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Monday, May 9, 2011

What Does A $50,000 Digital Camera Look Like And What Can You Do With It?

Posted by Brad Wasson in "Digital Home Talk" @ 06:00 PM

http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/0...hase-one-iq180/

"Meet the IQ180, the new digital back from Phase One, a Danish company known for making high-end medium format camera systems for professional photographers. This most recent addition to the Phase One fleet boasts an 80-megapixel sensor, the highest resolution sensor the company has ever offered."

Forget for a moment "who" would buy one of these cameras (and there are people who will), but instead consider "what would you be able to do with it". This is a challenging question, given that it takes some reflection (no pun intended) to come up with a few good answers.

Wired had the undeniable pleasure of spending some time with this unique electronic instrument. They tested it for a week, and commented that "its virtually limitless utility makes it capable of handling almost any job". I'll let you ponder the question for a bit, but be aware of what you would be holding in your hands: an 80 megapixel sensor with a digital back that has a 3.2" touch screen input and information panel. Wired found the whole system straight forward and flexible to use, allowing them to concentrate on the actual photographic opportunity at hand. Battery life was an issue.

So, what would you do with this sort of camera? Imagine if the Paris 26 Gigapixels project had used this camera? What about doing some engineering inspections of dams and bridge structures? Imagine taking a photograph from the top of a football stadium and still being able to crop out a high-resolution image of a particular player. If you've got any great ideas for applications, post them in the forum by hitting the Discuss link. Meanwhile, hit the Read link to read more about Wired's experience.


Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Coming Soon: Consumer Digital Cameras at 42 FPS, Courtesy of Sony

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 09:30 AM

http://www.photographyblog.com/news...full_resolution

PhotographyBLOG is reporting that Sony has a nice new 1/2.3" sensor sporting 12 megapixels and allows 42 FPS at that resolution. Talk about high speed photography. I suspect this is more to enable the next generation of "Sweep Panorams" or some new 3D thing. Expect to see it in a new camera in end-2011, after PMA 2011.


Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Canon on Proof of Concept Roll: Now Showing Off Huge Sensor

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home News" @ 11:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/31/...-60fps-video-i/

"Canon Inc. announced today that it has successfully developed the world's largest CMOS image sensor, with a chip size measuring 202 x 205 mm. Because its expanded size enables greater light-gathering capability, the sensor is capable of capturing images in one one-hundredth the amount of light required by a professional-model digital SLR camera."

Well, looks like Canon is off on some showy announcements; in preparation for Photokina showcases, I guess. 20cm by 20cm is in the range of the large format territory: The 8 x 10 format in this case. 4 x 5 sheet film cameras are already big enough as it is (even a "small" Graflex Speed Graphic fully setup is still bigger than most DSLRs), so if a camera actually gets made from this, it is going to really big. I can hear the large format enthusiasts dreaming about what they can do with this though. Strangely Canon makes no mention of megapixels this time.


Canon's 120 Megapixel APS-H Sensor

Posted by Lee Yuan Sheng in "Digital Home News" @ 06:00 AM

http://www.photographyblog.com/news...non_cmos_sensor

Canon Inc. announced today that it has successfully developed an APS-H-size CMOS image sensor that delivers an image resolution of approximately 120 megapixels (13,280 x 9,184 pixels), the world’s highest level of resolution for its size.

Canon had a 50 megapixel sensor 3 years back that did not go anywhere, so this is more proof of concept, like what car manufacturers like to do. It's probably not going to be seen in any commercial product, and I doubt it will have any great high ISO or dynamic range capabilities, but it's a reminder that this is what sensors can go up to, if anyone really wanted it to go that far.


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