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    Somewhat off topic but am looking for some help. Can anyone point me in the direction of a scanner that has some depth of field? My wife does pressed flower art (see here: http://kenkphotography.smugmug.com/D...78016670_bpYC2 ) and we need some depth of field out of the scanner to deal with the thickness of the plant material. We do not need much dof, likely 4-5 mm would be sufficient.

    Most of the images of here work were taken with my canon 40D and my macro lens, but setting that up can be a pain.

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    Ken

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Kovak View Post
    Somewhat off topic but am looking for some help. Can anyone point me in the direction of a scanner that has some depth of field? My wife does pressed flower art (see here: http://kenkphotography.smugmug.com/D...78016670_bpYC2 ) and we need some depth of field out of the scanner to deal with the thickness of the plant material. We do not need much dof, likely 4-5 mm would be sufficient.

    Most of the images of here work were taken with my canon 40D and my macro lens, but setting that up can be a pain.

    Thanks
    Ken
    Hi Ken,
    It's not likely that you will find such a scanner due to the optical layout of the typical flatbed scanner. That is a lens close to the linear array sensor and it must provide fine detail at the image plane (your subject). If you do not need much resolution, then you might get 4 or so mm without too much defocus, but I think you'll do better with your DSLR and a macro lens where you have control over f/ratio.

    Roger

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