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Converting a high resolution photo scanner into a large format digital camera
There's a lot that goes into it and I'm still fairly early in the process but it is possible and has been done before
I already have some lenses that will cover the whole scanner bed, it's mostly a question of power at this point
only thing i don't understand about it is why are you dong this
Perhaps a huge sensor like that is good for night/astrophotography
Not so much really, it would be more capable for like landscapes and architecture due to the time frame it'd take pictures in
so you're really trading long exposure time + large size for extremely high resolution, that's pretty cool actually
Will that not just result in a terrible camera...? O.o
Surprisingly no
Such scanners can scan at incredibly high resolution
Hundreds of Megapixels in fact
The main thing the time it takes to scan the image is quite high, like 30 seconds or do
Edit: Here's an example photo from someone who did what I'm talking about.
That's actually pretty fascinating, thanks.
Please do update us on your progress! This is really fascinating
Once I finish it I'll be sharing information about it and pictures it takes on multiple photography groups across Lemmy