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Annika1980 - 19 May 2008 19:42 GMT

Rusty will love this one....
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A device that lets a camera take pictures with 100 times the
resolution of the most advanced models on the market is poised to
revolutionise amateur photography.

The Gigapan allows people to take pictures which are more than a
gigapixel - or 1,000 megapixels - in size, effectively turning a
single photograph into a panoramic experience, around which the viewer
can navigate on a computer.

Yet the actual camera used is no more specialised than a regular
digital model.

The Gigapan uses a robot mounted on a tripod to command a normal
camera to take several hundred separate photographs of a single scene
- each at a slightly different angle.

Watch video as well.....

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article3938717.ece

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PixelPix - 20 May 2008 02:59 GMT

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The price sounds nice (compared to other motorised heads) but it will
be interesting to see if it has the balls to swing a 1DsII and
70-200/2.8 L IS around.... I have my doubts. lol

To be honest... it's not like it's hard to do it manually anyway and
going by the sound in that clip, manual may be a faster method anyway.

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^Tems^ - 20 May 2008 03:15 GMT

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But does it work in 100km/h winds

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Annika1980 - 20 May 2008 16:28 GMT

> But does it work in 100km/h winds?

Not only that, but you can strap it on a Segway and make seamless
stepped panoramas with it at the marina.

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Atheist Chaplain - 20 May 2008 14:12 GMT

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Nice toy :-)
I don't think I will need one just yet though :-)

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Colin_D - 21 May 2008 00:57 GMT

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With that thing plus a tripod, I wouldn't be going far off the road.
Too big and clumsy.

I reckon it's a have. It even seems to have a lever to press the
shutter button - don't they know you can fire the camera electronically?

Colin D.
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