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		pierrefar on June 9, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese camera buff builds 130-megapixel scanner ... We need a name for this thing. Something like scancam or scamera.

asciilifeform on June 9, 2009 | [–]

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Scanmera

elai on June 9, 2009 | | [–]

Large format camera scanning backs have been around for quite a while, which is what this is. Big difference is that there is far less noise in the commercial versions.

jcl on June 9, 2009 | | [–]

This guy called his a scancam:

http://home.comcast.net/~scancams/

dc2k08 on June 9, 2009 | [–]

both their domains are for sale too.

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