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Subject: Re: [Leica] The 1 Gigapixel camera
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 23:27:52 -0500
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thanks! they look great, awesome in the flesh I would imagine.

it would be a relatively simple matter to stitch them into a seamless 
image using panotools although that would change the images radically.

On Dec 2, 2003, at 10:03 PM, Leo W Wesson wrote:

> This reminds me of Balog's tree work. Don't know if you are familiar 
> with James Balog's tree composites, but some of them are much larger 
> than that.  Not quite the same, not seamless by any means. Really 
> great shots, I have seen one print (8 ft) and i was amazed.  I think 
> it was a 4 gig file.
>
> Go to his site and click on the tree link and look at Giant Sequoia.
>
> http://www.jamesbalog.com/
>
> Leo
>
> On Dec 2, 2003, at 7:25 PM, Johnny Deadman wrote:
>
>> Well, sort of. From the panotools mailing list via Slashdot.
>>
>>> http://slashdot.org/articles/03/12/02/2027207.shtml?tid=152&tid=185
>>
>> A 1 Gigapixel image stitched together from separate images taken with 
>> a standard digicam, probably the highest resolution digital image 
>> ever produced!
>>
>> I think Max Lyon's site has been taken down by the vast onslaught of 
>> interest in the image...
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In reply to: Message from Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com> ([Leica] The 1 Gigapixel camera)
Message from Leo W Wesson <lwwesson@pier1.com> (Re: [Leica] The 1 Gigapixel camera)