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

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@famistudio 25 күн бұрын

If my math is right, that's 0.0000032 PetaPixels!

@rodrigodepierola 25 күн бұрын

I see you are a man of culture.

@hush-615 25 күн бұрын

That's how I want this channel to talk about every camera now. 50 Megapixels? No, 0.00000005 Petapixels.

@chrisscrudder2442 25 күн бұрын

They didn't even say how many Plenas the lens weighs

@Durio_zibethinus 25 күн бұрын

3.2 x 10⁻⁶ gang 💪😤

@GioJonnhyK 24 күн бұрын

@@Durio_zibethinus 😂❤😂❤

@hakimmohamad6216 25 күн бұрын

When the shutter could be used as a guillotine, you know this camera is serious business.

@pwmvsi 23 күн бұрын

I was think the same exact thing!

@user-kd7to5xf9e 20 күн бұрын

Take more heads then the blade of the gullitoine

@Strider_Shinryu 25 күн бұрын

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 25 күн бұрын

Ditto!

@POVwithRC 24 күн бұрын

Yes exactly this ☺️

@meyer2278 22 күн бұрын

I concur.

@meyer2278 22 күн бұрын

Also really digging the podcast!

@bochkurrr 25 күн бұрын

Now THAT is full frame haha

@GioJonnhyK 24 күн бұрын

ahahahsha

@aloysiusyudistianto3611 24 күн бұрын

fuller frame camera on the way to chile i see

@BaghaShams 23 күн бұрын

They'll probably end up calling it "average format" or something like that

@Dasuud 21 күн бұрын

Nope, that is THE frame... 😅

@pacheaco727 25 күн бұрын

And it’s still cheaper than a 10 year old Leica

@homuchoghoma6789 14 күн бұрын

9 лет назад Хаббл выкатывал снимок в 4.3 гига пикселя . Галактика Андромеда. Ищи в ютубе.

@johnlaw6735 25 күн бұрын

Can you use it for street photography?

@PurveyorOfEmetophili 25 күн бұрын

Sure... It'll be a street from the next town, possibly next country over though! 🤣

@nikytamayo 24 күн бұрын

Catching old people crossing the street in front of the sunset from three towns over.

@scarcesense6449 24 күн бұрын

I'm waiting for the monochrome version

@DobromirManchev 24 күн бұрын

@@scarcesense6449 Leica user spotted :D

@ifly-fsx 24 күн бұрын

Weddings.

@supamario3055 25 күн бұрын

Where's the thecamerastore link to this camera? And what bag do you recommend for it?

@rodrigodepierola 25 күн бұрын

I'll get it at KEH, used.

@ifly-fsx 24 күн бұрын

Free shipping?

@ICanDoThatToo2 22 күн бұрын

When they decommission that Subaru camera, you can probably have that. Local pick up only though.

@NotAnotherChannel_Channel 23 күн бұрын

Complaints: “You’re stuck with only one lens.” “It’s still on backorder. Ugh.” “No strap lugs.”

@lerikhkl 14 күн бұрын

it's a bit on the heavy side

@diatarussoulbane 25 күн бұрын

Not full frame. Literally unusuable.

@42_LUE 22 күн бұрын

Does it even bokeh? 😂

@MorganHJackson 20 күн бұрын

It's gotta be at least medium format

@trillex1861 17 күн бұрын

🤣

@denysvlasenko1865 25 күн бұрын

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 24 күн 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 23 күн 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.

@falsemcnuggethope 25 күн бұрын

"We're gonna talk about science next, hopefully my hair is okay." Priorities.

@Raja995mh33 24 күн 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 7 күн бұрын

Can you play Subway surfers on your camera

@TDCIYB77 25 күн бұрын

Biggest sensor camera ever made filmed on.... M43! Love it!

@ilaion11 25 күн бұрын

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 24 күн бұрын

Ask me something about fly fishing .

@ilaion11 24 күн 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 14 күн бұрын

@@ilaion11 9 лет назад Хаббл выкатывал снимок в 4.3 гига пикселя . Галактика Андромеда. Ищи в ютубе.

@TheWarder500 25 күн бұрын

I think the photo filter carousel is my favorite part. Would love to have that on a real camera

@unlucky5442 21 күн бұрын

Amateur astrophotographers use something really similar called an EFW, electronic filter wheel.

@wall-ejonhson1800 18 күн 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 15 күн 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.

