Sunday, August 24, 2008

Scanner Camera

Found an article on Makezine that seemed intriguing: turn a typical flatbed scanner into a medium format digital camera. You can read the article here. The Cliff's Notes version: you attach a 7"x7" square box to your scanner and put a magnifying glass at the end. When you hit scan, you take a pretty wacky looking picture. Because of the nature of the scanning process, any movement becomes distorted. Pictures of the camera and the fun it produces:



1 comment:

christine said...

excellent pictures and excellent night!