photos of much, much higher quality than even a Nikon D3x with a 600mm f/4 ever could take from the Space Station. Sad but true.

By: eric hirota

eric hirota — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:29:20 +0000

It’s great that Nikon has this contract with NASA, but am I the only one that thinks it’s a little bit sketchy that they’re bringing up loads of camera equipment onto a space station that’s supposed main purpose is for experiments. I mean, there’s already countless pictures from the ISS in low earth orbit, it’s not like we’re landing on mars for the first time. What I’m getting at is, I wonder if the real intention of all this camera equipment is for surveillance. I know there’s already a bunch of spy satellites in orbit to do this, but there’s always a transmission back to earth that’s capable of being intercepted. With the ISS, the images can simply be taken back down to earth with zero risk of being intercepted. What makes it worse is that Nikon has a contract with the Rososmos, and the ISS is pretty much theirs at the moment, since they’re the only ones capable of transporting ppl up. This picture says it all… astronaut ab workouts - the two on the right that appear to be very absorbed using the camera system are cosmonauts, and the astronaut innocently working out with an ab belt is on the left. Now if that doesn ‘t look bad, then idk what does…

By: Miserere

Miserere — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:40:56 +0000

That’s certainly a different take on it

By: alex-virt

alex-virt — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:26:48 +0000

I think it’s a pretty cool shot, but 1/30 was too fast. They could use more motion blur to make it more dynamic!

By: Miserere

Miserere — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:22:36 +0000

Oh yeah, it’s a nice pic, no doubt. I’m sure a D3 would be a better option, but Nikon has to do something with all those D3x’s that are just sitting there in warehouses because nobody’s buying them

By: Eolake Stobblehouse

Eolake Stobblehouse — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:27:12 +0000

Ah heck, still a nice photo, and the motion blur does give a pleasant impression of, well, motion.

Maybe a D3s would have come in handy, though. Patrick of NeutralDay says its 1600 ISO looks just like the 100 ISO, quite impressive.

By: Miserere

Miserere — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:07:07 +0000

Yes, he clearly broke one of the cardinal rules of Landscape Photography.

By: K. Praslowicz

K. Praslowicz — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 13:57:25 +0000

He should have tried harder to keep the horizon straight. No one will want to buy a print with such a crooked one.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:04:05 +0000

What–too lazy to zoom with his feet?

By: Miserere

Miserere — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:10:56 +0000

Yeah, let’s blame the shuttle!