this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2024
452 points (99.3% liked)

Photography

4491 readers
37 users here now

A community to post about photography:

We allow a wide range of topics here including; your own images, technical questions, gear talk, photography blogs etc. Please be respectful and don't spam.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Taken on a small group of Islands in the Oslo fjord, called Hvasser. A 15 meter peice of fabric playing in the wind, scanned right to left in 21 seconds. Got really lucky with the clouds this time, allowing a single beam of sunlight in as a highlight.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What OP did was produce a functioning scanning back camera out of a pile of junk, which is definitely an achievement that deserves some props.

These types of mechanisms were more popular in the 90's and early 2000's before we'd nailed the ability to produce high resolution image sensors. Using quite rudimentary existing technology you can generate massive high pixel count images provided, of course, that your subject matter has the decency to hold still. These types of things were used widely for high resolution product photography and landscape shots destined to be reprinted in large formats.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Thanks for the explanation!