Slow news day after the latest Nikon announcements - enjoy this story "NASA launches really nice Nikon DSLR camera strapped to rocket to gather photos of Sun": CAPE CANAVERAL—Expressing excitement about the collaborative mission with the European Space Agency, NASA officials announced Monday the successful launch of a really nice Nikon DSLR camera strapped to a rocket to gather photos of the sun. “Thus far, we’ve been limited in our ability to take images of the sun, but this baby is a top-of-the-line camera, which, according to a number of Amazon reviews, takes really great pics,” said NASA senior project manager Melissa Bolton, browsing through the high-quality images of trees and birds that her solar launch team had shot at a nearby park with the Nikon D810A. Via The Onion The post NASA launches really nice Nikon DSLR camera strapped to rocket to gather photos of Sun appeared first on Nikon Rumors. Related posts: New Nikon in space video, search NASA’s photo archive and more The Kodak Hawkeye II / Nikon F3 was one of the first electronic stills cameras used by NASA in space More on the white housing NASA uses on their Nikon cameras *UPDATED* ...
Published By: Nikonrumors - Thursday, 13 February, 2020