The 160MP Digital Camera

How many megapixels does your digital camera have – 4, 6 perhaps even 10? In comparison with the Seitz 6×17 Panorama Camera’s 160MP device, frankly, your digital images are likely to pale into insignificance.

To put that into stark perspective, we are talking about a camera that can produce images with a resolution of 7,500 pixels vertically and 21,250 pixels horizontally with a single image’s file size sitting at a truly massive 922MB. But it’s not exactly a camera you can slip into your pocket, as one might expect.

Everything about this camera is truly epic. Even the touch screen interface on the back boasts a resolution of 640v480 pixels which can even be unhooked from the camera’s main body to allow the camera to be operated remotely. And, with each image taking up 922MB of memory you’ll be glad to know that this is one item that doesn’t come bundled with a next to useless 16MB SD Card. Indeed, the storage device for this camera comes as its own “back-pack” package with the data being transferred from the imaging device to the storage unit via a gigabit Ethernet connection.

Try slipping this camera into your back pocket
and you’ll never walk again.

Here is the all impressive spec sheet:

• Size of 6×17 image: 7,500 x 21,250 pixels (60mm x 170mm)
• Total resolution: 160 million pixels
• File sizes: raw (16-bit): 307 MB, uncompressed tiff (48-bit): 922 MB
• File format: raw (16-bit), tiff (48-bit), jpg (24-bit), bmp
• Time to capture full 6×17 panorama: ˜1 sec. at full speed/resolution
• Exposure range: from 1/20′000 sec
• Camera Dimensions (without lens): width: 495mm, height: 175mm, depth: 95mm
• Camera Weight (without lens): 2.8 kg
• Storage device: Portable Mac Mini 1.66Hz Intel Core Duo (2 MB Cache, 2 GB RAM, Mac OS X, Windows XP) Portable industrial PCs on request
• Power supply (camera, storage device): 12V 9.0A NiMh battery

The camera’s 640×480 detachable touchscreen
and the storage device (with Ethernet connection).

I have tried to establish a price for this remarkable device but all I can find is a contact email link where inquiries should be sent, but I strongly suspect that if you have to even ask you probably can’t afford it.

For more information concerning this truly magnificent digital imaging device, as well as a selection of beautiful panoramic photography, you can visit the product’s website via this direct link.

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