The International Space Station has a large number of cameras, lenses, and other photography equipment on board.
List of cameras on ISS
- Kodak 760C (e.g. Kodak DCS 760)
- Nikon D1
- Nikon D2Xs
- Nikon D200
- Nikon D3
- Nikon D3X
- Nikon D3S
- Nikon D4
- Nikon D800E
- Nikon D5 (since 2017)
- Sony α7S II, which captured the first commercial 4K video footage in space in 2016.
- Nikon Z 9 (since 2024)
Multi-function devices with a camera feature:
Installed hardware/experiments
- (no longer active) High Definition Earth-Viewing System (HDEV)
- 4:3 standard definition CCTV cameras
- EHDCA
- A Nikon D4 in special housing with motor controlled zoom from 28-300
- Two Raspberry Pi computers, one equipped with a standard camera and one with an infrared camera.
Camera equipment
Some of the modular lenses that are known to be used on the ISS include several Nikon F and 15 Nikon Z lenses, for cameras such as the D4 and Z9. This includes the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR, the Nikkor 600mm f/4G AF-S VR ED, the Nikon 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR, and the Nikon AF-S FX TC-14E III 1.4x Teleconverter.15 Nikon FTZ adapters are also used.
See also
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