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Old 02-12-2009, 12:00 PM
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I ran into this and was amazed. When the page loads, just don't look at how close you can get people'* faces, check on top of the buildings and see incredible detail and the people on top of them. The rest of this was an email I got.

This is so cool. Play with it for awhile. You will be amazed. This you must check out! With these cameras the secret service has a record of everyone who attended 2009 Inauguration Photo - SUPER HI-DEF This is absolutely the BEST in 'high definition'..... Really amazing. ('double-click' an area) ....and watch it focus. Then zoom some more... and wait for focus. > What a surveillance tool this is. This picture was taken with a robotic camera and weighs in at 1,474 megapixel. (295 times the standard 5 megapixel camera) It was a Canon that pulled together over 200 individual shots. Each zoom in takes a second to focus ...and then you can see some amazing reactions.






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Wow thats amazing!
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And you wonder why we can't catch Osama Bin Laden... I must say, this will take "Where'* Waldo" to a whole new level!

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He'* in Texas, having dinner with the Bushes. Then it'* off for dialysis, he has to have 3 times a week to stay alive. How can people seriously think he could be getting this level of care in a cave is beyond me.

Seriously he'* dead and merely in the goverments interest to keep his appearance of being alive going on. Way to much evidence in favor of dead for quite some time. Alot of sources to examine here. Osama bin Laden - a dead nemesis perpetuated by the US government
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It was a joke take it easy.
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LOL, I know, it just seems the joke is on us about alot of things these days.
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I hear ya, I don't watch any news anymore really. The Daily Show and the Colbert Report are the only shows I watch these days. Although they are biased, I agree with them and their views. Stephen Colbert especially. You may call me a conspirator, but I do believe the government knows more then they're telling us. Anyways back to the topic, it seems like not many people know about GigaPan. I can't believe it'* only ~$350 for the robot.
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here'* one you guys might like more
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So I guess from what I understand is, you need the GigaPan robot and then a point and shoot camera; the ones they suggested. This could be something really neat. I'd get back into photography again if I had something like that!
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That'* neat, but I think it would be neater in the summer.


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