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26 Gigapixel Photo Sets New World Record
FrenchSilk writes "The largest gigapixel photograph ever created with a DSLR camera was made by A.F.B. Media GmbH in Dresden, Germany. 1655 images, each 21.6 megapixels in size, were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 400 mm lens over a period of 176 minutes. The images were stitched on a 16 processor system with 48GB of main memory, taking 94 hours to create the final result. The interactive view can be found here."
...and 20 minutes later, the world's largest lolcat was created. ("i can haz gigapixelz?")
When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? -C. Palahniuk
It looks 'shopped. You can tell by the pixels and I have seen quite a few 'shops in my day.
I'm still enjoying the phrase "largest gigapixel photograph". I'm not sure how it compares in size to all the regular gigapixel photographs. But no doubt it's much bigger than the smallest gigapixel photograph.
In other news, a ton of bricks actually does weigh more than a ton of feathers.
David Gould
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No, brace yourselves, this is the worlds BIGGEST GOATSE PRANK ! Do not be rick-rolled like those insensitive clods over in soviet russia. Or whatever.
AFB Media Exec: Hey IT guy, can our server handle the load if I post a 26 gigapixel image to slashdot?
IT Guy: Of course it can, we run BSD, which as you know, is not....
That's not a naked woman, that's Waldo.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
If you can't take it all in at once, what's the big deal?
Finally a photo that works like photos do on CSI when it comes to zoom!
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Doesn't matter. They left the lenscap on.
(you insensitive clods.)
Their they're doing there hair.
I couldn't find one person in a compromising position or act.
They messed up the stitching... that of someone invented a camouflage car.