26 Gigapixel photo sets new world's record

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Submission + - 26 Gigapixel photo sets new world's record (google.com) 2

Submitted by FrenchSilk on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @08:19PM

FrenchSilk writes: The largest gigapixel photograph ever created with a DSLR camera was made by A.F.B. Media GmbH in Dresden, Germany. 1655 images, each 21.6 megapixels in size, were taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 400 mm lens over a period of 176 minutes. The images were stitched on a 16 processor system with 48 G of main memory, taking 94 hours to create the final result. The interactive view can be found here: http://www.dresden-26-gigapixels.com/dresden26GP.

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