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80 MegaPixel camera redux - I laugh at your puny resolution - SDGuy - 04-26-2012

Saw a blurb in the news today which reminded me of the 80 MegaPixel camera thread of a few days ago...

"April 24, 2012
Menlo Park, Calif. — A 3.2 billion-pixel digital camera...is now one step closer to reality. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera, which will capture the widest, fastest and deepest view of the night sky ever observed, has received “Critical Decision 1” approval by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to move into the next stage of the project. The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) will survey the entire visible sky every week..."


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Re: 80 MegaPixel camera redux - I laugh at your puny resolution - freeradical - 04-26-2012

How much is the insurance policy for that sensor. I'd hate to see it get dropped...


Re: 80 MegaPixel camera redux - I laugh at your puny resolution - testcase - 04-26-2012

I wonder if my Maybach rebate would over one? :biggrin:


Re: 80 MegaPixel camera redux - I laugh at your puny resolution - space-time - 04-26-2012

seems like a matrix of medium format sensors


Re: 80 MegaPixel camera redux - I laugh at your puny resolution - Buzz - 04-26-2012

under $200 in a few weeks on ebay...