chris1234 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2005 they could be watching your every move right nowPhysicist Graham Flint is working on an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America -- a series of gigantic, gigapixel images taken with a custom camera made from bits and pieces of decommissioned Cold War hardware.check out the link, the photographs are amazinghttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harriko 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2005 wow! how much is that! i want one now! the image is soooo clear! take one picture of your neighbors window. hehehe. love pictures that are soo clear. makes it easier to edit and make it wounderful! hate usin webcams which are "rubbish" quality to edit with. in the end the picture come out to be about 200x200 pixels to be clear! with this camera it still be clear even for a billboard! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szupie 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2005 I think that camera is custom made, and only available to that maker himself. It might appear on the market in the future though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chris1234 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2005 i am guessing but he probably made it by simply sticking the digital sensors together and moved them further back makng a much larger patch (like the old box cameras).the clearness is all todo with the sensors large light gathering capabilities, and of course exposing correctly.chris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szupie 0 Report post Posted February 8, 2005 I don't really get this: what do old weapons have to do with camera stuff? How does it help it get better pictures? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EkkO 0 Report post Posted February 9, 2005 Wow, when i'm retired and have nothing else to do i'm gonna get me one of those. Hopefully i don't break my back carrying it around! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herbert1405241469 0 Report post Posted February 10, 2005 wow! how much is that! i want one now! the image is soooo clear! take one picture of your neighbors window. hehehe. love pictures that are soo clear. makes it easier to edit and make it wounderful! hate usin webcams which are "rubbish" quality to edit with. in the end the picture come out to be about 200x200 pixels to be clear! with this camera it still be clear even for a billboard! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unfortunately, all my neighbors are senior citizens  Let's hope they make video cameras at an equal quality (with decent compression!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lasto i glemyr 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2005 I wasn't aware that they had decommissioned enough old Cold War hardware to make a camera like that, knowing the CIA and all those Echelon theories. Anyway, that kind of resolution is ridiculous. If typical image files ever get to be that resolution, they'd have to invent some better method of compression. Anyone with a dial-up connection would be screwed if they didn't... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
almoo7 0 Report post Posted February 18, 2005 Oh man, if only money wasn't involved in everyday life. That cam is a must have for photo enthusiasts like me. If they mass produced it, someone/some company will definitely buy it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firedoor 0 Report post Posted February 19, 2005 if i had one of those i could do away with the scanner, and every other piece of photo equipment in my house simple becuase i'd be ashmed of them. But the question is how fast is it? (i didn't fully read the article so i'm a dumbass if it's on there) does it take a while to capture the image? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy chan 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2005 this is soooo crazy.....our cameras now are not even half the pixels of that photographers pixels....crazy enuff..... y would some one buy such high quality pics? dont tell me u are going to print photos as big as billboards? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
backflipkid 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2005 i know that is pretty amazing but i wonder how many pixels are in the cameras in the satelites up in space...i saw on tv that nowadays satelites can take pictures that can zoom in to read newspaper on someones front doorstep...now thats what i call crazy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iGuest 3 Report post Posted July 23, 2008 Replying to szupieThe cold war hardware is more than likely the old spy cameras they used to use on the U2s. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doddysal 0 Report post Posted May 7, 2009 they could be watching your every move right nowPhysicist Graham Flint is working on an ultra-high-resolution portrait of America -- a series of gigantic, gigapixel images taken with a custom camera made from bits and pieces of decommissioned Cold War hardware.check out the link, the photographs are amazinghttp://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/chris hii i want to ask u please help me how can i get a free hosting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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