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International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ( ...

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 The Nikon D1 is a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) made by Nikon Corporation introduced on June 15, 1999. It featured a 2.7-megapixel image sensor, 4.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting, and accepted the full range of Nikon F-mount l ...

*Nikon D2Xs *

Nikon D200 The Nikon D200 is a 10.2-megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera that falls between entry-level/midrange DSLR cameras such as the Nikon D40, Nikon D40x, and D80 and high-end models such as the Nikon D2Hs and D2Xs. It was released by the N ...

Nikon D3 The Nikon D3 is a 12.0-megapixel professional-grade full frame (35 mm) digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) announced by the Nikon Corporation on 23 August 2007 along with the Nikon D300 DX format camera. It was Nikon's first full-frame ...

Nikon D3X The Nikon D3X is a 24.4-megapixel professional-grade full-frame digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) announced by the Nikon Corporation on 1 December 2008. The D3X is the third camera in Nikon's line to offer a full-frame sensor, following ...

* Nikon D3S *

Nikon D4 The Nikon D4 is a 16.2-megapixel professional-grade full frame (35mm) digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR) announced by Nikon Corporation on 6 January 2012. It succeeds the Nikon D3S and introduces a number of improvements including a 16.2 ...

* Nikon D800E *

Nikon D5 The Nikon D5 is a full frame professional DSLR camera announced by Nikon Corporation on 6 January 2016 to succeed the D4S as its flagship DSLR. The D5 offers a number of improvements over its predecessor including a new image sensor, new image p ...

Sony α7S II The Sony α7S II (model ILCE-7SM2) is a 12.2-megapixel full-frame mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera made by Sony. It was publicly announced on at a press conference held at the International Broadcasting Convention, IBC 2015 exhibition in Am ...

, which captured the first commercial 4K video footage in space in 2016. Multi-function devices with a camera feature: *

iPhone 4 The iPhone 4 is a smartphone that was designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation of the iPhone lineup, succeeding the iPhone 3GS and preceding the 4S. Following a number of notable leaks, the iPhone 4 was first unvei ...

* HTC Nexus One *

iPad 2 The iPad 2 is a tablet designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. Compared to the first iPad, as the second model in the iPad line, it gained a faster dual core A5 processor, a lighter build structure, and was the first iPad to feature V ...

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 Raspberry Pi () is a series of small single-board computers (SBCs) developed in the United Kingdom by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in association with Broadcom. The Raspberry Pi project originally leaned towards the promotion of teaching basic ...

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 lenses for Nikon cameras such as the D4. This includes the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR, the Nikon 800mm f/5.6E FL ED VR, and the Nikon AF-S FX TC-14E III 1.4x

Teleconverter A teleconverter (sometimes called tele extender) is a secondary lens mounted between a camera and a photographic lens which enlarges the central part of an image obtained by the lens. For example, a 2× teleconverter for a 35 mm camera enl ...

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Gateway to Astronaut best of 2015 crew observations
International Space Station Cameras Personal cameras and photography in space

List of cameras on ISS

Camera equipment

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