Comments on: How to Use Your Flatbed Scanner as Digital Camera http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera Discover how to use your digital camera with our Digital Photography Tips. We are a community of photographers of all experience levels who come together to learn, share and grow in our understanding of photography. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:24:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Exeunter http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34521 Exeunter Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:01:29 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34521 During my high school and early college years I modified an Epson scanner and lugged it around in a backpack to "shoot" on location (because most of my subject of interests are 3D or everyday still life)...I haven't done any in few years, but seeing what everyone has to say is getting me inspired again! Some of my photos are uploaded at http://flickr.com/photos/exeunter/sets/1344187/ Needless to say, there are entire flickr groups dedicated to scanography with some amazing photos! During my high school and early college years I modified an Epson scanner and lugged it around in a backpack to “shoot” on location (because most of my subject of interests are 3D or everyday still life)…I haven’t done any in few years, but seeing what everyone has to say is getting me inspired again!
Some of my photos are uploaded at http://flickr.com/photos/exeunter/sets/1344187/
Needless to say, there are entire flickr groups dedicated to scanography with some amazing photos!

]]> By: Jack Lane http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34509 Jack Lane Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:29:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34509 I can see why it won! Jack Lane I can see why it won!
Jack Lane

]]> By: Sunnyman http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34453 Sunnyman Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:28:51 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34453 Suzanne - that was an extremely ingenious way of using the scanner method! (Also employs one useful way of improving your pictures which I have also mentioned in one of my Photo Tips: "<a href="http://www.a1phototips.com/frame-your-shots" rel="nofollow">Framing your shots</a>"!) No wonder you won that competition. Interesting to see creative examples of how people use this unconventional no-camera technique... Suzanne – that was an extremely ingenious way of using the scanner method! (Also employs one useful way of improving your pictures which I have also mentioned in one of my Photo Tips: “Framing your shots“!)
No wonder you won that competition.

Interesting to see creative examples of how people use this unconventional no-camera technique…

]]> By: Suzanne http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34434 Suzanne Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:47:37 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34434 I did this 5 years ago for an online competition and actually won. It was great fun. Here is the shot that won - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/scw1217/Blog%20Photos/1-25-03-pasta1024.jpg I did this 5 years ago for an online competition and actually won. It was great fun.

Here is the shot that won –
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/scw1217/Blog%20Photos/1-25-03-pasta1024.jpg

]]> By: Sunnyman http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34409 Sunnyman Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:57:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34409 To Bilka -- Thank you! Actually, I am grateful for those appreciative words you wrote about my pictures, which I made for the purpose of demonstrating the technique. I am by no means an expert, just dabbled in it for fun. You, on the other hand, seem to have used this method for making images extensively. To Jack Lane -- how funny, I have an Epson Perfection 1200U also! Bought it a number of years ago, still works fine. To Bilka –
Thank you! Actually, I am grateful for those appreciative words you wrote about my pictures, which I made for the purpose of demonstrating the technique. I am by no means an expert, just dabbled in it for fun. You, on the other hand, seem to have used this method for making images extensively.

To Jack Lane — how funny, I have an Epson Perfection 1200U also! Bought it a number of years ago, still works fine.

]]> By: Bilka http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34378 Bilka Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:15:18 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34378 TO: Sunnyman ~~ Thanks for your kind remarks about my CCD vs. CIS note; I am glad you found it informative. I hope others did too. You presented some great stuff here. I enjoyed your photographs and your tutorial. Cheers, Bilka TO: Sunnyman ~~

Thanks for your kind remarks about my CCD vs. CIS note; I am glad you found it informative. I hope others did too. You presented some great stuff here. I enjoyed your photographs and your tutorial.

Cheers,

Bilka

]]> By: Jack Lane http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34287 Jack Lane Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:40:07 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34287 I have taken some wonderful and interesting pictures of flowers and take them in a darkend room and just leave the scanner lid up and that gives me a black background. I then can change the color of the background using photoshop. I also have used my scanner to take insurance pictures of my wife's jewerly. I find that the scanner has a greast depth of field. Very similar to using a pin hole camera. All my scannner pictures look very different from a picture taken with a camera. I am using an Epson Perfection 1240U Scanner. I have taken some wonderful and interesting pictures of flowers and take them in a darkend room and just leave the scanner lid up and that gives me a black background. I then can change the color of the background using photoshop.
I also have used my scanner to take insurance pictures of my wife’s jewerly. I find that the scanner has a greast depth of field. Very similar to using a pin hole camera.
All my scannner pictures look very different from a picture taken with a camera.
I am using an Epson Perfection 1240U Scanner.

]]> By: Beth Rogers http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34286 Beth Rogers Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:38:07 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34286 I found this article while searching for photography blogs. I've done this in the past and it's lots of fun! I've done several pictures of flowers, and sometimes I use cloth, but I've also just put an empty paper box over everything. It fits the screen, and gives a velvety black look to the background. I found this article while searching for photography blogs. I’ve done this in the past and it’s lots of fun! I’ve done several pictures of flowers, and sometimes I use cloth, but I’ve also just put an empty paper box over everything. It fits the screen, and gives a velvety black look to the background.

]]> By: Sunnyman http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34189 Sunnyman Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:05:10 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34189 Nice to see so many comments on my article! And especially interesting was the one from Bilka, where he explains the difference between different types of scanners - which I didn't even think about since I have never used more than one type, the CCD variety: ..."CCD devices have a much brighter, full width Xenon or Mercury Vapor lamp and a front surface mirror to direct the image to the CCDs where CIS devices are LED driven with a single RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LED and a plastic rod lens that directs the image to the sensors..." So, those of you who have a LED-type scanner are out of luck I guess. PS: those of you who followed the link to my site - <a href="http://www.a1phototips.com" rel="nofollow">www.a1phototips.com</a> - yesterday may have noticed there were some technical issues then, like the RSS feed didn't work. I am sorry about that, those issues should be fixed now and everything in fine working shape! Nice to see so many comments on my article! And especially interesting was the one from Bilka, where he explains the difference between different types of scanners – which I didn’t even think about since I have never used more than one type, the CCD variety:

…”CCD devices have a much brighter, full width Xenon or Mercury Vapor lamp and a front surface mirror to direct the image to the CCDs where CIS devices are LED driven with a single RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LED and a plastic rod lens that directs the image to the sensors…”

So, those of you who have a LED-type scanner are out of luck I guess.

PS: those of you who followed the link to my site – http://www.a1phototips.com – yesterday may have noticed there were some technical issues then, like the RSS feed didn’t work. I am sorry about that, those issues should be fixed now and everything in fine working shape!

]]> By: taryn http://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/comment-page-1#comment-34181 taryn Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:55:30 +0000 http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-use-your-flatbed-scanner-as-digital-camera/#comment-34181 what a cool idea! what a cool idea!

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