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70 Megapixel Webcam

Posted by michael on from the pictures-of-a-fishtank dept.

Alien54 writes "Small swiss company RoundShot has released an interesting new item, the 360 internet Livecam. The Livecam is a digital 360 camera, capable of 70 megapixels. The Swiss company claims the Roundshot Livecam uses a high-resolution digicam designed for pro photography, as well as slit-scan technology, which apparently allows for 'seamless panoramas' of up to 360 degrees. The cam is also capable of a high zoom factor, zooming up to 20x. Apparently, the cam has 'far-reaching" applications, most importantly in tourism, weather stations, corporate websites, airports, sports clubs, construction sites and private residences.'"

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  1. Re:Wow... by FrYGuY101 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I fear that to be the next "Imagine a Beowulf cluster of THESE" meme...

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    - Seneca
  2. Technical Explanation by CyberBill · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just to let everyone know, what this little camera is, is a scanner on its side. Instead of moving a linear CCD sensor back and forth, this is just a linear sensor mounted around a servo. Really basic stuff here.

    As far as the lens goes, It may be possible that they are not even using one, by using the "pin-hole" technique, but I am not sure this would produce good optics.

    If we used the same description of megapixels for scanners, most scanners would be capable of a few tens of megapixels.

    -Bill

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    1. Re:Technical Explanation by Animats · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Yeah. It's a 2700 pixel line scanner on a mechanical scanner, and a rather slow one. It takes 20 seconds to do a scan. Sports photography? No way.

      I had something like this on my desk twenty years ago. It was the first commercial high-resolution scanning camera, made by Datacopy. Several thousand pixel line scanner, mirror driven by a stepping motor, a really good lens, and a big copy stand. B/W, no greyscale.