Turn a Flatbed Scanner into a Camera

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Turn a scanner into a camera that takes some pretty wild photos. An easy way to have fun with an old scanner!

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Turn a Flatbed Scanner into a Camera

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i think what you failed to mention .....
is that you cannot move the scanner while taking pics until the scanner fully SCANS the whole picture view (by the scanning light going from one end of the scanner to the other end)
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- I think anyone...
  who has used a scanner realizes that it must be still. If not, you will see it when you do a Preview with your software.
  By Kipkay 1221915556 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~2758741~~
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- well i agree kip
  but i was just trying to point it out to the people who didn't realize. Because you made the illusion that the camera takes pics in a "click" (sound effects)
  
  regardless, its still a very innovative idea.
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- I'll have to try this with
  My old Xerox machine! :)
  By Howie_D 1221923503 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~7367474~~
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excelent!
5***** from you!
By Anubis13 1221915063 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8842620~~
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cool
and different
By jlm714 1221870557 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~4515948~~
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omg
i made 1 it works but my parents were mad i took the cover off the scanner

By supermanyash08 1221927059 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8217149~~
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not to use full
but keep up the good work
By jayanderson 1221796273 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~6693870~~
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yep!
Innovative is the word!
Kip, something about the way your brain is wired that seems to enable you to see uses for stuff nobody has seen before!
5 stars because i love seeing original stuff!
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Innovative!
Very interesting idea. I just want to know how many people will actually take the time to make something like this and how usefull is this anyway? Interesting anyway, nice vid.
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- i would laugh
  if people would actually start carrying scanners around their neck instead of their compact digital cameras :D
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- Not that many...
  it's just a "fun photo imaging" project.
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