Hello! I do also experiments how to use a flatbed scanner as a camera.
Two good ways are seen by me (Sorry for my bad english): You use a normal CCD Scanner. These Scanners have a ~ 30 mm long CCD with RGB Filters on it. It would be a perfect 35mm Camera Scan Bag. I talked some time ago with a person who have (commercial) adaptet the CCD from a Flatbed Scanner to Medium Format Cameras. Should have been one of the earliest scanning backs. He also offerd a infrared Version. The biggest Problem should be the mechanics. You have to build a stable CCD Movement base. The other way is very interesting and new: Take a scanning device from a CMOS CIS (Contact Image Sensor) apart. The sensor is ~ 210 mm long. But it is - as far as I now - only monochromatic. But the mechanical adaption is easier. Ok, itīs risky. You have to open the sensor! In the Sensor used in my Mustek 1200 CP is the CMOS a ceramic plate ~ 1*8*220 mm. It may break! In front of the CMOS is the "lens" - a approximatley 2 * 7 * 220 mm long plexiglas ( is that english?). A very big problem in both cases is the calibration process before the scan starts. Not every scanner software is easy to cheat. I have a littel of this on my german site( http://home.arcor.de/keinath/Selbstbau/scannerumbau.htm ), on my english site are only some DIY links. Here are the ones to Scanner as a camera: http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/tech/scanner.html in German from Mathias Wandel http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/text-better-scanner-cam.html Well known Adrew Davidhazy Hope this helps Markus -- Keinaths Fotohomepage Repair, Modification and DIY of Photographic Equipment www.keinaths-fotohomepage.gmxhome.de _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