@xXSgtJackXx 19 күн бұрын

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

@JCBShortFilms 25 күн бұрын

I greatly appreciate the Noct measurement comparison, it truly puts it into perspective!

24 күн бұрын

Chris has become one of the best presenters I know of. Truly great!

@pypypylinuxdotcom-nr2xp 14 күн бұрын

Ive watched him for a long time, hes always been a joy to watch.

@badbunnyTUBE 20 күн бұрын

Jordans shout out in the background at 7:51 about farenheit cracked me up 😂

@10goku83 25 күн бұрын

Perfect for my street photography!

@leonardovittori293 25 күн бұрын

Content about science and photography, I love it! Keep it going!

@GavinSeim 19 күн бұрын

Great video, Let's see what Jordan has to say... "The rolling shutter on this is going to be pretty bad"

@pypypylinuxdotcom-nr2xp 14 күн бұрын

He said its a $1.7 million jello cam. 🙂

@artistwithcameras 24 күн бұрын

Beer coasters. 😂 watch out Veritassium you’ve got a new competitor. Let’s go Guys expand your breadth !

@8kvoyeur271 25 күн бұрын

How does the LSST's autofocus compare to the latest Sony bodies?

@skysurfer5cva 24 күн 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 23 күн бұрын

I guess it is rather slow. Also very bad minimal focusing distance.

@denysvlasenko1865 10 күн бұрын

It has no manual focus, either.

@Graztok 24 күн бұрын

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.

@mattias5952 25 күн бұрын

I have never seen Jaron so focused with that lasagna lightning.

@ironspike171 25 күн бұрын

This is Chris and Jordan on their best. Informative, interesting , entertaining and funny too. Very well done boys!

@sauzefilms 24 күн бұрын

perfect for my daily street snapshots. i wish they repurpose those "faulty" CCD sensors into cameras.

@teknotheef 25 күн бұрын

This is a really fantastic video! I love the blend of news, camera talk and interest in modern advancements in imaging! Really love it.

@dylandubeau 25 күн бұрын

Fantastic episode! I’d love to see more videos like this on the channel. Great work.

@eryck123 24 күн бұрын

Looking forward to the compact version of this camera

@BaghaShams 23 күн бұрын

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!

@bloomylicious 23 күн бұрын

Dope new GFX lens :D

@RollinLeonard 17 күн бұрын

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.

@user-jh6gn2sf2c 25 күн бұрын

One of the best videos. Combination of photography and astronomy is a dream

@robkamanda 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for being the best camera review channel. Im glad to see yall making different content from the rest.

@darkfeign 25 күн бұрын

I tried to blow on my phone when i noticed the hair... 😑

@bingbong4848 25 күн бұрын

You idiot!!! Actually just joking, I did the same. So you’re not an idiot. Or maybe we’re both idiots😂

@DenisRybalchenko-lu4ll 18 күн бұрын

I literally tried to move it away

@richie1317 15 күн бұрын

I thought I had a cracked screen 😊

@VABrowneMDPhD 21 күн бұрын

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!

@christiang-berg8490 20 күн бұрын

That is really cool! Thanks for covering this 😊

@ABRouleauville 25 күн бұрын

Wondering how good the sun-star capability is.... can you test that out?

@merxellus1456 11 күн бұрын

I cant help but imagine how stressfull the truck driver carrying the camera sensors must be

@kafilrecherche1855 23 күн бұрын

Of course, many fascinating facts and other things. But, “I hope my hair is ok,” stood out of all. 😂

@AnandaGarden 25 күн бұрын

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.

@godsinbox 24 күн бұрын

toneh northrup would still misunderstand the crop factor on this.

@H4ElGi 24 күн бұрын

Jaren looks like a frozen shaolin training his patience

@cedricmasson2092 25 күн бұрын

No Jordan’s video capability review ? 😊

@PetaPixel 25 күн бұрын

I’ll review the Timelapse when it’s finished in 10 years. - Jordan

@Atomicgherkin 25 күн бұрын

Yes, but can it resolve the Fujifilm’s 40MP sensor?

@falxonPSN 24 күн бұрын

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.

@jacobolsen9135 22 күн бұрын

This is the best petapixel video yet!

@luisvergani2693 23 күн бұрын

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.

@vava85 25 күн бұрын

Thanks for covering the transport, very cool

@dsimon9s29 25 күн бұрын

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.

@RichardGroulx 25 күн бұрын

Damn! Considering how heavy this is, I hope it comes with a custom neck strap. :P

@munozrick 24 күн бұрын

Cool! I look forward to Chris & Jordan to post their field review of this camera.

