Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapixel images at SLAC

Re:Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapi... by throwaway56034 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @04:55AM (#24459464)

The article has the answer to your question: There was no lens, just a pinhole. The lens and filter system gets integrated "over the next few months". They tested the sensor array, not the lens.

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Re:Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapi... by throwaway8451 on Sunday September 13, 2020 @08:37AM (#24460453)

Ha, that's how I tested a DSLR that I had repaired. There was no matching objective there, so I wrapped aluminium foil over the front and, using a needle, stabbed a tiny hole into it. The pinhole setup was good enough to test what I needed to test :D

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Re:Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapi... by cl3misch on Sunday September 13, 2020 @05:01AM (#24459486)

Funnily enough, the Airy discs from pinhole diffraction are perfectly resolved when zooming into the blurry romanesco.

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Re:Sensors of largest digital camera snap first 3,200-megapi... by ehsankia on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:55PM (#24464630)

I see, that's fair, though posting a big-zoom version is funny. I guess you can zoom in and see the dust particles.

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