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Photog Experts: 4 Gigapixel Camera

Yes, I said gigapixel, not megapixel. From the story:

"Weighing more than 100 pounds, Flint's camera captures images at 4 gigapixels -- a resolution high enough to photograph four football fields and capture every single blade of grass. When printed at maximum resolution, the images are as big as billboards, but render the finest detail."

"A photograph of a San Diego beach shows a paraglider swooping over bluffs. Zoom in on some tiny dots on the cliff, and a group of people with binoculars and telephoto lenses can be seen. Follow their gaze, and you'll see naked sunbathers on the beach."

Here's a link to the paraglider pic. This is damn funny. Even better -- it's not too far from where I live. Fantastic.

(Slightly OT, I know, but these gigapixel photos are simply amazing.)
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  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295
    What, you live close to Torrey Pines? Bet you didn't think a redneck from VA would know about that. image
  • What, you live close to Torrey Pines?

    A few minutes on the freeway. We're inland, not coastside.
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  • And my office is in this picture -- this is downtown, and I'm here most days.

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  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295
    And the closest freeway going inland from Torrey Pines would be 52.... image
  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 6,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks for sharing ... very interesting site / project !

    “We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”

    Todd - BHNC #242
  • And the closest freeway going inland from Torrey Pines would be 52....

    Ha! You rolling in my 'hood?
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  • That kicks much ass. The highest resolution digital camera I knew of before is the 320 megapixel camera used on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii...
  • I think my printer would have a buffer overflow if I tried to print one of those image
  • At 24 gigs for a raw 4gpxl image, yea, I'd have to agree.

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