Jul 31 2012
Gigapixel Camera
Yes – you read the title correctly! A team of researchers from Duke University has built a gigapixel camera for the US Department of Defence. The approach it has taken is to create a curved sensor (probably best understood from the drawing below). I think that is very interesting!
Gigapixel Sensor (Copyright Digital Photography Review)
You can read about it, and see a sample photo, in One-shot gigapixel camera offers a future beyond flat sensors and Megapixel Camera? Try Gigapixel.
August 1st, 2012 at 00:42
It’s a lot of raw data, but I much prefer the direction that light field capture – like the Lytro “concept” camera – is taking photography.