Canon 1DsMKII can't touch this!!

[booggerg]

Try your best Canon.....
http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery.htm

[Tom W]

Nice images. Though side-by-side comparisons would make for a better challenge. :)

[Scottes]

How many frames per second can that thing do?
What about auto-white balance?
Can it do JPG?
How many pics fit on a 1-Gig CF card?
Where's the hotshoe?
:-)

[Moppie]

LOL!

What I want to know is does it have AI tracking?

I had a read of the site, its just a very large, large format film camera.
The digital side of things comes from the scanner technology being used to create the digital images from the film negative.

[Tom W]

where's the popup flash? :)

[Tom W]

And, does it do movies?

[Ajay213]

They are just scanning film, so it's not really a digital camera. But in either case I'm 99.99% sure the picture quality will absolutely blow away anything available in an SLR type camera picture for picture.

[Longwatcher]

Should I mention that I am not impressed by these small time efforts at image size and resolution. Only a gigapixel, no competition... 8)

On the other hand they can show the pictures they took.

[inside joke for those that know me]

[Moppie]

From: http://www.gigapxl.org/faqs.htm

What about "spy-satellite" cameras?The digital imaging systems in $200M-$1000M advanced imaging satellites are roughly comparable to the Gigapxl™ camera in resolution. However, they are far from commercially available, require the cold of space for low-noise operation, are about the size of a school bus, and, of course, are very expensive and often contain classified technologies. These cameras are also not optimized for normal color imaging. Such devices, even if made available by a friendly national power, could not be transported to the cities and photogenic sites of the earth as is required by the goals of the Gigapxl™ Project.


:D

[blinking8s]

I dont think it fits in my lowepro nature-trekker II

http://www.gigapxl.org/images/canyonlands480pointedaway.jpg

guess I'll have to hold out till I get a personal golf cart to lug it around in

[iwatkins]

Should I mention that I am not impressed by these small time efforts at image size and resolution. Only a gigapixel, no competition... 8)

On the other hand they can show the pictures they took.

[inside joke for those that know me]

I was kind of thinking the same thing. ;)

Ian

[Ajay213]

I dont think it fits in my lowepro nature-trekker II

Heheheh, the little black thing on the top of the camera is a 35mm film camera, kind of gives a nice point of reference.

[ShutteringFocus]

where's the popup flash? :)

Where's the popup flash on the Ds Mrk II? :-)

[tim]

I think someone needs to introduce them to noise reduction software.