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 something a little different. They’re not just replacing camera accessories. They’re replacing the camera. With a flatbed scanner.
It’s actually not a bad idea for experimenting with. A flatbed scanner is essentially just a giant, slow, rolling shutter camera. Sure, it has an extremely close focus and a very limited depth of field. The lighting options are also quite limited, too. But it can produce some very neat results.
I don’t know about you, but other than scanning film, my flatbed scanner hasn’t seen any action in years. It’s so much easier now to just “scan” a document with your phone. So this can help breath some new life into those neglected imaging devices.
Scanning with the top up can serve as a great way to isolate relatively flat subjects on a black background. The scan above resulted in this image.
Or, you can drop the top to get a nice gradient. It almost looks like these paperclips are falling down.
It could even serve as an alternative to a macro lens. Although, I probably wouldn’t try squishing live bugs in there.
It can offer an interesting look that isn’t all that easy to replicate with an actual camera.
If you’re not convinced, but you want to find something else to do with that old flatbed. Well, you could always try turning it into a scanning camera.
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