Monsterpictures: 4GigaPixel

[Zammy-Sam]

Just read about the GigaPxl Project and thought it might interest some of the ppl here.

Defining the upper limits of large-format photography, digital scanning and image processing, custom-built Gigapxl™ cameras capture images with unprecedented resolution.

It would take a video wall of 10,000 television screens or 600 prints from a professional digital SLR camera to capture as much information as that contained in a single Gigapxl™ exposure.

The Project's near-term goal is to compile a coast-to-coast Portrait of America; photographing her cities, parks and monuments in exquisite detail.

A longer term goal is to create for future generations a world-wide archive of vanishing cultural and archaeological sites.

[chels]

http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite966.html click on the picture in that link, it lets you actually zoom in on the picture. Its absolutly incredible, and a little scary... better close the blinds