717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch

Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by oofbey on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:24PM (#30066661)

What kind of camera was used to take this?

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by easytiger on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:28PM (#30066688)

97 rows × 87 cols (8 439) @Hasselblad H6D-400c MS images Size: 925 000 px × 775 000 px (717 GP) Res: 5 µm (5080 ppi)

It's a £43k camera on a huge automated gantry system controlled by python software

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by spoonjim on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:11AM (#30069059)

They didn't need such an expensive camera if they were going to do it this way. A Sony A7R would have produced an equal result.

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by zerd on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:14PM (#30076555)

The cost of the camera is a small drop in the bucket versus the rig and work gone into this.

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by baq on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:45AM (#30069669)

if you have a priceless work of art, cost is no object when scanning it

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by av3csr on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:28PM (#30066689)

They used a Hasselblad H6D mounted on a rig

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Re:717 Gigapixel Image of Rembrandt's Nightwatch by hackerlytest on Monday January 24, 2022 @08:29PM (#30066698)

Hasselblad

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