He set to work and built a rapid slide digitizer using a projector ... and his writeup has some comparison photos between a slide scanner and this setup.
I also think that the detail captured using camera scanning is above flatbed scanning and leagues above cheap scanners like the Kodak Scanza range. Above: compare the JJC Digitizer to the Valoi ...
Or any other 3D printer, for that matter. The MakerBot Digitizer costs $800, and [Will] wondered if he could construct a cheaper 3D scanner with stuff sitting around his house. It turns out ...