Just how many cameras does a person need?

[Zipperhead]

[Charlotte]

Yet another reason to be horibly jealous of Don Pettit and his crewmates.

I suppose they've been sending up the latest and greatest bit of Nikon gear on every resupply mission and a decade or so later, it's like Gray's of Westminster up there.

I wonder at what point they retire them?  They're not bits of kit that are ever likely to be important enough to make the cargo manifest for the ride back home, so what's going to happen all to the old gear?

Edit: this. 

[Kim]

Could at least bung an eyefi card in them and shove them out an airlock...   

[jogler]

it's n+1 rules innit

[AndyK]

I know where there are twelve really nice, mint condition Hasselblads, free to collect.

[AndyK]

Yet another reason to be horibly jealous of Don Pettit and his crewmates.

I suppose they've been sending up the latest and greatest bit of Nikon gear on every resupply mission and a decade or so later, it's like Gray's of Westminster up there.

I wonder at what point they retire them?  They're not bits of kit that are ever likely to be important enough to make the cargo manifest for the ride back home, so what's going to happen all to the old gear?

Edit: this. 

They are left to burn up on reentry. Even with the cost of the cameras it's a lot cheaper than flying them back.: http://www.slashgear.com/nikon-dslrs-allowed-to-burn-up-on-reentry-by-italian-astronaut-10158617/

[andyoxon]

Ten cameras with 'dedicated' lenses = clean sensors?  Mind you there probably isn't much dust around. 

[ed_o_brain]

That's a great PR shot for Nikon.

[Exit Stage Left]

I wonder what they used to take that picture?
The answer to the question is one more to take the picture.