He's done it again...

[shaloot]

<p>97K feet, for the 2nd time, with a different lens but same old trusty k10d! Howz that for environmental sealing??<br>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157611198154954/detail/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/arena5/sets/72157611198154954/detail/</a><br>

Congrats again Arena_5!</p>

 

[personalphotos]

<p>Awesome set of shots and everyone should visit the following links to get the background on the 2 flights.<br>

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/31970-pentax-k10d-space.html<br>

http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/43930-pentax-k10d-space-ii-2.html#post417759</p>

<p>Great stuff and that camera can take the cold no problem.</p><div></div>

[miserere_mei]

<p>My favourite:</p>

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<p>Check it out in the largest size!</p>

<p>Makes me wanna go out and buy the DA 10-17mm...and a baloon! LOL!</p>

[mountainvisions]

<p>Great shots, and the -60F temps, and 22mph crash landing are a real testament to the build of a $500 camera!!! <br /> <br /> I hope the Nikon people on the weather sealing thread don't read about this, they are still trying to figure out if they can shoot in the rain or not with $1500-4000 cameras, and spreading misinformation about the quality of Pentax (and olympus) sealing!</p>

[bueh]

<p>Awesome!</p>

[ian s. forsyth]

<p>I think Pentax should use this as a their next ad campaign, on second thought that would be a bad idea we don’t need Nikon and Canon to joining in the space race with Nasa, China and Pentax . </p>

[s_arena]

<p>Thanks all. Yes that same k10d has been on 3 flights now. ASTRO-9 and ASTRO-12 went to the edge of space and back again. ASTRO-10 suffered a cut-down malfunction and the flight ended prematurely. The payloads hit a paved surface hard, and the camera lens (Pentax 14mm) took a direct hit and broke. The k10d it was attached to survived just fine, and is the same one that took the pictures on ASTRO-12.</p>

[john carter]

<p>Marketing material for sure.</p>

[shaloot]

<p>dang, this story just gets better after reading about ASTRO-10! Now, what happened to number 11...?</p>

[s_arena]

<p>Thanks Somanna. We didn't fly the k10d on ASTRO-11. On that mission, we flew satellites made by freshmen in aerospace engineering. The satellites they built took atmospheric temperature and pressure data, as well as some low-quality pictures. They used a cheap $20 digital camera and made an electronic heater for them so they would keep working.</p>

[john carter]

<p>How did you maintain battery charge at -60 degrees F?</p>