The scanner-cam we posted on Tuesday was pretty impressive, but it was far from clear just what was going on behind the lens, despite a video of the contraption in action. Well, the creator has posted some extra info and pictures of how it’s put together, so if this unorthodox imaging device piqued your curiosity, here’s a little more of it to check out.
Here’s what he has to say in his explanatory blog entry:
i’m not a professional. just for fun. please understand.
i think the Most important thing for making this camera is a brave of to disassemble a unknown new $100 scanner :)
Sounds good to me. I may look up a few of my craftier friends and see what we can do about putting together something like this with one of the scanners moldering in my my parents’ basement.
[via Hack A Day]
I wish there was a way to filter out specific topics in the RSS feed.
I’m getting sick of this “scanner cam” garbage.
You’re sick after one post and a follow-up? So sensitive!
I think this scanner cam is cool. I wonder if could be the next new thing.
scanner cams are not new, see matt’s comment on the 1st post. One of main problems with them is the time it takes to scan the image. Full res scans are not quick.
Any time you take a long exposure shot vibration is hugly important. If the camera bounces or shakes while exposing the image, you will see that in the resulting image. Thats why things like remote camera shutter releases exist.
However, I’m always impressed by people taking on the high cost of something by making it themselves.