What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

aram wrote: post #3

This is completely crazy; all these giga-pixel panoramas stun me with the level of details. Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras? How much time do they actually need to capture photos with such quality?

> Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras?

Read the link. It's a stitched panorama taken with a robot camera controller.

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by archivator » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:32 AM UTC

aram wrote: post #3

This is completely crazy; all these giga-pixel panoramas stun me with the level of details. Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras? How much time do they actually need to capture photos with such quality?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5258896 is a comment from the creator of the BT London panorama.

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by panic » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:34 AM UTC

This is a very sad-looking man: http://360gigapixels.com/tokyo-tower-panorama-photo/?v=-82.7...

Or maybe he's just sneezing?

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:36 AM UTC

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Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by aram » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:39 AM UTC

kalleboo wrote: post #5

aram wrote: post #3

This is completely crazy; all these giga-pixel panoramas stun me with the level of details. Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras? How much time do they actually need to capture photos with such quality?

> Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras? Read the link. It's a stitched panorama taken with a robot camera controller.

Hahaha - thanks! I skipped the quotes automatically while skimming through the article; it's funny how we subconsciously "parse" every online page

Re: What a 600,000-megapixel-wide picture looks like

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Post by aram » Sat, Aug 03, 2013, 9:40 AM UTC

archivator wrote: post #6

aram wrote: post #3

This is completely crazy; all these giga-pixel panoramas stun me with the level of details. Does anyone know any details about taking shots with such cameras? How much time do they actually need to capture photos with such quality?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5258896 is a comment from the creator of the BT London panorama.

Thanks for the link