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16mm f/2.8 lens

Unattributed · recorded in space 2009–2022 · 22,711 frames on 34 missions

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22,711
Frames in space
34
Missions
62
Camera bodies
Lens serials

Identification

These frames record only the lens's focal length and maximum aperture (16mm f/2.8), not its model, so the specific version cannot be determined from the photos alone.

Versions confirmed in other frames. Some frames recorded with these same specifications also carry a Nikon lens ID number that identifies the exact lens. Those frames are counted on that lens's own page:

Lens confirmed by lens IDFrames
AF Fisheye Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D282

The 22,722 frames on this page carry no lens ID, so their version is unknown. They should not be assumed to split in the same proportions.

Lenses in ExifTool's lens table with these specifications (candidates):

  • AF Fisheye Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D
  • Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/15 ZF.2
  • Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX Diagonal Fisheye

Candidate list from the ExifTool 13.59, lib/Image/ExifTool/Nikon.pm (%nikonLensIDs), github.com/exiftool/exiftool commit 2200871d9cef988051d2a99d67df3bda6cbb30a8, retrieved 2026-10-01. It covers lenses ExifTool knows, not every lens ever made.

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Lens serials identified

None of the frames assigned to this lens carry a lens serial number. Lens serials appear in metadata mainly for newer lenses reporting through Nikon Z bodies.

Frame list

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Cameras used with this lens

Camera bodyFrames
Nikon D5 S/N 35023335,210
Nikon D5 S/N 35023842,483
Nikon D5 S/N 35024002,307
Nikon D5 S/N 35023641,669
Nikon D5 S/N 35023981,666
Nikon D5 S/N 35024611,303
Nikon D5 S/N 35024031,265
Nikon D4 S/N 20711271,158
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6026705967
Nikon D4 S/N 2071123539
Nikon D5 S/N 3502401519
Nikon D5 S/N 3502516402
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027248295
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027269273
Nikon D4 S/N 2071130243
Nikon D5 S/N 3503270223
Nikon D5 S/N 3503283206
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027250195
Nikon D4 S/N 2071131180
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027263179
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027267170
Nikon D4 S/N 2071135161
Nikon D5 S/N 3502396130
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027254100
Nikon D3S S/N 200793597
Nikon D4 S/N 207113794
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602723884
Nikon D3S S/N 200793467
Nikon D5 S/N 350254964
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602723660
Nikon D5 S/N 350255058
Nikon D4 S/N 207112944
Nikon D5 S/N 350252442
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602723740
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602723932
Nikon D5 S/N 350244430
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602086729
Nikon D3S S/N 200833617
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602671014
Nikon D3S S/N 205389212

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Missions

ISS057 (5,857), ISS056 (3,738), ISS059 (2,850), ISS061 (2,004), ISS062 (1,483), ISS043 (1,069), ISS042 (1,053), ISS060 (812), ISS034 (671), ISS067 (436), ISS031 (416), ISS023 (298), ISS027 (281), ISS052 (257), ISS058 (241), ISS024 (224), ISS022 (194), ISS025 (183), ISS026 (160), ISS033 (112), ISS066 (80), ISS032 (60), ISS065 (47), ISS044 (44), ISS030 (38), ISS063 (36), ISS064 (36), ISS021 (13), ISS020 (7), ISS053 (6) …