The BIGGEST Digital Camera Ever Made!
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In the early 1990s, a group of scientists had a dream: a new type of telescope that would push astronomy, astrophysics, and imaging technology further than ever before. It would be a device that could see giant swaths of the sky and help unravel the mystery of dark matter. 30 years later, that dream is a reality.
Just how impressive is the LSST, the brand new, world’s biggest camera? Chris Niccolls went to SLAC laboratories in Stanford to take a close up look at this incredible piece of technology.
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0:00 - Intro
2:14 - The sensor
4:36 - The lens
5:46 - Filters
6:38 - The shutter
7:26 - Cooling
8:44 - Vera Rubin Observatory
9:28 - Transportation
10:27 - What will it do?
11:42 - The wrap
Пікірлер: 558
If my math is right, that's 0.0000032 PetaPixels!
@rodrigodepierola
Ай бұрын
I see you are a man of culture.
@hush-615
Ай бұрын
That's how I want this channel to talk about every camera now. 50 Megapixels? No, 0.00000005 Petapixels.
@chrisscrudder2442
Ай бұрын
They didn't even say how many Plenas the lens weighs
@Durio_zibethinus
Ай бұрын
3.2 x 10⁻⁶ gang 💪😤
@GioJonnhyK
Ай бұрын
@@Durio_zibethinus 😂❤😂❤
Really love how PetaPIxel keeps pushing towards being a channel about Photography and Videography writ large instead of just another camera review channel. Great stuff.
@badshoes
Ай бұрын
Ditto!
@POVwithRC
Ай бұрын
Yes exactly this ☺️
@meyer2278
Ай бұрын
I concur.
@meyer2278
Ай бұрын
Also really digging the podcast!
Now THAT is full frame haha
@GioJonnhyK
Ай бұрын
ahahahsha
@aloysiusyudistianto3611
Ай бұрын
fuller frame camera on the way to chile i see
@BaghaShams
Ай бұрын
They'll probably end up calling it "average format" or something like that
@Dasuud
Ай бұрын
Nope, that is THE frame... 😅
@shiba9592
24 күн бұрын
But sony has great autofocus.
Can you use it for street photography?
@PurveyorOfEmetophili
Ай бұрын
Sure... It'll be a street from the next town, possibly next country over though! 🤣
@nikytamayo
Ай бұрын
Catching old people crossing the street in front of the sunset from three towns over.
@scarcesense6449
Ай бұрын
I'm waiting for the monochrome version
@DobromirManchev
Ай бұрын
@@scarcesense6449 Leica user spotted :D
@ifly-fsx
Ай бұрын
Weddings.
And it’s still cheaper than a 10 year old Leica
@homuchoghoma6789
Ай бұрын
9 лет назад Хаббл выкатывал снимок в 4.3 гига пикселя . Галактика Андромеда. Ищи в ютубе.
@madb132
21 күн бұрын
@@homuchoghoma6789 1.5 billion pixels. is the original image. you need alot of screens to display the full picture though. 😁👍
@GeeBao2204
7 күн бұрын
@@madb132Im pretty sure you only need an average monitor to pixel peeping
Where's the thecamerastore link to this camera? And what bag do you recommend for it?
@rodrigodepierola
Ай бұрын
I'll get it at KEH, used.
@ifly-fsx
Ай бұрын
Free shipping?
@ICanDoThatToo2
Ай бұрын
When they decommission that Subaru camera, you can probably have that. Local pick up only though.
3:50 The size of the pixel is not chosen to be smaller than a "star image". It is chosen to be somewhat smaller than size of PSF (point spread function) of the telescope in the focal plane. Because telescope can't produce details smaller than PSF, having much smaller pixels don't help, but readout electronics gets more complicated the more pixels you have.
@nudenut1916
Ай бұрын
Congratulations, after 7 hours 9 people out of 13000 agree with you. I can see your "Well, actually..." adenoids. You should expect a call from somebody. NASA, most likely. Sorry, I'm being facetious. What i mean is: I'm satisfied with their description, yours is just word salad for me. Sometimes near enough is good enough,. Out of all the people who's lives would change with the exact understanding of this fact, I think the vast majority would also accept that the lay people don't need such an in depth discussion.
