Seitz launches 160MP camera - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 21st Jan 2008, 12:10

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01...160mp_camera/1

Seitz Phototechnik is now taking orders for its 160 megapixel digital camera, but you'd better start buttering your bank manager up: it's hardly a budget-range option.

rhuitron · 21st Jan 2008, 12:27

160 Mega Pixels of Picture.

making Pron From Great. To High Def Pron.

Anything better than That?.

antiHero · 21st Jan 2008, 12:27

I really wonder what the market is? Who the hell needs this?
I have a 7.1 mp casio exilim for taking snapshots and I only use 5mp of it. I know that there are semi professional photographers around here who need more res but I don't.
just my 2 cents

AlexB · 21st Jan 2008, 12:40

its not for taking snaps with though, is it guys, its for proper photography, weather thats from in planes or whatever.

samkiller42 · 21st Jan 2008, 13:06

Hum, could be tempting

Just worked out, you would need about 40 30" Widescreen monitors to view a pic at full size, so at Â£1000 each roughly, thats roughly Â£61,000 for the screens and camera, not including the machine to power that amount of screens, heh

Sam

P.S: it was rough calculation, so my maths maybe out a little.

mclean007 · 21st Jan 2008, 13:40

For mapping, geological surveying etc. this is perfect. You generally don't need high speed for that kind of work, but you do often need to capture a wide area that you can then zoom in to very high detail. For example, the planes that take the overhead shots used in Google Earth / Maps likely use something like this, as do satellites used for ground surveys. I'd imagine telescopes / microscopes are often fitted with ultra-high res sensors as well. For a snapshot of your nearest and dearest on holiday, 7-10MP as offered by current compact cameras is more than enough, and the limiting factor is generally to do with the lens and the quality of the sensor, rather than its resolution.

identikit · 21st Jan 2008, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclean007

For mapping, geological surveying etc. this is perfect. You generally don't need high speed for that kind of work, but you do often need to capture a wide area that you can then zoom in to very high detail. For example, the planes that take the overhead shots used in Google Earth / Maps likely use something like this, as do satellites used for ground surveys. I'd imagine telescopes / microscopes are often fitted with ultra-high res sensors as well. For a snapshot of your nearest and dearest on holiday, 7-10MP as offered by current compact cameras is more than enough, and the limiting factor is generally to do with the lens and the quality of the sensor, rather than its resolution.

But the exposure time for this camera is 1 second, far too slow for use in planes.

Bluephoenix · 21st Jan 2008, 14:59

not entirely true.

if you're at altitude in a slower plane, this would still allow for VERY precise imagery.

I fly for the CAP on weekends, and do some aerial photography for them.

also this is good for large-scale geological research.

if you have it mounted on a helicopter or on foot you can take very high resolution images for later study, and even use multiple images to create 3 dimensional meshes.

chicorasia · 21st Jan 2008, 15:31

All types of commercial photography: vehicles, consumer products, food, fashion, architecture... Not to mention scientific/forensic/artwork photography... Oh, and plate shots for movie special effects....

Though you'd need some really good lenses to make the best use of all that resolution.

You can also crop out most of the picture and use only the area nearest to the lenses center axis - where you'll have the least distortion...

Joeymac · 21st Jan 2008, 15:39

Paparazzi will be strapping a humongo lens' on one of these babies and taking pictures from the horizon as we speak... celebrities beware.

Jebus.exe · 21st Jan 2008, 16:03

and i thought the 8mp cam on my LG phone was good...

MrWillyWonka · 21st Jan 2008, 16:12

Meh, only 20 times better than my camera.

chrisb2e9 · 21st Jan 2008, 16:33

give it a year, that thing will be smaller than my watch.

sotu1 · 21st Jan 2008, 16:56

definately a science research camera. not much use other than that. good to see technology pushin the boundary tho. gonna need a monstrous hard drive to store all those holiday snaps tho!

Naked_Dave · 21st Jan 2008, 17:38

It's not that special compared to some scanning backs used on large format cameras. The sensor is smaller for a start.

outlawaol · 21st Jan 2008, 18:51

A one second exposer time? Thats basically useless.... And why would you need something with that kinda of resolution?

Sounds like a toy really...

Give me a Canon 5D anyday....

completemadness · 21st Jan 2008, 19:29

What market is this _actually_ aimed at?

proxess · 21st Jan 2008, 19:38

its obviously aimed for softcore porn... where everything is sloooooooooow~

Naked_Dave · 21st Jan 2008, 21:33

Scanning backs are usually used for copying existing artwork, or for fine art landscapes or still life. They've been around for a long time! The quality of the photos from this, essentially a large format camera, will make even the most expensive DSLRs look like cameraphones.

Amon · 22nd Jan 2008, 03:01

Someone needs to make a neckstrap for this...

21st Jan 2008, 12:10	#1
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mclean007 Officious Bystander Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nodnol Posts: 1,595	For mapping, geological surveying etc. this is perfect. You generally don't need high speed for that kind of work, but you do often need to capture a wide area that you can then zoom in to very high detail. For example, the planes that take the overhead shots used in Google Earth / Maps likely use something like this, as do satellites used for ground surveys. I'd imagine telescopes / microscopes are often fitted with ultra-high res sensors as well. For a snapshot of your nearest and dearest on holiday, 7-10MP as offered by current compact cameras is more than enough, and the limiting factor is generally to do with the lens and the quality of the sensor, rather than its resolution. __________________ Demand Naked DSL in the UK!

21st Jan 2008, 14:59	#8
Bluephoenix Spoon? What spoon? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 936	not entirely true. if you're at altitude in a slower plane, this would still allow for VERY precise imagery. I fly for the CAP on weekends, and do some aerial photography for them. also this is good for large-scale geological research. if you have it mounted on a helicopter or on foot you can take very high resolution images for later study, and even use multiple images to create 3 dimensional meshes.

21st Jan 2008, 15:31	#9
chicorasia Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 83	All types of commercial photography: vehicles, consumer products, food, fashion, architecture... Not to mention scientific/forensic/artwork photography... Oh, and plate shots for movie special effects.... Though you'd need some really good lenses to make the best use of all that resolution. You can also crop out most of the picture and use only the area nearest to the lenses center axis - where you'll have the least distortion... Last edited by chicorasia; 21st Jan 2008 at 15:37.

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Joeymac Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 221	Paparazzi will be strapping a humongo lens' on one of these babies and taking pictures from the horizon as we speak... celebrities beware.

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Naked_Dave Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bournemouth, England Posts: 593	It's not that special compared to some scanning backs used on large format cameras. The sensor is smaller for a start.

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Naked_Dave Supermodder Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bournemouth, England Posts: 593	Scanning backs are usually used for copying existing artwork, or for fine art landscapes or still life. They've been around for a long time! The quality of the photos from this, essentially a large format camera, will make even the most expensive DSLRs look like cameraphones.

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