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What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:25:10 -0700, wrote:
: What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
: the NGS' photographers?
: Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
: Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
: Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
: satellites?
: Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
: come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
: Just curious.

Sounds like a Google project to me. Why don't you research the questions there
and let us know what you find?

On Aug 6, 10:25 am, wrote:

What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?

the ones that take photos

Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?

and Nikon. This is promising:
http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/

Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?

apparently, yes.

Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?

wouldn't have a clue, sorry.
does Kodak still make lenses?

Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?

Dunno. More than likely made in Japan.

Just curious.

Me 2.

NGS photographers own their own gear, and some like Nikon, others like
Canon. Generally, Canon has a greater share of the market. However, there
are situations that call of larger format. Depends upon the subject and the
photographer.

Won't even try to answer the other questions.

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What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

wrote in message
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What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

As far as NGS, I believe it is the photographer's choice of his own
equipment. Some still choose to use film.

I wonder if NGS allowed lower res cameras early on, in the 3-5mp range like
the Canon D30 and some early Nikons.
John

wrote:
What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

I know that the UK military uses mostly Zeiss lenses for its aeriel
recconnaissance and survey imagery, although they also use Vinten equipment
too.
Seriously large format stuff producing 9x9 inch negatives.

On Aug 6, 9:53 pm, Gordon Freeman wrote:


Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?

and Nikon. This is promising:
http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/

Interesting resource. You can even see the studio lights in some of the
Hasselblad shots of the lunar surface.

In this one, the back wall of the studio is visible:http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ap.../?AS12-46-6868

is that from the same source? I don't think so.

JohnR66 wrote:
wrote in message
ups.com...
What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

As far as NGS, I believe it is the photographer's choice of his own
equipment. Some still choose to use film.

I wonder if NGS allowed lower res cameras early on, in the 3-5mp range like
the Canon D30 and some early Nikons.
John

IIRC the first "all digital" article published by NG was shot using a
Nikon D1x and D100 (5.5 and 6mp) cameras. It was an article on war
planes, I think photographed by Joe McNally:
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/...re1/index.html
If you search the NG website, you can easily find links like this:
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n.../gallery1.html
Which may dispel some of the myth around equipment that pros use, and
about use of digital cameras in publications.

On Aug 6, 7:53 am, Gordon Freeman wrote:
Noons wrote:
On Aug 6, 10:25 am, wrote:

Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?

and Nikon. This is promising:
http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/

Interesting resource. You can even see the studio lights in some of the
Hasselblad shots of the lunar surface.

In this one, the back wall of the studio is visible:http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/ap.../?AS12-46-6868

F----- kook.

Fat Sam wrote:
wrote:
What brand is the camera of choice which are selected among most of
the NGS' photographers?
Did the NASA's Apollo mission on the moon use the Hasselblad brand?
Was NASA recently shipped Nikon cameras for the ISS ?
Does Kodak play a big role in the supplies of lenses for earth mapping
satellites?
Where did the lenses which were installed for the Hubble telescope
come from? Were they German or Japanese lenses?
Just curious.

I know that the UK military uses mostly Zeiss lenses for its aeriel
recconnaissance and survey imagery, although they also use Vinten equipment
too.
Seriously large format stuff producing 9x9 inch negatives.


That lens in the hubble won't look much like the one in your camera
although I suppose you could design a camera to use a mirror!!
Dave Cohen