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Verse914
02-11-2005, 7:28 AM
Check this out. Its a pretty cool article with some sample images. It can shoot 4 football fields and capture every blade of grass :)

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66498,00.html

heres a pic of one of his 3 gigapixel cameras...
http://a1112.g.akamai.net/7/1112/492/2002091467/www.wired.com/news/images/full/2004-07-13_1920-45_f.jpg

benny
02-11-2005, 8:07 AM
WOW!!!! gigapixels!!! WOW!!!

Cheers,

JerseyJay
02-12-2005, 7:32 PM
Wow.

At this rate, soon we are going to buy 14MP DSLR cameras for 500$

Tony7683
02-12-2005, 11:06 PM
Haha, thats funny, the fact that he has components in his camera that most likely still exist on the planes I work with on a constant basis........

But seriously, how long do you think a week's worth of pictures would take on firewire with that thing :)?

Tony

hir0
02-13-2005, 9:07 AM
that's insane. too bad i don't think that will fit in my camera bag.