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I was hoping that they used a medium format camera like Hasselblad or something for the larger pics... but no such luck. I guess weight might have been one fact
by aanet 7mo ago
I was hoping that they used a medium format camera like Hasselblad or something for the larger pics... but no such luck. I guess weight might have been one factor.
Still, the pics are mind blowing. Out of this world, tbh
- dylan604 7mo agoA 20.8 megapixel 5568 x 3712 pixels is not a shitty image. When we get to see those images, they will be much better than the GoPro images we're seeing
- adrian_b 7mo agoSome nice images with this resolution of the far side of the Moon have already been posted.
- jiggawatts 7mo agoThey also have a 46 megapixel Nikon Z9 which they don't appear to have used for some odd reason...
- sorz 7mo agoI found one taken with Z9: https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009301 https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009301 There are some very bright noise pixels on the dark area, which is different from the noise in similar photos taken with D5 (much darker and uniform).
- jiggawatts 7mo agoA common error made with "pixel peeping" is to zoom to 1:1, which shows a smaller physical sensor area with higher megapixel cameras. The trick is to zoom to the same percentage zoom and compare side-by-side. I did spot a few "hot" pixels visible on the Moon, but those are easily fixed in post.
- RogerL 7mo agoit was light gathering. the D5 they brought is a very old camera tech wise, but it was ideal for the low light photos of the eclipse. they also brought a Z9 for much higher resolution photos.