@johntheux9238
Ай бұрын
It's a survey telescope though, the pixels are way bigger than the Airy disk because it's not supposed to look at details but just to tell if there is something.
Complaints: “You’re stuck with only one lens.” “It’s still on backorder. Ugh.” “No strap lugs.”
@lerikhkl
Ай бұрын
it's a bit on the heavy side
"We're gonna talk about science next, hopefully my hair is okay." Priorities.
@karigori6415
14 күн бұрын
His hair was indeed okay.
Not full frame. Literally unusuable.
@42_LUE
Ай бұрын
Does it even bokeh? 😂
@MorganHJackson
Ай бұрын
It's gotta be at least medium format
@trillex1861
Ай бұрын
🤣
Love how there they are super precise with the aperture giving it at f/1.23. And then there are phone manufacturers with their tiny optics claiming their phone has a f/1.78 and not f/1.8
@greecevstheworld
Ай бұрын
Can you play Subway surfers on your camera
@anerpos2055
8 күн бұрын
@@greecevstheworldI can
Biggest sensor camera ever made filmed on.... M43! Love it!
Petapixel, some info you gave was not accurate or incomplete. As an astronomy amateur, I easily spotted them. 1. The camera was designed for the telescope, not the other way around. In fact, the whole complex was designed on the limits we can actually achieve with the tech we have, but the size of the primary mirror is the number 1 limit. 2. The lenses in front of the sensor are corrective lenses, field flattener, astigmatism corrector and chromatic aberration corrector. They don't serve other purposes than that and they are a must for such a fast telescope (f/1.3) and an unavoidable compromise. 3. it would have been nice to give us an equivalent field of view on a full frame format. 3.5-degree field of view translates to a 600mm lens of a full frame camera (horizontal field of view).
@niccollsvideo
Ай бұрын
Ask me something about fly fishing .
@ilaion11
Ай бұрын
@@niccollsvideo well, that's fair up to a point. When it comes to anything fishing, my brain is a big void. I can hardly put a worm on the hook. Though, astronomy is entangled with astrophotography and optics and the same optics principles apply to camera lenses as well. All lenses need correctors. Some lens designs have the correcting feature embedded into the lens design, like the classic double gauss or the sonar lens type or Petzval type, others have correctors at the end, like telephoto lenses. There are scales of field of view of lenes, I had to check it out myself to see how much 3.5 degrees actually are on full frame lens. The most interesting feature of this telescope that is absent on any other telescope is that it is so bright (f1/3), so large (8.4 m) and it has such a large area camera. This translates to very fast image acquisition and very sharp because of the short exposure times required that will lower the atmospheric turbulence influence on the image, not to mention the low image noise.
@homuchoghoma6789
Ай бұрын
@@ilaion11 9 лет назад Хаббл выкатывал снимок в 4.3 гига пикселя . Галактика Андромеда. Ищи в ютубе.
I think the photo filter carousel is my favorite part. Would love to have that on a real camera
@unlucky5442
Ай бұрын
Amateur astrophotographers use something really similar called an EFW, electronic filter wheel.
@wall-ejonhson1800
Ай бұрын
@@unlucky5442 In that case, the design of the filter exchange system was rather tricky. As the camera hangs in the center of the telescope's secondary mirror, its outer diameter had to be minimized to maximize the collected light from the sky. No filter wheel was allowed to sit besides the aperture. Filter exchange system must fit inside camera's body, but it was impossible to store on the carousel the 6 filters needed for observing in the different bands of wavelength. The less frequently used filter (UV band) will have to be inserted by an auto-changer , replacing one of those inside while maintening the cleanliness
@NG-VQ37VHR
Ай бұрын
I wish I could use a similar carousel for my RASA. Having to use a filter drawer with a mono camera is a pain, and my OSC camera just doesn't get the same detail as a mono.
Perfect for my street photography!
Chris has become one of the best presenters I know of. Truly great!
@pypypylinuxdotcom-nr2xp
Ай бұрын
Ive watched him for a long time, hes always been a joy to watch.
I see they photographed a broccoli with. It makes me DESPERATELY want to see a portrait on this thing. I hope they took some selfies or made an artwork.
I greatly appreciate the Noct measurement comparison, it truly puts it into perspective!
