Photography

Thanks! I’m glad you think its cool!

Im afraid the ‘dirt’ is actual dust and grime on the glass plate. It’s a hassle to disassemble and clean, so I don’t do it nearly often enough.

He converted a document scanner into a black and white camera.

There’s no viewfinder at the moment. I point the camera to the best of my ability, do a low resolution scan over about 10 seconds, and adjust appropriately. Framing and focus is difficult, but gets easier over time. Whenever I have people helping or modeling on a picture, I make very sure they’re aware that it is a messy trial and error process.

I haven’t messed with moving the camera around, but I’ve done heaps of experiments with motion in front of the camera.

I do have a dream of doing a sort of anamorphic projection through time, that will require camera motion, but that’s on the cooker for now

In basic principle it’s a pinhole camera using a scanner as the photosensitive surface. I’ve stuck a magnifier glass to the front, it gives some sharpness and a lot of possibilities outside of a simple pinhole.

There’s a picture of the camera in my comment history, its violently unimpressive

Wait. Fake backgrounds?

Thanks! I dream of someday having enough resources to rent a studio space and construct some proper scenography with experts in the field. It could make for some truly wild landscapes and photos.

Thanks!

There’s a picture of the camera in this comment section

Basically it’s an acrylic magnifying glass stuck into a foamboard box held together with gaffers tape. Focus (and FoV by design) is controlled by adjusting the distance between the lens and the scanner surface.

Interested in this as well.