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

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

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

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

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  5. 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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