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Building a Digicam from Scanner Elements

Posted by chrisd on from the can't-believie-this-one-isn't-a-dupe dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Want a weird & wobbly digital camera, but don't want to spend over $100? Well, Matthias Wandel, whose site is due for some /. lovin', used the guts of a cheap scanner, some camera parts, and scrap wood to build a very high quality digitcal camera. Read about progress at this site. Oh, and he also builds things out of legos as well." I personally think that his Jenga Pistol and wasp-vacuum are pretty neat too.

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  1. Re:lens issues by psavo · · Score: 4, Informative

    Something like this is going to be next to impossible to find. and might be a photographic collectable as well?

    My local shop has about 3-400 lenses _in shop_. And we're talking about Finland/Helsinki, not freaking NY/Adorama.

    For those who don't know: most modern lenses are fully manually operable, etc. you can set aperture & focus with your hands, without electric contact.

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