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DIY to convert your smart phone to a film scanner

Mainecoonmaniac

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I think it's a brilliant idea!

 
Brilliant! Not high enough resolution, at least on my phone, but brilliant nonetheless.

Andy
 
I like the idea but have doubts about him keeping all his toys.
 
AndyH52 said:
Brilliant! Not high enough resolution, at least on my phone, but brilliant nonetheless.

Andy
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Agree it's brilliant, no pun intended. But aside from camera resolution issues, there are three other issues for me:
1. Uniformity of the backlighting.
2. 8-bit color depth of a JPG. My Nikon scanner admittedly cost more, but it produces (I think) 16-bit color depth.
3. JPG is a lossy format. My Nikon scanner produces lossless TIFF files.

Still, I have to admire this guy's ingenuity.
 
Brilliant! I made something similar years ago with a webcam to read microfilms, quality was not so good but enough to read the documents.
 
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