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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/11/2006 09:11:27 PM · #1

Here is today's Hubble News item, release of a 1 billion pixel image of M42, the great nebula in Orion. Awesome stuff.

Curious

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

01/11/2006 09:12:38 PM · #2

Thanks for posting :)

01/11/2006 09:15:45 PM · #3

Well, OK, they count their pixels a little like Sigma. The full resolution image is 18000x18000, so about 324 million pixels, or 1 billion pixels if you include each discrete channel. Still an awesome image.

strangeghost

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/11/2006 09:18:27 PM · #4

I grabbed the 6000x6000 just to take a closer look. Sheesh, that's some camera they got there. Didn't even see any sensor dust.

strangeghost

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

01/11/2006 09:20:18 PM · #5

Anybody who thinks they have the gift of interpreting ghostly images in photos, grab a high res version of this shot and have a field day. I think I saw Jesus, Moses, John Lennon and Eric Clapton.

01/11/2006 09:21:23 PM · #6

Originally posted by strangeghost:

I grabbed the 6000x6000 just to take a closer look. Sheesh, that's some camera they got there. Didn't even see any sensor dust.

I'm currently trying to grab the full-res version, and getting about 200 kilobits/s on a 3 megabit connection, LOL. Guess it's a popular image!

Cam

Sony DSC-F717

01/11/2006 09:24:18 PM · #7

Makes awesome wallpaper.

Thanks for the link amazing stuff.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

01/11/2006 09:30:10 PM · #8

i'm getting under 6kb/s on 10mbit... :-/

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/11/2006 09:31:41 PM · #9

Originally posted by kyebosh:

i'm getting under 6kb/s on 10mbit... :-/

Quit hoggin' my bandwidth, LOL!

Edit: Ahh, done! I donate my 23K/s to you...

Message edited by author 2006-01-11 21:32:26.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

01/11/2006 09:38:17 PM · #10

Wow, pretty awesome picture. Apparently it's a combination of 520 photos - crazy stuff.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

01/11/2006 09:39:31 PM · #11

Good lord, I just opened the full res image up, it's simply too beautiful for words. The detail, even at 100% magnification, is incredible.
Hmmm, I could have this printed 5 feet square at 300 dpi, LOL.

justin_hewlett

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

01/11/2006 09:44:23 PM · #12

Originally posted by kirbic:

I could have this printed 5 feet square at 300 dpi, LOL.

Don't let your 5D hear that ;)

He might get jealous and think that his performance isn't up to par...

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

01/11/2006 09:46:18 PM · #13

yeah 18000 pixels on one side begs to be printed :-D

eschelar

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM

01/11/2006 09:50:53 PM · #14

Strangeghost, I wasn't aware that we had accurate photographic profiles of Jesus and Moses to see what they actually looked like...

Unless you have found a link that I don't have?

BTW. If they are running 3 colour channels per pixel, it really does contain as much information as an equialent 1 gigapixel camera when comparing to Canon or something.

It could just be run through the same kind of pixel interpolator that is used in that type of camera and come out nice and large. Need to do it with a RAW though.

Fun stuff. Why do those guys always get the fun toys to play with. I'd be willing to mount a 1 gigapixel camera to a 5 ton truck and drive around.... maybe...

Don't let your 5d get toooooo embarrassed though, this is actually a composite mosaic taken in 105 passes and using multiple camera types (presumably for different spectrums) to make it.

105 passes would likely make 105x12MP= 1.26 gigapixels from a 5D. Wouldn't be very fun stitching them together with the Canon stitch program though...

Message edited by author 2006-01-11 21:59:11.

kyebosh

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 80-200mm f/2.8L

01/11/2006 09:56:34 PM · #15

oh btw this resolution reminds me of the 32mb picture of hitler's army i have but that's only about 15000 x 3400 pixels.

Rando D300

01/11/2006 10:06:37 PM · #16

Any body see the Dinasour head far right of image half way down ?
Wicked shot !

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/11/2006 10:07:59 PM · #17

Originally posted by strangeghost:

Anybody who thinks they have the gift of interpreting ghostly images in photos, grab a high res version of this shot and have a field day. I think I saw Jesus, Moses, John Lennon and Eric Clapton.

I saw Elvis!!!

zxaar

01/11/2006 10:13:52 PM · #18

Originally posted by strangeghost:

I grabbed the 6000x6000 just to take a closer look. Sheesh, that's some camera they got there. Didn't even see any sensor dust.

Rando D300

01/11/2006 10:17:15 PM · #19

Originally posted by zxaar:

if there was any OOPS challenge in 1990s, NASA would have won it.
When they sent the hubble first pictures were all blurred, it was discovered that the lense just can not focus. Then after three years a repair mission went and repaired it. It was pretty interesting story.

Originally posted by strangeghost:
I grabbed the 6000x6000 just to take a closer look. Sheesh, that's some camera they got there. Didn't even see any sensor dust.

If I remember correctly ,they compared it to giving it a pair of glasses !
Edit typos

Message edited by author 2006-01-11 22:46:45.

zxaar

01/11/2006 10:34:07 PM · #20

actually they calibrated the lense by a calicbration machine (obviously), any way this calibration machine has a honeycomb structure on it, so the rays from this honeycomb sturcture sent to the lense for calibration.
The calibration process took months.
when they found the problem, to their luck, the calibration machine was not moved ( lense was made in early 80s and we are talking in early 90s now),
The honeybomb structure was made up of small elements of around 1 inch length. just 1 mm area equiv. paint or coat from one of these element came off. And this caused wrong callibration of the lense.

Originally posted by RANDOD300:

Originally posted by zxaar:
if there was any OOPS challenge in 1990s, NASA would have won it.
When they sent the hubble first pictures were all blurred, it was discovered that the lense just can not focus. Then after three years a repair mission went and repaired it. It was pretty interesting story.

Originally posted by strangeghost:
I grabbed the 6000x6000 just to take a closer look. Sheesh, that's some camera they got there. Didn't even see any sensor dust.

If I remember correctly ,they compared to it to giving it a pair of glasses !

strangeghost