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DIY 130-megapixel camera built with a scanner

Add an old flatbed scanner to a 50 mm lens and with some skill you can make a 130 megapixel camera of your very own. I'm still happy with the cameras I have, but this looks like a great project to take on.

Making a 130-megapixel camera from a flatbed scanner and an old camera lens

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Jul 8, 2010. 12:57 PMsoeinegaudi says:
How the F*ck ?? no really: how do you manage to build that ?
Jun 10, 2009. 12:03 PMshoehornteeth says:
130 megapixels sounds impressive now, but by next fall it'll be standard in every cell phone.
Oct 21, 2009. 3:47 AM--scare-- says:
LOLzilla, king of all lolmonsters!!!!!
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Jun 10, 2009. 1:28 PMbumpus says:
Hhahah
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Jun 14, 2009. 10:08 AMPlasmana says:
130 megapixel?!? That is insane!
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Jun 13, 2009. 5:09 PMcrestind says:
That's so awesome. No lenses though.
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Jun 10, 2009. 7:57 AMLabot2001 says:
The actual how-to, in the Google Translate dialect of English.
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Jun 12, 2009. 8:26 PMTool Using Animal says:
" I do think that the excellence of this camera can only sow the tongue." Yes, that clears everything up.
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Jun 13, 2009. 7:14 AMLabot2001 says:
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Jun 12, 2009. 7:39 PMhuzefa says:
Can someone help me out with building a digital camera?
http://www.instructables.com/community/building-a-high-end-digital-camera-with-USB-interf/
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Jun 12, 2009. 12:15 PMgregr says:
I've built a scanner camera. It is a significant amount of work to get everything working perfectly. Lots of tweaking. Lots of broken scanners. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregr/tags/scanner/
Jun 11, 2009. 5:22 AMaltomic says:
i often thought about getting an old 2 megapixel camera and trying to insert it into the body of an old film SLR and seeing if I could get some action out of it using a other lenses such as fish-eye or wide angle.
Jun 11, 2009. 8:42 AMshoehornteeth says:
Go for it and let me know how it turns out!
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Jun 10, 2009. 12:55 PMyourcat says:
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Jun 10, 2009. 8:37 AMll.13 says:
I saw this on Hack-A-Day, it's amazing work!
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Jun 10, 2009. 6:23 AMfirehazrd says:
That is pretty nice. I wonder if it has to be a 50mm. I'd like to try to retrofit an antique film camera to digital. Gotta go read the link...
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Jun 9, 2009. 7:42 PMI_am_Canadian says:
130megapixleswow Gee whiz! Thats pretty cool.

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