@mbismbismb 25 күн бұрын

So who made the sensors 😌

@tankjr85 25 күн бұрын

Did I heard CCDs? I knew CCD is the king!

@ilaion11 25 күн 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.

@mattuca1 22 күн бұрын

Lighter than a Pentax 67, Love it!

@tomeames903 22 күн бұрын

This video is absolutely fantastic, keep up the good work

@benjaminlehmanphotography 25 күн бұрын

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.

@fnasnqwascz 20 күн бұрын

Bro took every atom in his body to hold back that laughter at 1:32

@MadcapMatt 25 күн бұрын

I need to take this to my next concert for the sickest shots ever!

@SnoopyNug 24 күн бұрын

Give it to Manny ortiz to do some portraits with it

@DaveEtchells 19 күн бұрын

GREAT work guys! Congrats and thanks!

@PetaPixel 19 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave!

@DaveEtchells 19 күн 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 😁)

@3dtrip870 24 күн бұрын

Love topics like this! Thanks!

@juleshorse9056 24 күн бұрын

Excellent documentary - thanks.

@quite1enough 24 күн бұрын

Your hair is amazing, don't worry Chris! ♥

@rodrigodepierola 25 күн бұрын

Does it shoot in APS-C crop?

@Simoneister 25 күн бұрын

The LSST is such a cool instrument for astronomy, I'm glad it's getting featured!

@markifi 22 күн бұрын

this is clearly the future of webcams

@Thomasmcse 24 күн бұрын

If I would by that camera.... I would need a truck first and a huge storage as well. Can't imagine the file size of that beast.... Thanks for the video!

@TroyRubert 22 күн бұрын

Dude excellent video! how am I just now finding your channel?

@pasakuma6113 25 күн бұрын

But does it have two card slots?

@DK-bh4yh 25 күн бұрын

Enjoyed this video, informative.

@zhongjiezheng4646 24 күн бұрын

I legit thought this was a @Veritasium video when I saw the thumbnail

@MrLichmaster 23 күн бұрын

It would be great to see you in Chile when the camera is being installed, or transported to the site.

@das.gegenmittel 25 күн бұрын

Put a Mist Filter on it

@Nicole-pt4bx 19 күн бұрын

I'm not even into cameras but this is VERY interesting and the presentation was TRULY GREAT and very funny! Subscribed

@Radhaugo108 25 күн бұрын

I totally thought that the thumbnail was clickbait 😮

@ItsFritzDaCat 25 күн бұрын

But is it Arca Swiss compatible!!

@johannweber5185 4 күн бұрын

No, can not even a standard tripod.

@tma2001 25 күн бұрын

unfotunately it debuts at the same time as the mega satellite constellations.

@dadautube 22 күн бұрын

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! 🙂

@avikmajumdar1791 25 күн бұрын

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.

@crohnspoops2673 21 күн бұрын

So cool! Thank you for the wonderful video

@outdoorsinontario3037 20 күн бұрын

When will we get to see photos of this camera in action?! Can’t wait to see it!

@martindoersch 19 күн бұрын

Very nice. Thanks for the insights

@MysterDaftGame 25 күн бұрын

2:55 damn I just blow on my phone screen thibking it was a real hair lmao 😂

@valentinguz 20 күн бұрын

2:57 u try to blow the hair off the screen 😂

@charliewaterman816 24 күн бұрын

That lasagna pan stance is on point! :)

@MrRobovision 21 күн бұрын

How big are the file sizes for a 3200 megapixel camera for RAW/JPG or whatever format it captures with?

@TheArneSaknussemm 25 күн бұрын

I want to see the sensor swab for that…!!😅

@doobddoob 25 күн бұрын

This is awsesome.

@aorr 22 күн бұрын

What plugin in NINA do I need to run this camera?

@amermeleitor 25 күн бұрын

Wow. That's a big camera! 😮

@casualmetalhead9383 19 күн бұрын

Now that is a landscape photography beast right here

@casualmetalhead9383 19 күн бұрын

Thinking about upgrading from my Z9😮‍💨

@flixbert 23 күн бұрын

Finally something thats heavier than a Noct

@lowerleftside 25 күн бұрын

Love this! So much more fun than lens reviews. / What’s the sensor readout speed? Does it have dual card slots? When will Lightroom have raw support for it? Does it have any good picture profiles for Instagram? /S

@jimroth5522 25 күн бұрын

Ahhh. the important questions