At 05:59 PM 9/19/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to figure out how this would get done. >> Wouldn't you need to turn >> off the scanner lamp? >...snip... > >Yah, you need to turn off, disconnect, or cover the >lamp. I've read about a couple of projects like this, >including (drat, lost the web address) a fellow who >turned a flat bed scanner into a panoramic camera by >taking the guts out, disconnecting the light, mounting >the sensor onto a pivot with a lens, and gimmicking >the original motor & belt to pivot the lens. Looked >like it worked pretty well, and since it used the >original electronics & driver, it was real easy to >use. I know one issue with doing this is that many >scanner sensors are designed with baffles to only see >light coming straight in, so light coming in at an >angle (like most lens cameras have) isn't seen. I >gotta get a working scanner to gut to try this, >though. > >-- Philip
All, That was Andy Davidahazy at RIT. You can dig it out here somewhere: http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/photoforum.html AZ Maker of Lookaround panoramic camera. http://www.panoramacamera.us or keyword.com lookaround _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
