NASA is often at the forefront of the latest technology – but that doesn’t mean everything astronauts use in space is the latest tech. During a podcast, astronaut and photographer Don Pettit listed an unusual piece of equipment he uses along with a flagship mirrorless camera: an iconic but retro lens popular in the 1980s.
Pettit and fellow astronaut and photographer Matthew Dominick discussed using the Nikon Z9 aboard the International Space Station during a recent Houston We Have a Podcast episode. But when asked what their favorite gear was, it wasn’t the flagship mirrorless camera but rather fast lenses that took center stage in the discussion.
