160 Megapixel Camera
January 17th, 2008
Seitz have produced a digital camera capable of taking 160mp shots. Unfortunately this camera will set you back $40,000 about £20,000.
- Create a high-resolution (160 million pixel) 6×17 digital scan in just one second
- Capture action thanks to a minimum exposure speed of 1/2000 sec. (per pixel) – images full of speed, motion and life!
- Benefit from an outstanding image quality in virtually all light situations:
- 16-bit per channel (48-bit RGB) colour depth
- anti-blooming
- low noise
- dynamic range of 1:2,600 (11 f-stops)
- Seitz image optimisation algorithms
Via Ubergizmo
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How about the size of the camera itself?
All I can say is Oh My God!
give it a couple years, nanotech will have these in our phones…
looks like a rocketlauncher scope on that thing … impressive
dude! f**k the camera! Does anybody else see this “Legend of Dragoon”? I haven’t seen an advert for a PS1 game since I was 15!! wtf??
WTF is the point??
how did he take the pictures
This article is mistaken. Seitz own site makes no claims of being able to freeze motion. 1/2000 sec per pixel means a minimum scan time of 10.6+ seconds. This might be able to take pictures of glass before it could deform over time, but can “freeze” little other motion.
My 4×5 will shoot a minimum of 1/500th total exposure and it will resolve 180mp.
Btw those hand holds are for precisely positioning the camera on a tripod–NOT for handheld shots. Unless you can hand hold a 10 second shot.
This technology is pointless, since it it meant for a studio and who in their right mind needs panoramic studio shots?
Do they have a pocket size version?
http://www.golfnorwich.com/
In a word, impractical.
The eye is incapable of viewing something with such a high resolution, it really is a pointless concept.
This technology’s target markets are the architectural and landscape photography fields, where a photographer needs every pixel s/he can get. It’s not designed for studio use, though I am certain it will find application across a variety of photographic practices. I’ve seen an 8′ x 3′ print from the Seitz file – the micro detail and dynamic range were superb.
So… who the hell wants a camera that use windows xp??