Lex Jenkins wrote:
>
> The graphic artist in me says it's valid. But as photography...?
>
> Some folks regard a quality flatbed scanner as the equivalent to a large
> format studio camera for still lifes and montages. I've seen some excellent
> work along this line. Heck, I've *done* some work like that, tho' my
> efforts have been spotty at best.
>
> Hmm...I'd say it's photography if *any* use of the digital capture medium is
> photography, sure. What's the diff between a digital "camera" and a
> scanner? One has a lens, the other doesn't. A pinhole camera doesn't have
> a lens, per se. We could really split some hairs over this one.
> ===========
> Lex Jenkins
> ===========
All scanners have a lens to focus the light on CCDs. Some higher end
models has complex lens groups and on the new Nikon scanner, they even
have ED elements.
C.H.Ling
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