The latest Nikon equipment to be used in the Russian segment of the International Space Station
New orders received for Nikon D3S and D3X digital-SLR cameras as well as NIKKOR interchangeable lenses
June 14, 2010: Nikon Corporation (Michio Kariya, President) is pleased to announce that orders for one Nikon D3S and two Nikon D3X digital-SLR cameras, four interchangeable lenses including AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR, software and various accessories have been received from S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, the general contractor of the Russian Federal Space Agency on the program operating the International Space Station(ISS). This equipment will be transported to the ISS via the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft, to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on June 16, 2010.
No special improvements or modifications will be made to these products. They will be the same products available to consumers, confirming the incredible reliability of the D3S, D3X and NIKKOR lenses. The new equipment will be used along with Nikon SLR cameras, such as the Nikon F5 film-SLR camera and D2X digital-SLR camera and a variety of NIKKOR lenses already used with on-board activities of Russian cosmonauts working in the Russian segment of ISS.
Primary Nikon products in the current order
•D3X
•D3S
•AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8G ED VR
•AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4G ED VR
•SB-900
•AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III
•AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E II
•AF-S Teleconverter TC-14E II
•Capture NX2
•Camera Control Pro 2