160 megapixel camera

arshlevon

over kill!!! 1 gig per photo!

http://www.roundshot.ch/xml_1/internet/de/application/d438/d925/f934.cfm

Neo_God

Good god!

That is huge and ugly!

ironbearxl

Damn, the flash could probably vaporize someone. Where's the wrist strap???

Fuse

you wear it around your neck like a clock silly ..

PfhorRunner

http://www.gigapxl.org/

pyromania

It doesn't even have onboard storage, you have to carry around a Mac Mini with it.

almighty_gir

lol, considdering that 6x4 photos are saturated at 4/5million, A4 size at 6/7million, and A3 at 8/10million pixels, i cant see any practical use for that many pixels in a camera.

i'll stick with my canon 400D thanks.

especially when you conidder, ease of use, functionality, and just generally, the fact i dont wanna carry a computer/camera.

PfhorRunner

Pardon me for pointing out, Almighty_Gir, there are other applications that you personally may not use this for, but others might. He wasn't trying to push this upon you, or sell you this product, merely pointing out that it was a neat gadget.

Its a pretty cool thing, and if you're a professional photographer, then I think it'd be of some real interest.

hyrumark

You could do high-res billboards with that thing.

Psyk0

I dunno if it's the same technology, but i've seen a PBS "tech documentary" about a prototype digicam and the results were mind blowing, details kept appearing each time they zoomed in. Yes i know that's what you'd expect but still, it was pretty cool! :P.

Illusions

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What if you want to print something at hires on this thing:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF25a/18972-236251-236266-12600-236266-431057.html

hawken

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from the FAQ:

Why quote 'pixels' when you use film?

Immediately after processing, each 9" x 18" exposure is digitally scanned then archived in a temperature and humidity controlled environment. All processing and printing are performed on the resulting one to four gigapixel digital scan. Therefore, the tangible output of the camera—and all that we ever see and work with—is a digital image at one to four billion pixels in size.

ebagg

It's like the bazooka of cameras! There should be a should stock so you can hold it like a rifle.

Creamy_Goodness

> Yeah, I could easily picture Flava Flav carrying around one of these.