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26 Gigapixel Photo Sets New World Record

Posted by timothy on from the stock-up-on-flash-memory dept.

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."

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  1. Woop de freakin do by GigaHurtsMyRobot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you can't take it all in at once, what's the big deal? Wouldn't Google earth have the largest 'photo' since it has an interactive view of the entire globe stitched together?

    1. Re:Woop de freakin do by Romancer · · Score: 5, Informative

      I second the motion to call shenanigans.
      This is not a gigapixel photo, this is a gigapixel collage.

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    2. Re:Woop de freakin do by David+Gould · · Score: 4, Funny

      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.

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  2. Slashdot effect by EEPROMS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    in 3...2..1

  3. lolcats by tholomyes · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and 20 minutes later, the world's largest lolcat was created. ("i can haz gigapixelz?")

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  4. Actual Largest Photo by OverlordQ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Legacy Project, they converted an old hanger into a pinhole camera.

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  5. Largest Image Sensor by HenryKoren · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Some related knowledge: The largest Image sensor (that I've heard of) is part of the "Large Synoptic Survey Telescope" in Chile and it weighs in at 3200 Megapixels

    http://www.megapixelmyth.com/?p=127

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  6. Re:Naked women by amicusNYCL · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not a naked woman, that's Waldo.

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  7. CSI style zoom!!! by syousef · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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    1. Re:CSI style zoom!!! by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now all we need are criminals who will stand still for 176 minutes so we can get a good shot of them.

  8. Re:Actual Picture? by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doesn't matter. They left the lenscap on.

  9. Re:Google Earth by Arthur+Grumbine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Read about CMOS Active Pixel Sensors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_pixel_sensor

    The size is dominated by the transistors, the photo-diode shares the same feature size are the transistors since it's manufactured under the same process.

    Moore's law applies.

    I have printed out that last post of mine and am chewing on the paper as I type this. Interesting to note, though, is these two articles discussing the upper limits of pixel count due to diffraction. Looks like we're not gonna see a 26 GP camera after all, even with Moore's Law applying.

    *chokes on mushy pulp*

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