People have been asking how we take all our pictures: we have lots of cameras on the International Space Station, and an awesome view. On the weekend, we use navigation software to know our position precisely, and look out of the window at the right time. You can predict passes over a specific location (say, Paris for example) and… hope the weather will be good: clouds mean no picture at all. Our still cameras are Nikon D4s, and we have a variety of lenses, from the 8mm – for inside small modules – to the 800mm with an x1.4 teleconverter, which is our largest zoom and my weapon of choice lately. We fly so fast that passes are short, and you have to compensate for the motion of the Space Station to get sharp shots. There is plenty of opportunity for being creative: timelapses, night photography, etc.
