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180mm f/2.8 lens

Unattributed · recorded in space 2008–2022 · 38,521 frames on 33 missions

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38,521
Frames in space
33
Missions
49
Camera bodies
Lens serials

Identification

These frames record only the lens's focal length and maximum aperture (180mm 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 Nikkor 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED245
AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF-ED (ground use only; no page)2

The 38,521 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 Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 IF-ED
  • AF Nikkor 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED
  • Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM

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 D2Xs S/N 60272644,119
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60267104,001
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272543,612
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272503,382
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272632,876
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272682,262
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272692,254
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60267052,236
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272442,183
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272671,971
Nikon D3S S/N 20079441,395
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027238742
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027261676
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027239667
Nikon D3S S/N 2007945626
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027265622
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027235524
Nikon D3S S/N 2008337508
Nikon D3S S/N 2007931461
Nikon D3S S/N 2007934447
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027248396
Nikon D4 S/N 2071133322
Nikon D3S S/N 2053892256
Nikon D3S S/N 2008336253
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027233244
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027237243
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027236233
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6020867233
Nikon D4 S/N 2071124208
Nikon D5 S/N 3502607144
Nikon D3S S/N 200793588
Nikon D3 S/N 205555277
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602726669
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602724945
Nikon D2Xs S/N 602723425
Nikon D5 S/N 350250823
Nikon D4 S/N 207114018
Nikon D5 S/N 350328116
Nikon D5 S/N 350255012
Nikon D5 S/N 350242311

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Missions

ISS030 (6,034), ISS022 (5,793), ISS031 (3,734), ISS023 (2,855), ISS034 (2,796), ISS028 (2,634), ISS021 (2,361), ISS020 (2,168), ISS035 (1,977), ISS029 (1,333), ISS038 (1,196), ISS037 (929), ISS036 (852), ISS033 (576), ISS026 (560), ISS047 (515), ISS032 (432), ISS024 (344), ISS039 (335), ISS025 (255), ISS017 (221), ISS067 (194), ISS018 (161), ISS027 (154), ISS019 (36), ISS063 (28), ISS049 (18), ISS048 (15), ISS040 (7), ISS045 (4) …