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Kodak Unveils 50MP CCD Image Sensor
i4u writes in to let us know that Kodak has announced the world's first 50 million pixel CCD image sensor for professional photography (i.e., for medium-format cameras). Engineering-grade devices of the CCD, the KAF-50100, are currently available. Kodak plans to enter volume production in Q4 2008. "At 50 megapixels, the sensor captures digital images with unprecedented resolution and detail. For instance, with a 50 megapixel camera, in an aerial photo of a field 1.5 miles [about 2.5 km] across, you could detect an object about the size of a small notebook computer (1 foot by 1 foot)." Here's CNet's Crave blog with a few more technical details.
.... but, you could spot the pimple on the Pron star's ass from 1000 feet away without using a zoom lens.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
you assume you can only sample the sensor once.
Also look at aerial photos today. a 1m square area (when shot at 2.5km) is pretty easy to discern at least for the film-based technology I've seen.
I hope you didn't assume that they could read the keys on the laptop or something at that distance.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Pardon, Sir, but I'll have to wipe that stupid grin off your face. I have two words for you: Ron Jeremy
Sorry everybody.
The view was horrible and the smell was even worse; Julie severely regretted becoming a proctologist.