Re: [OT]Scanning minis

DevCom's Black Widow scanners (http://www.blackwidow.co.uk) are
advertised as having a "Unique 3D Scanhead". This does scan objects
placed on the glass very well (I know, I have one). However I haven't
tried any other types of scanner so I don't know it they're
significantly better than 'normal' scanners.

Tony

"Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry, I can't provide much information either.
> I just placed them on the scanner bed.
> I do know that the focal lenght, for lack of a
> better term, on a flatbed scanner is very small.
> My miniatures begin to get out of focus at about
> 15-20mm.
> I went high-tech and placed dry, clean, paint bottles
> at the 4 corners to hold the lid to my scanner. I
> had tried black felt, but the results were not good.
> 
> -----
> Brian Bell
> -----
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de [mailto:KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 01:32
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [OT]Scanning minis
> 
> > I think my biggest triumph was managing to scan the fighters without
> destroying
> > them. Good job they were heavy fighters, standard ones would have
been
> destroyed
> > by the weight of the scanner lid :)
> 
> I have variously read about people scanning miniatures. When I try to
do
> this, I get pictures that are woefully out of focus. Even
re-sharpening with
> Adobe photoshop doesn't help much. Are there special tricks to it ? Or
do
> you need the right type of scanner ?
> 
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz

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Tony Francis
Senior Software Engineer