Gigapixel...this is insane.

Castlesinthesky · 14th November 2004

http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery.htm

check it out.

chisiang · 14th November 2004

Wah lao eh!! We are only at 10 mega pixel. That's 100x the 10 mega pixel resolution!

But I think at 20 mega pixel it is more than enough liao as we found out through history that 35mm was more widely adopted than medium format because we do not need to print that big!

So what is the next step?

Heh heh... in Star Trek, the future of photography moves beyong 2D. It's called Holography. Pictures are taken in 3D and can be displayed in 3D either in your computer screen or can be replicated in the Holodeck whereby you can actually recreate the scene and move in it!!

Gosu_John · 14th November 2004

seow... madness man. that tripod looks like something u can kill with. not to mention that TV looking like camera.

XTRA LARGE FORMAT anyone? hurhur

Flyingpig · 14th November 2004

Huh?!Gigapixel?

reno77 · 14th November 2004

Here's a digital gigapixel panorama created by joining together 196 pics.

http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm

Hyperion188 · 14th November 2004

Really unimaginable. I wonder why cameras with more than 10 megapix are not becoming the norm, considering that we already have technology for 1000 megapix? Hmmm, imagine wad a macro with that cam can do, you can virtually see everything!!!

szekiat · 14th November 2004

seems like a super large format camera. With a good scanner.....

Witness · 14th November 2004

his image is madness...but i guess if i needed the res tt bad...i would prob take a max of 16...it should take me say.....2 hours at most ...heheh..

Ah_Seng · 14th November 2004

Yes...This is insane....infact,those peeping toms on the beach are insane!!!

Drudkh · 14th November 2004

very impressive project!

nickmak · 14th November 2004

Hey, good thing is, now you can put your photos on the sides of buildings and they will still be super sharp!

glennyong · 14th November 2004

whoa lao.. another one.. hahah holographs.. haha.. its either 2 much star wars or star trek.. hahahahahhaah

too much too much...

hahahahahha

maybe there can be a goggle for us to wear around ? like a computer ?? like those kids training to be jedis.. hahaha

Prismatic · 15th November 2004

Actually, 100+ pixels technology has been in existence for a few years liao. Just that the pixel sensors are place on composite chips and not on one big chips. Easier to produce and replace too. The sensors on the Hubble Telescope are built this way too, think I read somewhere...

stroma · 15th November 2004

Originally Posted by Castlesinthesky

http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery.htm

check it out.

A couple of years and there'll be the first gigapixel mobile phone cam ! ..... then 2 then 4 then 8 etc etc..... and people will still be taking crap photos

Wai · 15th November 2004

Originally Posted by Prismatic

Actually, 100+ pixels technology has been in existence for a few years liao. Just that the pixel sensors are place on composite chips and not on one big chips. Easier to produce and replace too. The sensors on the Hubble Telescope are built this way too, think I read somewhere...

http://hubblesite.org/reference_desk/glossary/hst.shtml

Quote:

The Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has four CCDs; each contains 640,000 pixels. The light collected by each pixel is translated into a number. These numbers (all 2,560,000 of them) are sent to ground-based computers, which convert them into an image.

That's about 2.5MP altogether

Xaler · 17th November 2004

Check this out.

2.5 GPix, took more than 5 days to put everything together!

An excerpt, "TNO developed a sophisticated approach to merge the many images - all 600 of them. The photos were taken automatically using a modern consumer camera and a powerful 400 mm lens. The camera was positioned automatically using a computer-controlled pan-tilt unit...."

14th November 2004	#1
Castlesinthesky Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Earth,Heaven and Beyond Posts: 789	Gigapixel...this is insane. http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery.htm check it out.

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chisiang Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bt Panjang Posts: 1,238	Wah lao eh!! We are only at 10 mega pixel. That's 100x the 10 mega pixel resolution! But I think at 20 mega pixel it is more than enough liao as we found out through history that 35mm was more widely adopted than medium format because we do not need to print that big! So what is the next step? Heh heh... in Star Trek, the future of photography moves beyong 2D. It's called Holography. Pictures are taken in 3D and can be displayed in 3D either in your computer screen or can be replicated in the Holodeck whereby you can actually recreate the scene and move in it!! __________________ [/spending][/BBB][/FUN]

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Gosu_John Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 499	seow... madness man. that tripod looks like something u can kill with. not to mention that TV looking like camera. XTRA LARGE FORMAT anyone? hurhur __________________ in praise of shadows

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Flyingpig Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SG Posts: 731	Huh?!Gigapixel? __________________ My Website

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Witness Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: www.maverickatwork.com Posts: 6,768	his image is madness...but i guess if i needed the res tt bad...i would prob take a max of 16...it should take me say.....2 hours at most ...heheh.. __________________ w maverick.photography b maverick.blogging

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reno77 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bedok Reservoir Posts: 881	Here's a digital gigapixel panorama created by joining together 196 pics. http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/gigapixel.htm

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Hyperion188 New Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 34	Really unimaginable. I wonder why cameras with more than 10 megapix are not becoming the norm, considering that we already have technology for 1000 megapix? Hmmm, imagine wad a macro with that cam can do, you can virtually see everything!!!

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szekiat Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London Posts: 2,378	seems like a super large format camera. With a good scanner.....

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Ah_Seng Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Land of the woods........ Posts: 1,306	Yes...This is insane....infact,those peeping toms on the beach are insane!!!

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Drudkh Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,019	very impressive project!

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nickmak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 2,366	Hey, good thing is, now you can put your photos on the sides of buildings and they will still be super sharp! __________________ *The equipment can only bring you so far - the rest of the photographic journey is done by you.*

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glennyong Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Location: ClubSNAP Posts: 5,552	whoa lao.. another one.. hahah holographs.. haha.. its either 2 much star wars or star trek.. hahahahahhaah too much too much... hahahahahha maybe there can be a goggle for us to wear around ? like a computer ?? like those kids training to be jedis.. hahaha __________________ blog. http://blog.touchstudios.com.sg

15th November 2004	#13
Prismatic Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: In the void. Posts: 1,215	Actually, 100+ pixels technology has been in existence for a few years liao. Just that the pixel sensors are place on composite chips and not on one big chips. Easier to produce and replace too. The sensors on the Hubble Telescope are built this way too, think I read somewhere...

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Xaler Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 241	Yet another gigapixel image Check this out. 2.5 GPix, took more than 5 days to put everything together! An excerpt, "TNO developed a sophisticated approach to merge the many images - all 600 of them. The photos were taken automatically using a modern consumer camera and a powerful 400 mm lens. The camera was positioned automatically using a computer-controlled pan-tilt unit...."