Scanner and Old Lens Used in DIY 130-Megapixel Camera
Posted 06/09/09 at 04:26:02 PM by Andy Salisbury

While the concept of a scanner being reworked into a camera isn’t entirely new, someone creating one that can take photos at 130-megapixels is.
A yet unnamed Japanese man with some tech know-how was able to create this beastly camera by fusing a 1200 dpi Epson GT-S620 scanner and old Cannon FD 50mm lens together. He says that he chose this scanner because it has a CCD sensor, uses a camera-like lens and has LED lighting.
If you want to see photos taken by the camera, you can check out his Flickr stream here.
Image Credit: Spyuge
Kind of cool but for what?
Submitted by quickone on Wed, 06/10/2009 - 12:08pm
Very handy if you want to enlarge the picture to put on the side of a building or perhaps cover the state of Rhode Island... I wonder how many Mb each picture is if taken in TIF.
すごいだよ! M..
Submitted by GFC on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 8:56pm
すごいだよ! M.. 130MP... *Drools*
I have a lens identical to
Submitted by JPmatt6 on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 8:07pm
I have a lens identical to that... all I have to do now is find one of those scanners...
If only...
Cool idea though, and those are some great results he's gotten from it.
I wonder how long the
Submitted by Pylon on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 3:16pm
I wonder how long the exposure has to be...
he stated that the camera
Submitted by supermonkeymeat on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 4:04pm
he stated that the camera only worked for static objects, so quite a while. relatively.
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