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When 8 Megapixels Just Isn't Enough
squidfrog writes "AP has an interesting article on a half photochemical, half digital process to produce 2.6-gigabyte photographs at 'more than a thousand times the size and resolution of those generated by a typical digital camera for consumers.' 'A vacuum pump ensures that the film is flat to within one-thousandth of an inch, and a dual-mirror device keeps the film parallel to the lens. Sand bags strapped to the camera and tripod prevent the machine from shifting, and a reinforced aluminum cradle maintains the parts of the camera in perfect alignment.' The images are apparently higher resolution than can be reproduced on available printing technology (5' by 10'), but the designer hopes to use an 18' by 36' digital display wall to reproduce the images at their best possible resolution in the future. The camera has apparently only been utilized for landscape photography thus far."
Why go and spoil this ridiculous story by bringing FACTS into your comment? Anyone would think that glass plate, large format (ie 4"x 5" and above) photography with view cameras has been around since PHOTOGRAPHY WAS INVENTED!
I mean, this is one of the most profoundly ridiculous stories I've yet to see at Slashdot, and as you can imagine, that's up against some pretty stiff competition.
Incidentally, for anyone interested, both microfocusers and vacuum backs are perfectly normal studio equipment that can be purchased at any large format camera dealer, and there's plenty of high resolution film available from Fuji, Kodak, Agfa and Ilford.