[Tig] Using an optical printer as a scanner?

[TSassoon at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/3/07 5:35:06 PM, SBradford at collinscollege.edu writes:

> I'm  wondering how difficult it would be to do this on our own, with a 
> used  optical printer and a DSLR with a macro lens.
> 


Marty Mueller of MSM Design was quite interested in building a small, under 
$10K desktop DSLR-based scanner, using his own 35mm mechanism, when I talked to 
him about it last fall. I did the optical printer route a long time ago using 
one of John Monceaux's smaller printers, but it still turned out to be a 
hellava big lump of metal for what it was. Conceptually it's pretty easy. What's 
harder is incorporating keycode reading and batch automation.



Tim Sassoon
SFD vfx & creative post
Santa Monica, CA






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