An insane time lapse - each still frame is 80 Megapixels!
Vimeo: "10328x7760 - A 10K Timelapse Demo" is a video I put together showcasing the extreme resolution of the PhaseOne IQ180 camera of which it was shot. This footage comes from some shots I did while shooting 4K and 8K timelapses in Rio De Janeiro for a major electronics manufacturer. Each shot is comprised of hundreds individual still images, each weighing in at a whopping 80 megapixels. Each individual raw frame measures 10328x7760 pixels.
Each shot was very minimally processed and included curves, input sharpening, saturation adjustments. The h264 compression really kills alot of the fine detail. No noise reduction was done on any of the shots. I tried to keep the shots as close to raw as possible so you may see some dust spots, noise, and manual exposure changes I made while shooting. For a final video edit these adjustments would be smoothed out and fixed. Normally I run shots where I manually change exposure during the shot through LRTimelapse, but unfortunately the program can't seem to handle such huge raw files. I also had to loop some shots in order to have enough runtime to do some zooms, so you may see a jump in the footage here and there.
Each shot sequence starts off with the full resolution footage scaled down to fit within a 1920x1080 resolution (14% scale). The next shot in each shot sequence is the full resolution shot scaled to 50%, so basically zooming in quite a bit. From there we go into the full resolution shot scaled to 100%, which is an extreme zoom/crop. As you can see, the quality and detail holds up extremely well, it’s pretty amazing.
I wanted to show a couple things with this demo video. First, the extreme resolution of this camera (and medium format in general). Second, the amazing amount of flexibility this resolution allows for in post production. You can literally get about 8-10 solid 1920x1080 shots out of a single shot. You can also get about 5-6 solid 4K shots out of a single shot.
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newtboyWas anyone else disturbed when they zoomed in to be able to see into people's houses from vantage points miles and miles away? To me, this means if you can see anything out your window, someone can be looking in, no matter how far away the mountain/building might be.
Thanks a lot PhaseOne, for ending privacy in our own homes. This will definitely be abused....to me it already has been here. I doubt they have releases from those people they zoomed in on.
Nice pictures though!
Bruti79says...Whaaaaaaaaaat?
NirnRootCree-eepy. I pulled my shades after watching this video.
I mean, this technology has existed for decades but only in the hands of governments; while no more trustworthy than anyone else, its limited availability meant the ordinary citizen was unable to be the target of close surveillanec. Now it's available to any consumer with a few kilobux to waste. In a decade or so we'll probably see this sort of resolution on our smartphones.
Privacy really is dead.
deathcowTelescopes have been around a long time : ) My big telescope I can look at spiderweb thread from about 500 ft away. ALL the information is there it just gets dimmer as you magnify smaller chunks. I can actually study trees, bugs, birds better with my scope from 150ft than I could using naked eye.
Was anyone else disturbed when they zoomed in to be able to see into people's houses from vantage points miles and miles away? To me, this means if you can see anything out your window, someone can be looking in, no matter how far away the mountain/building might be.
Thanks a lot PhaseOne, for ending privacy in our own homes. This will definitely be abused....to me it already has been here. I doubt they have releases from those people they zoomed in on.
Nice pictures though!
newtboyTrue that, but until recently you couldn't get a photo or video out of your telescope (unless you paid the big bucks for yours). You also couldn't schlepp your telescope up a mountain and get a full, wide angle view and recording of every window on that side of town with the capability of zooming in on ALL of them, one or many at a time, without being visible to any of them. This tech allows constant secret surveillance of large areas that can be re-wound and re-focused to spy into anyone's open window at any time...maybe even at night.
Telescopes have been around a long time : ) My big telescope I can look at spiderweb thread from about 500 ft away. ALL the information is there it just gets dimmer as you magnify smaller chunks. I can actually study trees, bugs, birds better with my scope from 150ft than I could using naked eye.
AziraphaleCrazy. When real VR comes, no one will ever leave their house.
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