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[WOW] The GigaPixl Camera

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by rockHEAD, Nov 14, 2004.

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  1. rockHEAD

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    #1 rockHEAD, Nov 14, 2004
  2. Preston27

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    That has to be an expensive project, wow.
     
    #2 Preston27, Nov 14, 2004
  3. Stack24

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    wow that is amazing
     
    #3 Stack24, Nov 14, 2004
  4. synergy

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    Wowza, and i thought my 6.1 MP was the bomb.
     
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  5. Dave2000

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    I would like to voulnteer in this project, but screw the nature pics, I am going in with the RPD pics.... :)
     
    #5 Dave2000, Nov 14, 2004
  6. KaiSeR SoZe

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    that picture with the pervets at Black's Beach is funny

    it's amazing how much detail the camera picks up
     
    #6 KaiSeR SoZe, Nov 14, 2004
  7. Kam

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    :eek:


    WOW!

    you can see their Pumas.
     
    #7 Kam, Nov 14, 2004
  8. m_cable

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    Damn, that is amazing.
     
    #8 m_cable, Nov 14, 2004
  9. Uprising

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    wow....just amazing.
     
    #9 Uprising, Nov 14, 2004
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    whats so amazing about this webstite???? i dont get it... :confused: :confused:
     
    #10 vaioavan63, Nov 14, 2004
  11. Stack24

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    It's the pictures the camera takes and the zoom capabilites of it.
     
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  12. Uprising

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    It's about the camera.

    Click on one of the photos to look at them.

    Then read the captions. They are cropped from the original photo. The fact that its so clear and you can see so much with great quality is whats amazing.
     
    #12 Uprising, Nov 14, 2004
  13. vaioavan63

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    oh yea ok i see. like on regular pics when u start zoomin in too much the picture be lookin too blurry and stuff right?
     
    #13 vaioavan63, Nov 14, 2004
  14. vaioavan63

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    how much yall think one of these camaras cost?
     
    #14 vaioavan63, Nov 14, 2004
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    "One meeeeeellion dollars"
    [​IMG]
     
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  16. rockbox

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    Actually the camera doesn't cost that much. It is a regular large format comara using kodak film. i imagine the camera setup cost less than 10 grand and most of that is the lense. What probably cost the most money is the scanning mechanism and the machine to process it. They are talking about multiple gigabyte files so you have to have a lot of ram.

    All these guys are doing is taking a picture with 9x18 inch film. So the negative is over 200 times as big as standard 35 mm and scanning it at 100 pixels per millimeter. The technology is in the scanning and film. The camera technology has been around for 100 years.
     
    #16 rockbox, Nov 14, 2004
  17. rockHEAD

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    #17 rockHEAD, Nov 17, 2004
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    Thank you, rockHEAD, for posting this. I'm sure I would have missed it. And I know it's been said several times already, but that's bloody AMAZING! :cool:
     
    #18 Deckard, Nov 17, 2004
  19. KaiSeR SoZe

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    you can see the license plates on some of the cars!
     
    #19 KaiSeR SoZe, Nov 17, 2004
  20. Preston27

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    Man, this could make for an amazing "Where's Waldo".
     
    #20 Preston27, Nov 17, 2004
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