Engineers build 50 gigapixel camera (Yes, you read that right)

Phys.Org ^ | 06-20-2012 | Provided by Duke University

[radioone]

Oh, great, just what we need are pics like this in Hi-def

[ADemocratNoMore]

Not to belittle such an accomplishment, but here's a link to a story about an image that weighs in at an approximate 10 gigapixels...

Daguerreotype View of Cincinnati, taken in September 1848

http://www.codex99.com/photography/5.html

Of course, it was only monochrome.

[nascarnation]

What would make you think I don’t look creepy?

[editor-surveyor]

Big bruddah will be picking out faces half a mile away now!

[NativeSon]

It’s a Borg Cube!!!

[Cyman]

BUT, will the camera fit on my phone.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So you’ve been to the Biloxi Wal-Mart?

[MHGinTN]

Utilize them to record every person entering a Mosque nt he USofA. ... Aren’t told how ‘religious’ the mooselimb murderers are?

[Charles Martel]

So you’ve been to the Biloxi Wal-Mart?

I'm laughing because I *have* been there. Nothing new under the sun, I'm afraid. When I was a kid, there were women in the Bay St. Louis Jitney Jungle that looked much the same.

[JimSEA]

One advantage to being older than dirt is that in a half hour I’ll have forgotten all about seeing your photos.

[Revolting cat!]

You still have to focus it!

[Red Badger]

.....and a brain to process all that information that is smaller than the eye of a needle and runs on practically no energy at all..................

[omega4412]

Check out the gigapxl project (www.gigapxl.org) for an approach using a custom-designed camera. A serious optics type rejecting the idea of splicing lots of images together in software.

More on the 1848 daguerrotypes of Cincinnati that ADemocratNoMore mentioned. Amazingly high resolution pictures from the olden days. Search Wired, “1848 Daguerrotypes Bring Middle America’s Past to Life”

[neverdem]

ScienceShot: Get Ready for Gigapixels

[rawcatslyentist]

That “camera” looks like it came from Hellraiser, and Doc could pass for a xenobyte with a little makeup.

[rmlew]

A 50Gb Tiff file? Finally a reason for two 6 core processors and 96 Gigs of ram. You’d need a 128gb PCIE-SSD for a scratch file.

[MaxMax]

Still to big to fit inside my skull. Keep working on it boys.

[1010RD]

I believe that Walmart is in Chicago.