On 19 Oct 2010, at 23:55, Sacha Griffin wrote:
> Maybe so, but then you have to accept the fact that a normal gigapixel
> panoramic is going to be a heckuva lot sharper than a spherical gigapixel
> panorama, unless you wanna compare 6 cubefaces.
>
So, what does the projection, sharpness or content have to do with simple numbers ? Where not talking about anything other than the number of pixels that make up a gigapixel image. It amazes me that this can even be argued.
It's like saying my D700 isn?t really 12mp if I use a crappy non-sharp less but it might actually be 16mp if I use a super sharp Zeiss 85mm lens. Bonkers.
Matt
>
> How about instead of trying to create records, people create photos that
> people like viewing....
> Heck even 40mp will fill most of a wall...
> It'd be nice that people would stop wasting time stitching and try waking up
> earlier to catch the light or camp a scene out for whenever it comes and
> then stitch a moderately high resolution image that then makes magic or what
> some people call photography.
> If a gigapixel scene takes 45 minutes to shoot, you're trying to shoehorn in
> a whole slew of images that don't match in lighting.
> Now, until we have easy access to caves or imaxs for viewing full resolution
> photos, I might care a little more.
> I'm not even sure their projectors are up to the task.
>
> .end rant
>
> If a gigapixel photo was created in a forest and if no one cared was it
> really taken?
>
> s
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: #removed# [mailto:#removed#] On
> Behalf Of Matthew Rogers
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:27 PM
> To: #removed#
> Subject: Re: [PanoToolsNG] What's a Gigapixel?
>
> No it simply is not, a 6mp camera like the D70 has images which are 3000px x
> 2000px or 6 million pixels hence 6 megapixels. You can look at it anyway you
> want but a gigapixel image has to be 1,000,000,000 pixels regardless of the
> projection, crop etc. If the final image doesn't have a billion pixels then
> it aint a gigapixel image.
>
> I do love how panoramic photographers seem to be addicted to making things
> more convoluted and more difficult then necessary.
>
> Matt
>
>
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