Wed, 09 Feb 2005
Four Billion Pixel Images
The Gigapixl Project is a fascinating look at high end photography, and what can be accomplished with old and new technologies when combined. While the camera which takes these gorgeous pictures is not digital (it uses negatives which measure 9 inches by 18 inches), the negatives are scanned immediately after the film has been developed. Once scanned, the film is archived in a temperature and humidity controlled environment, with all further work done using the digital scan.
To give you an idea of how large a four gigapixel image is, each uncompressed digital image requires approximately twenty-four (24) gigabytes of storage. If your computer monitor is set to a 1280 by 1024 display resolution, then you would need a grid of monitors seventy wide and 44 tall. Yowza! Take a look at the images up for display, and be amazed at the details!
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