The Gigapxl Project is misleadingly named. They achieved 1000 megapixels a few years ago - now they're approaching 4000. Essentially, they wanted to see what they could do by using the largest format film available (9x18") with very high end lenses, and then scanning the resulting negative at the highest resolution technologically possible (working with Leica to produce a scanner capable of 5-micron resolution). The resulting images, if printed out at 300dpi, would be 10'x50', about the size of a billboard. They've got some incredible examples on the website showing just how much detail is available. And it's not for the military or for science or anything, just for the hell of it. Ruff ruff ruff[1].
[1] Well how would you spell it?
Posted by Jenn 4 hours, 59 minutes later
Well, Dan, you know Christmas is coming up... ;)
Posted by Dan 3 hours, 2 minutes later
Haha yeah, one thing I didn't see mentioned on the site was how much this has all cost him. I'm very curious to know :) I figure if I sell my Digital Rebel I can probably afford it.