Pixels - can you ever have too many?
Posted by: Roy T on 07 February 2005
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The gigapixel camera is very large format, using 9-inch-by-18-inch plates. It's the same format used in military spy planes like the U-2. In fact, Flint uses old spy plane film magazines. "It was surplused out, and I bought up most of them (about a dozen)," Flint said. Large rolls of Kodak film, used mostly for aerial photography and geological surveys, cost $1,200 each. The film is ultra-high-resolution -- 4,000 pixels per inch -- but on a square-inch basis, it costs less than 35mm, Flint said. He cuts the film himself and loads it onto the magazines.
The gigapixel camera is very large format, using 9-inch-by-18-inch plates. It's the same format used in military spy planes like the U-2. In fact, Flint uses old spy plane film magazines. "It was surplused out, and I bought up most of them (about a dozen)," Flint said. Large rolls of Kodak film, used mostly for aerial photography and geological surveys, cost $1,200 each. The film is ultra-high-resolution -- 4,000 pixels per inch -- but on a square-inch basis, it costs less than 35mm, Flint said. He cuts the film himself and loads it onto the magazines.