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Thu, Jun 21 2012, 11:20PM
bigboss
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Looks like we'll soon be talking about camera resolution in gigapixels.  Smile

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http://www.stuff.tv/news/cameras/news-nugget/aware2-–-the-50-gigapixel-digital-camera

 

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Thu, Jun 21 2012, 11:36PM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

When i first saw that image i thought it was a psu.

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Thu, Jun 21 2012, 11:42PM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

God only knows what size SD card you'll need!! Exclamation Mark

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Thu, Jun 21 2012, 11:46PM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

I hope it's better than the images from this thread. Wink

 

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Fri, Jun 22 2012, 3:32AM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

Bloomin' hope not, my 4mp compact takes better pics than most of today's high pixel-count efforts.

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Fri, Jun 22 2012, 6:27AM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

grdunn123 wrote:

God only knows what size SD card you'll need!! Exclamation Mark

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Fri, Jun 22 2012, 7:37AM
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RE: 50 gigapixel camera anyone?

grdunn123 wrote:

God only knows what size SD card you'll need!! Exclamation Mark

By that time, we'll probably have SD (or smaller) cards with storage in terabytes or more. Or.....the photo will automatically get stored in the cloud.

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