] So he decided to make a camera that could create an image
] as awe-inspiring as the vista before him. The result was
] R1, a 110-pound, 6-foot film camera that produces what
] experts say are some of the highest-resolution landscape
] photographs ever made.
...
] But when Ross' 9-inch-by-18-inch negatives are digitally
] scanned, the result is decidedly high-tech. Each image yields
] a 2.6-gigabyte file — huge for a single image.

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