A big digital portrait camera

[Tin Can]

http://gizmodo.com/900-megapixel-por...raz-1545799593

[Leigh]

Hmmm... 600 individual photos. I wonder how long it takes to shoot those?

So we've advanced back to the late 19th Century... exposures several minutes long and subjects in head braces.

Or you could buy 600 Canon 5D Mark II cameras with lenses, and 600 remotes to trigger them.

- Leigh

[Tin Can]

Gotta be kinda ugly too. I don't need that sort of detail in a portrait.

Maybe they will soften the image or discover Petzvals...

LOL

Hmmm... 600 individual photos. I wonder how long it takes to shoot those?

So we've advanced back to the late 19th Century... exposures several minutes long and subjects in head braces.

- Leigh

[Leigh]

Maybe they will soften the image or discover Petzvals...

The mind boggles.

600 Petzval shots computer-edited into a high-res digital display.

- Leigh

[Tin Can]

Yep, sure glad I didn't fixate on that camera style.

I'll stick with film.

The mind boggles.

600 Petzval shots computer-edited into a high-res digital display.

- Leigh

[jcc]

Hmmm... 600 individual photos. I wonder how long it takes to shoot those?

So we've advanced back to the late 19th Century... exposures several minutes long and subjects in head braces.

Or you could buy 600 Canon 5D Mark II cameras with lenses, and 600 remotes to trigger them.

- Leigh

Hmmm... 600 you say... http://www.filmsnotdead.com/2014/01/...fferson-chang/

[David A. Goldfarb]

I saw something on this, and the detail shots didn't look particularly more detailed than an equivalent portion of a decent 8x10" transparency made with strobes and a not especially modern lens.

[jcc]

I saw something on this, and the detail shots didn't look particularly more detailed than an equivalent portion of a decent 8x10" transparency made with strobes and a not especially modern lens.

You're referring to this comparison? http://www.clarkvision.com/photoinfo...l.1/index.html

[David A. Goldfarb]

You're referring to this comparison? http://www.clarkvision.com/photoinfo...l.1/index.html

No, never seen that. Just looking at the detail shots from the "900 megapixel portrait" mentioned in the original post and what I've seen under the loupe in my own 8x10" portraits. The robot arm and 600-shot map seem like a gimmick to me, and a better result with no stitching-associated distortion could be achieved with an ordinary 8x10" camera in one shot.

[richardman]

Jefferson, your project is pretty awesome. Good luck!