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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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