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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: teo.karp on June 10, 2009, 06:27:14 am

Title: DIY camera
Post by: teo.karp on June 10, 2009, 06:27:14 am

what do you do when you have a broken epson scanner and a canon fd-mount lens?you create a high resolution scan-back camera of course..at least this is what this  guy did. HERE (http://www.bouncingredball.com/2009/05/30/japanese-camera-buff-builds-130-megapixel-scanner-camera-for-next-to-nothing/) is a link with details and a video of the camera in action also check out the dude's fickr pool..the results are pretty good http://www.flickr.com/photos/82772083@N00/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/82772083@N00/)

Title: DIY camera
Post by: Ernst Dinkla on July 09, 2009, 05:44:35 am

Quote from: teo.karp

what do you do when you have a broken epson scanner and a canon fd-mount lens?you create a high resolution scan-back camera of course..at least this is what this  guy did. HERE (http://www.bouncingredball.com/2009/05/30/japanese-camera-buff-builds-130-megapixel-scanner-camera-for-next-to-nothing/) is a link with details and a video of the camera in action also check out the dude's fickr pool..the results are pretty good http://www.flickr.com/photos/82772083@N00/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/82772083@N00/)

Not the quality of images he gets but with another aspect ratio:

http://www.pigment-print.com/Panorama%20Ca...%202/index.html (http://www.pigment-print.com/Panorama%20Camera%202/index.html)

A Xmas project several years ago, FD lens too :-)


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/)

Title: DIY camera
Post by: Chris Stomberg on July 20, 2009, 11:36:26 am

Quote from: Ernst Dinkla

Not the quality of images he gets but with another aspect ratio:

http://www.pigment-print.com/Panorama%20Ca...%202/index.html (http://www.pigment-print.com/Panorama%20Camera%202/index.html)

A Xmas project several years ago, FD lens too :-)


met vriendelijke groeten, Ernst Dinkla

Try: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/)

Ernst,

Impressive application for LEGOs!

Chris

Title: DIY camera
Post by: Thomas Krüger on July 20, 2009, 04:32:35 pm

Here is another one from Ian Wood, the Frankenhead...
http://ivrpa.org/blog/1833/aotpr_part_9_evolution_of_a_pano (http://ivrpa.org/blog/1833/aotpr_part_9_evolution_of_a_pano)

Title: DIY camera
Post by: kaelaria on July 20, 2009, 11:04:10 pm

I guess I miss the point other than a fun project.  Highres crappy quality images are still crappy.