I have never seen Jaron so focused with that lasagna lightning.
Content about science and photography, I love it! Keep it going!
This is Chris and Jordan on their best. Informative, interesting , entertaining and funny too. Very well done boys!
Fantastic episode! I’d love to see more videos like this on the channel. Great work.
Jordans shout out in the background at 7:51 about farenheit cracked me up 😂
4:17 would be really cool if they sold those as souvenirs, it would be a sick thing to have at home as a conversation starter
How does the LSST's autofocus compare to the latest Sony bodies?
@skysurfer5cva
Ай бұрын
It's the only camera on the market today that has an asteroid tracking mode. It's space-detect mode will focus on the nearest galaxy.
@johannweber5185
Ай бұрын
I guess it is rather slow. Also very bad minimal focusing distance.
@denysvlasenko1865
Ай бұрын
It has no manual focus, either.
I just wanted to say I really enjoy and appreciate the format of this video, especially the witty commentary and in-depth information, so you've well earned a subscription and I hope you keep it up!
This is a really fantastic video! I love the blend of news, camera talk and interest in modern advancements in imaging! Really love it.
Wow! Loved this vid! Amazing to see the channel covering more of the field outside of conventional cameras. I for one would love more engineering focused photography videos! Show us lens manufacturing, sensor science, and more. Great work all. Also I loved the lasagna tin bit.
Thank you for being the best camera review channel. Im glad to see yall making different content from the rest.
Beer coasters. 😂 watch out Veritassium you’ve got a new competitor. Let’s go Guys expand your breadth !
I cant help but imagine how stressfull the truck driver carrying the camera sensors must be
Looking forward to the compact version of this camera
Dope new GFX lens :D
That is really cool! Thanks for covering this 😊
perfect for my daily street snapshots. i wish they repurpose those "faulty" CCD sensors into cameras.
Thank you for covering this amazing project and for highlighting all of the teamwork that goes into an effort of this nature. It is wonderful to see international cooperation at a very high-level between very bright, highly dedicated human beings!
I tried to blow on my phone when i noticed the hair... 😑
@bingbong4848
Ай бұрын
You idiot!!! Actually just joking, I did the same. So you’re not an idiot. Or maybe we’re both idiots😂
@DenisRybalchenko-lu4ll
Ай бұрын
I literally tried to move it away
@richie1317
Ай бұрын
I thought I had a cracked screen 😊
@ryzenryne8747
16 күн бұрын
Had that happen to me long ago
No IBIS, I'll pass
@samarthdev4470
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@kai_790
Ай бұрын
Ikr, how are we supposed to blog with this?
Great video, Let's see what Jordan has to say... "The rolling shutter on this is going to be pretty bad"
@pypypylinuxdotcom-nr2xp
Ай бұрын
He said its a $1.7 million jello cam. 🙂
One of the best videos. Combination of photography and astronomy is a dream
This video is absolutely fantastic, keep up the good work
This is the best petapixel video yet!
Jaren looks like a frozen shaolin training his patience
Of course, many fascinating facts and other things. But, “I hope my hair is ok,” stood out of all. 😂
So cool! Thank you for the wonderful video
Love topics like this! Thanks!
It bothers me that this isn't following basic minecraft circle rules
Excellent documentary - thanks.
Love this type of content!!!!!!!
Great video guys!
This is really cool, and I'm glad you guys covered it. It's really amazing to see what the absolute top end of camera engineering is these days. I was going to buy one of these, but I was holding off until your review.
Okay, funny story. I was at Stanford when they built SLAC. Stanford physics professor Wolfgang Panofsky was in charge of the project. He was known jokingly as the dumb brother because he'd gotten a B in phys ed at Princeton. At any rate, the mother of a Stanford co-ed noticed that the accelerator was pointed straight at the women's gym. Sound the alarm! - our daughters will be sterilized! So the good professor got someone to take a bulldozer out to the end of the accelerator and make a big pile of dirt. Which of course became known as Mount Panofsky.
GREAT work guys! Congrats and thanks!
@PetaPixel
Ай бұрын
Thanks Dave!
@DaveEtchells
Ай бұрын
@@PetaPixel Honestly, that’s one of the best short, general-audience science-explainer vids I’ve ever seen. (And I waste an inordinate amount of time watching YT vids 😁)
Very nice. Thanks for the insights
Thanks for covering the transport, very cool
Cool! I look forward to Chris & Jordan to post their field review of this camera.
