
Scanners turn prints and documents into digital images. They work a bit like a photocopier – you place the item to be scanned face-down on the glass plate. The item is ‘scanned’ into a digital file by a moving head. [...]
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Scanners turn prints and documents into digital images. They work a bit like a photocopier – you place the item to be scanned face-down on the glass plate. The item is ‘scanned’ into a digital file by a moving head. [...]
A scanner designed for film only and not prints or documents. A good 35mm film scanner will typically cost around £500, several times more than a good flatbed scanner. A film scanner, though, will get every ounce of definition out [...]