Flatbed Scanner
This New Gadget Makes your 35 mm Film Feel Like it Wandered into the 21st Century
Mar 3, 2026
David Prochnow
If analog film had a social life, it might call the Valoi Easy35 v2 the life of the (developing) party. Gone are the days of…
Turn That Office Scanner into a Large Format Digital Camera
Aug 26, 2025
David Prochnow
It’s hiding right there in plain sight. There’s an 8MP digital camera hiding in your office and it’s just begging for you to make high…
The truth about drum scanners – Are they really as good as people say?
Oct 2, 2024
John Aldred
When somebody puts the phrase “21-minute unhinged rant” in the description of a video, I’m usually intrigued. In this case, it was a video by…
Build your own 489-megapixel DIY medium format camera for under $150
Jun 22, 2023
John Aldred
While uncommon, DIY medium-format digital cameras aren’t really a new thing. They’ve been around for years, with photographers hacking apart flatbed scanners for parts. Then…
How to build a DIY 4×5 large format digital scanning back from a portable flatbed scanner
Mar 13, 2020
John Aldred
Large format film still holds a huge draw for a lot of photographers. It has a look that the relatively tiny digital sensors today (yes,…
These ethereal portraits were created using a flatbed scanner
Jun 21, 2019
Dunja Đuđić
I believe that quite a few of us have played with flatbed scanners and “took photos” with it. But Maitha Demithan took this to a…
How to use a scanner to create photography without a camera
Jul 13, 2017
John Aldred
The Koldunov Brothers are always coming up with strange ideas. Mostly they’re to replace photographic accessories with, let’s say, less conventional items. This time, it’s…