Mercury Capsule, Space Center Houston

A Mercury project capsule on display at Space Center Houston, Texas. It's amazing to think that a human could shoehorn his way into this tiny capsule given all the switches and controls it also contains. It's even more amazing to me to wonder what all those switches and controls could be doing on such an apparently simple cone.

It was really dark in here! So dark, in fact, that the camera meter was essentially useless. For at least one shot, the exposure was indicated as longer than 30 seconds at f/2.8 and 3200ISO (even though the actual exposure was about 8 seconds at 800ISO and f/5.6). As a result, I pretty much winged it, taking test shots in manual until I found what seemed to be a reasonable center exposure then bracketing from there.

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Taken in: United States / Texas / Webster (show map)

Taken on: October 24, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/5.6, 8 sec, 34mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	34mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	-9/2 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.1 (Macintosh)
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