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Photographer Builds 3,200MP Camera Using CCD Scanner Sensor

6 November 2025 at 23:54

Close-up of a custom-built digital camera with a large Super-Multi-Coated Takumar lens attached, mounted on a tripod, with visible screws and USB ports on the camera body.

German computer engineer and builder Yannick Richter, who goes by Gigawipf online, built a new 3,200-megapixel 3D-printed medium-format camera that relies on a linear CCD scanner. As Gigawipf describes it, the camera, Project Gigapixel, is much more than just a scanner in a box, though.

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