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Flatbed Scanning Negatives

Scanning negatives and slides on a flatbed scanner can be quite challenging. The cost of a dedicated scanner is way out my league so I was interested in reading this article on making a device for providing the light from above the strip of film. Once I have tried this out I will let you know about the results.

Lytro Digital Light Field Camera

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Read about this amaxing device today. This video shows the camera in action and there is also an interview with the inventor Ren Ng.  More detailed information can be seen on the Lytro website It is a new way to look at photography. The camera picks up all the light from the scene you are photographing and through a lens array the light is passed onto the sensor. Information recorded at the sensor is not just the light level but also the direction this light travelled in. Rather than focusing before taking the image, focus can be selected at various points in the image after it is taken. The camera is simple to use with only two buttons, shutter release and power. There is also a 8x optical zoom with a constant f2 aperture. The large aperture makes this camera ideal for low light picture taking. Example image Example image from the Lytro website shows what can be done with the images. Click on the image to change the point of focus. This can be don...