Thank you guys for this video! Just a bit of additional info: the sensors operate at a very low temperature to decrease the noise of the captured images.
Wondering how good the sun-star capability is.... can you test that out?
I'm not even into cameras but this is VERY interesting and the presentation was TRULY GREAT and very funny! Subscribed
Lighter than a Pentax 67, Love it!
Enjoyed this video, informative.
Bro took every atom in his body to hold back that laughter at 1:32
Finally something thats heavier than a Noct
Damn! Considering how heavy this is, I hope it comes with a custom neck strap. :P
Thank you for posting. I have to say, with the clean room gear, you have never looked better. ;) Oh yeah, almost forgot. Great video with great information.
The LSST is such a cool instrument for astronomy, I'm glad it's getting featured!
toneh northrup would still misunderstand the crop factor on this.
Yes, but can it resolve the Fujifilm’s 40MP sensor?
I need to take this to my next concert for the sickest shots ever!
This is awsesome.
Fantastic! Thanks
Dude excellent video! how am I just now finding your channel?
Did I heard CCDs? I knew CCD is the king!
@ilaion11
Ай бұрын
Not for general use cameras. CCD is just king in scientific image acquisition. It needs cryogenic cooling to lower the noise, it consumes tens of times more energy than CMOS and the image quality in not much greater than that of a CMOS after cooling it at -100 Celsius. Though, it is much more sensitive in infrared where it is needed to be, it has a perfect linear image, a must for precise light measurements and it is better when i comes to lower noise, long exposure times.
What a great video! Absolutely loved this! On a sort of (un)related note, my improv comedy group used to practice at SLAC - yeah, i know, weird. Our troupe was the PIMPs, aka Peninsula Improvisers.
this is clearly the future of webcams
When will we get to see photos of this camera in action?! Can’t wait to see it!
what a sick video. this is the kind of content I would like to see
I've been following the build of this telescope from the beginning. I was interested in the relative pixel density of the LSST sensor, so thank you for that. Also, thanks for covering this, I had no expectation that you guys would get into stuff like this, so this was special. Incidentally, one factoid that was omitted is that the Vera Rubin Telescope will basically be capable of taking a high-res image of the night sky every four nights (at least that is what I understood while this was being built, it could be better than that now). The differences between each image at the same spots will be used to track moving objects like asteroids, which was mentioned, but also Kuiper Belt Objects, potentially like the true 9th planet. This was awesome, keep at it guys.
Thanks for the stones weight info - that’s 29.5 x me..! 🇬🇧
It would be great to see you in Chile when the camera is being installed, or transported to the site.
Great video!
How long does it take to load the captured files into Lightroom?
thanks!!
many thanks for this great video! been wondering for years about how the 3200MP "gigapixel" sensor and its related camera system works ... and now i've seen it ... beautiful! 🙂
How's the bokeh?
That camera is just a little too big to attach to my Celestron CPC-1100 HD Telescope (11" diameter Schmidt-Cassegrain).
So who made the sensors 😌
Hey Chris and Jordan!! Love your content. And I have been a big fan since your dpreview days and I really appreciate the effort and thought you put into your content. Just a small request, is there anyway you can review the XF 27 2.8 version 2, its a lens which came out a couple of years back. And I dont think you reviewed the lens, and I think the XT5 with this pancake lens could be a great compact setup. Also it would keep me away from the X100VI fanfare and craze.
Super cool video!
A great travel camera
more videos like this! pretty awesome!
Now that is a landscape photography beast right here
@casualmetalhead9383
Ай бұрын
Thinking about upgrading from my Z9😮💨
Does it shoot in APS-C crop?
2:57 u try to blow the hair off the screen 😂
Very interesting! ❤
2:55 damn I just blow on my phone screen thibking it was a real hair lmao 😂
Give it to Manny ortiz to do some portraits with it
I totally thought that the thumbnail was clickbait 😮
No Jordan’s video capability review ? 😊
@PetaPixel
Ай бұрын
I’ll review the Timelapse when it’s finished in 10 years. - Jordan
Wow. That's a big camera! 😮