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“The Mars Science Laboratory (MSL, aka the Curiosity) has two mast cameras, as seen here. One has a fixed 34mm f/8 lens that covers a 15° field of view, covering 1200x1200 pixels on a 1600 by 1200 CCD. The other is a fixed 100mm f/10 lens, with a 5.1° field of view on an identical sensor. You can see some pre-launch images taken with them here.”
(via These Are The Cameras Currently Shooting On Mars | Popular Photography)
This thing takes low-qaulity photos but probably cost more than a whole fleet of hasselbalds with all the lenses.
Some gorram hipster somewhere looked at that and thought he could do better with film.