Reid Kistler
05-12-2010, 12:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/gigapan-epic-pro-helps-create-44-880-megapixel-panorama-of-dubai/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/...orama-of-dubai/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"[P]hotographer Gerald Donovan shot a nearly 45 gigapixel panorama of towering spires, desert and sky with his new GigaPan Epic Pro.... You'll find the zoom-in-practically-forever image at our source link..."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1273617151.usr19541.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>Engadget's article on this massive project contains a bit of confusion concerning certain details, but also provides a "making of" video, and links to Gigapan's Press Release as well as the main equipment involved. The photo on the left above is but a small slice of the total <a href="http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/48492/" target="_blank">Dubai Panorama</a>, and although parts of the actual panorama appear to be either out-of-focus or distorted - perhaps from the stitching process - in most sections you can zoom in to amazing detail. A photo of the<a href="http://gigapansystems.com/gigapan-epic-pro-product-page.html" target="_blank"> GigaPan Epic Pro </a>is on the right above, and while the $895 list price likely eliminates it from the casual photographer's kit, there can be no doubt that it can produce stunning results in the right hands!</p>