The European Space Agency has just rolled out a new 1-billion pixel camera. Over the next five years, this camera will be mapping the entire Milky Way Galaxy in 3D.
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5.5 Terapixels, Huh?: Mis-Advertising Much
BREAKING NEWS! Chinese manufacturer Penchan has figured out how to make a cute little blue camera have 5.5 Terapixel resolution which equals about 5,500,000 megapixels. That makes this little camera thousands of times more sensitive than even the most high-tech cameras. How did they manage such a breakthrough? And why are there not more people talking about it? And we ...
Read More »Meet the 416 MP digital camera
The previously unknown to us company, BetterLight, has created a new monster in the digital photography world. A 416 MP camera. There’s no typo there. Allow us to write it out phonetically to be sure. Four-hundred and sixteen megapixels! For our needs this is about 410 megapixels too many. But for companies who create wall sized prints for ads, the ...
Read More »Review: Sharp 910SH phone with 5MP 3x optical zoom CCD camera and VGA screen
The Sharp 910SH houses 2 things that Nokia hasn’t managed yet, a VGA screen and a 5MP camera with 3x optical zoom. While we know for sure that the 910SH will not be released outside Japan, nor will it be able to roam (even on W-CDMA, yes), it is always good to see how claims translate to reality. Do we ...
Read More »Oversized Ricoh 500SE delivers GPS, so what?
This product is definately directed at a very niche market. The Ricoh 500SE camera looks a bit oversized, but there is a good reason why. It has a built in GPS chipset inside of its camera body. Also, the body is big because it has been made for rugged use. If you’ve ever dropped a camera and it went kaput, ...
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