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28-70mm f/2.8 lens

Unattributed · recorded in space 2008–2022 · 28,530 frames on 52 missions

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28,530
Frames in space
52
Missions
90
Camera bodies
Lens serials

Identification

These frames record only the lens's focal length and maximum aperture (28-70mm 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-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED2,137

The 28,624 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-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED
  • Sigma 28-70mm F2.8
  • Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 EX
  • Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 EX DG
  • Tokina AT-X 270 AF PRO II (AF 28-70mm f/2.6-2.8)
  • Tokina AT-X 287 AF (AF 28-70mm f/2.8)
  • Tokina AT-X 287 AF PRO SV (AF 28-70mm f/2.8)

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 60272393,071
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272442,292
Nikon D5 S/N 35025271,867
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60267051,688
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272641,583
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272631,521
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272661,464
Nikon D2Xs S/N 60272361,147
Nikon D3S S/N 2007945895
Nikon D3S S/N 2007935892
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027250854
Nikon D5 S/N 3502403828
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6026710660
Nikon D4 S/N 2071127628
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027235616
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027267554
Nikon D3S S/N 2007931538
Nikon D3S S/N 2008336513
Nikon D3S S/N 2007934494
Nikon D5 S/N 3502444491
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027233472
Nikon D5 S/N 3502363375
Nikon D4 S/N 2071133333
Nikon D5 S/N 3502423313
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027248295
Nikon D5 S/N 3502549295
Nikon D4 S/N 2071137241
Nikon D3S S/N 2008337237
Nikon D5 S/N 3502421229
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027268225
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027237217
Nikon D4 S/N 2071135195
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027269189
Nikon D4 S/N 2071129189
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027261182
Nikon D5 S/N 3502400168
Nikon D3S S/N 2053892149
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6020867139
Nikon D3 S/N 2055552138
Nikon D2Xs S/N 6027249131

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Missions

ISS030 (6,818), ISS031 (3,353), ISS022 (2,208), ISS067 (2,093), ISS027 (1,791), ISS028 (1,000), ISS021 (829), ISS040 (743), ISS059 (731), ISS042 (713), ISS038 (621), ISS065 (602), ISS054 (581), ISS026 (552), ISS020 (551), ISS029 (551), ISS033 (540), ISS017 (470), ISS052 (434), ISS066 (411), ISS047 (333), ISS058 (313), ISS023 (296), ISS025 (272), ISS039 (260), ISS018 (237), ISS032 (178), ISS044 (167), ISS024 (159), ISS041 (132) …