A One Gigapixel Camera - How Good is the Picture?

Scientists have built a one-gigapixel camera that has more than 30 times the data collecting capacity of today's best consumer digital devices. Gautam Naik reports on digits. Photo: Duke University.


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[ikitt89]

i just love the poor quality of the webcam

[MrAntiFun]

Damn , i would love to watch a porn movie made using this Camera !.

[orangedac]

you mean like the Terminator T-800 model ?

[MesicProductions]

Imagine of the size was decreased so much, so that we could have eye implants of this into our eyes, Imagine the advantages

[dec2mclaren]

Why didn't he use it for the webcam of the interview?

[Fr0styNinja]

ironic, isn't it.

[pamperchu]

Film can do it better and cheaper at this resolution. 12"x12" black and white film can capture resolution as good as 2 gigapixels.

[deadspace2champion]

How much GB or TB would one picture be o_O

[wilmarth45]

When I have a gigapixel camera, I will take a picture of my backyard and edit the image to see every insects interaction with the natural world, be able to see a worm dig into the dirt for protection, see a baby bird clamoring out for its mother, see whispy dust blow against the grass tips. I WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

[ornitorrinco01]

This is an exciting advance. The first DSLR in 1991 had only 1.3 megapixels, cost $13,000 and was big and cumbersome, today a small point and shoot like the Sony RX-100 has 20 megapixels, a fast Carl Zeiss lens and can fit into my pocket for only $600. In 20 years it is possible that we will have gigapixel DSLRs coming to market.

[SuzukiGsxr7500]

1 Gigapixel camera, 0.3 Megapixel web camera.