Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/23/nasa-photographers-camera-co.html
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The camera gave its life for those pics, let us hope at least some of them are keepers.
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SCIENCE!!! What a wonderful thing.
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was it wired or put on cards
might be a new nasa business model
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I wonder if my old mostly metal A1 would have survived?
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Just remember to always install your memory card before leaving planet side:
https://petapixel.com/2018/05/18/this-astronaut-on-a-spacewalk-left-his-cameras-sd-card-at-home/
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What a hotshot!
(Rimshot!)
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That’ll buff out.
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Send it in for Canon Pro service!
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I’d like to read the insurance claim for this one.
(Let’s hope he didn’t fall for a no-pay-policy.)
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It died doing what it loved…
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I know Nikon has a couple, but does Canon have any models that are designated Astrophotography cameras? Because I bet you could argue that was within regular scope of use…
Can’t SpaceX hire some brush eating goats so their launches won’t start fires?
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I hope he kept the receipt.
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Still, the lens is probably five times the camera’s value here.
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