Scanning your cameras

[River Dog]

Some of my old cameras on an Epson V500, placed onto the glass with the lights off. Just enough DOF for some detail in the bodies and at full resolution these could make enormous prints.

 

[nighstar]

very interesting idea. nice cameras.

 

[karlori]

My take on it sorry if anyone got a heart attack...

 

[River Dog]

My take on it sorry if anyone got a heart attack...

Now that would make a great print Maybe the worse the condition, the better the image. Anyone else?

 

[River Dog]

 

[Rogrund]

 

[agour]

I scanned my head once and the photo creeped everyone out. No one could figure out how I did it and I still haven't told them to this day. Made for an interesting Facebook profile photo.

you cant say that, then not show us!

 

[thirtyfivefifty]

Very cool thread going on here!

I'd rather stay anonymous, but imagine someone locked in glass casket, realizing they are not getting out.

Just black bar the eyes!

 

[karlori]

Here is more :
Certo-Phot

And a Sokol:

 

[River Dog]

It's an interesting perspective. I hadn't realised how active "scanography" was as a photographic art form. It's easy to do, just needs some imagination and the resolution is out of this world. I think I might try printing one of these really big. Here's one I did last night

 

[jsrockit]

Very cool....

 

[S.H.]

Very interesting. And I've been two years with a scanner on my desk, never thought about it. Silly me .

Here is mine :


Scanned Contax II by s81h, on Flickr

 

[shadowfox]

Very cool idea!

 

[Bob Michaels]

It's an interesting perspective. I hadn't realised how active "scanography" was as a photographic art form. It's easy to do, just needs some imagination and the resolution is out of this world. ....................

Check out some of Maggie Taylor's art from objects, including old photo prints, placed on a scanner then Photoshopped. She is a well recognized artist, as is her husband Jerry Uelsmann. But he works with multiple enlargers in a wet darkroom.

 

[Bob Michaels]

I scanned my head once .......................

OK, who will admit to scanning the other end? Probably on a Xerox machine at an office party.

 

[bgb]

Very cool images and yes I do know someone ( not me ) who used the photocopier for 'that'

 

[Dave R.]

This is an awesome idea, I never thought of doing this. Thanks for sharing!! This thread is bound to produce some interesting results. One thing I noticed is the kind of 'Cats eye' look of the lens due to the long light source. I may become addicted to this


polaroid 340 scanned by DL Rohrer, on Flickr

 

[sanmich]

Nobody scared of scratching the scanner glass?
Nice idea though..

 

[dct]

Very interesting. And I've been two years with a scanner on my desk, never thought about it. Silly me .
Here is mine :
Scanned Contax II

Now thats a native base lenght!

 

[Rico]

RFF regular Erik van Straten has been doing this for awhile:

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It's a cool methodology for flat art, but limiting for cameras which have to be presented frontally and without a lens. Plus, I don't care for the catchlight. Moan, moan, moan. Here's my version of flatbed scanner pic (taken with a camera):

(Leica M4 with Summilux 50mm v2)