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Gabbb on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

Gabbb — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:28:21 +0000

I can capture the sun and stars both on a d7000.

andrewz on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

andrewz — Sun, 20 May 2012 11:56:38 +0000

You could take 3 of these senors using red, green and blue filters and then combine the 3 b&w images to make a color image. That would be a big camera.

msmoto on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

msmoto — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:59:05 +0000

Well, some of us are suffering along with only 16Mp on FX.... :)

heartyfisher on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

heartyfisher — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:41:13 +0000

Did some simple calculations.. its of a similar density as a 10Mp Dx or a 22Mp FX...

Who wants such a low MP camera anyway !!

;-)

Man what an awesome B&W camera that would be !

donaldejose on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

donaldejose — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:13:48 +0000

yes and I am still waiting for my D800. Fortunately, I have too much to do right now to play with cameras anyway so I can wait and wait and wait.

msmoto on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

msmoto — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:51:06 +0000

donaldejose said:
Now we know why the D400 is delayed. They are going to put that sensor in it!

Ha, ha, ha..... I wanted to say "wrong thread", ha, ha, ha....

But, I believe we are both waiting for the D400, correct, donaldejose?

shawnino on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

shawnino — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:48:35 +0000

Cool.

Unlucky that while pros and serious hobbyists in other fields can get custom gear for $10K-$20K or less, photographers (and race car drivers) are looking at six figures (or more).

donaldejose on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

donaldejose — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:17:33 +0000

Now we know why the D400 is delayed. They are going to put that sensor in it!

bjrichus on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

bjrichus — Fri, 18 May 2012 08:15:06 +0000

Ah yes, **THE** sensor to go into the next Nikon pro body.

Delivery?

If you pre order now online and you'll get it whenever...

TaoTeJared on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

TaoTeJared — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:39:08 +0000

Geoff_K said:
I'd have to carry a nitrogen pack to keep it cooled and the sensor housing alone looks like it weighs 5 pounds.

Still uber cool, thanks for the heads up.

I'm guessing more like 25lbs. That is a big sucker.

TaoTeJared on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

TaoTeJared — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:38:27 +0000

You probably want to go to the link, read the article and watch the video. This is not intended for normal photography.

Geoff_K on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

Geoff_K — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:37:31 +0000

I'd have to carry a nitrogen pack to keep it cooled and the sensor housing alone looks like it weighs 5 pounds.

Still uber cool, thanks for the heads up.

MikeWhis on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

MikeWhis — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:45:00 +0000

Problem is, with such dynamic range, you'd have super low contrast, unless you display it on a super large dynamic range monitor.

TaoTeJared on "112 megapixel CCD! Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight"

TaoTeJared — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:30:39 +0000

http://gizmodo.com/5911315/this-amazing-camera-can-capture-both-the-sun-and-the-stars-in-broad-daylight

Excerpt:
This Amazing Camera Can Capture Both the Sun and the Stars In Broad Daylight
The world's most amazeballs digital photography company isn't Canon or Nikon. It's a tiny company in Tucson, Arizona: Spectral Instruments. They make the craziest digital cameras on the planet. This one has a dynamic range so incredibly big that it can photograph both the sun and the stars in broad daylight.
It's their 1110 series, a device with a 112 megapixel CCD, black and white, with no Bayer mask or filter of any type, "nothing to detract from the overall image sharpness." Their sensors are extremely light sensitive and can take exposures that last for hours without any noise at all. That's why you can do something like taking a picture of a starry sky in the middle of the day.

The sensor measures 95 x 95 millimeters. For comparison, a typical DSLR has a 24 x 36 mm millimeters sensor. A medium format camera, like a Hasselblad, uses a 48 x 36 millimeters sensor. It's a staggering difference, over five times the area. These things suck light like black holes.
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Now that is a camera!!