Hi Teoh Yi Chie (and Giacomo Sardelli) thank you for your work! I've been following your blog a long time now (from tips on refilling my pentel pocketbrush, to scanners - you're doing an awesome work!)
Recently, I've been trying to get a hold on a scanner that I could use to digitize my art (very often watercolor and pastel paintings up to 100x70cm); so far I had been doing it with a camera, but flattening the innumerable bulges on a large watercolor paintings to have it photographed in a dozen small tiles under a cloudy sky and then stitching them together to get a 300dpi image file is too much work!
I've been thinking of a scanner with a removable (or at least a 180degress lid) so that I could scan the watercolor paintings flat in tiles and get the lighting, pain-stalking flattening and camera distortions out of the equation. I was sold on the V370, but it seems both Epson V39 and V370 can't be found in the eu market any longer.
Now I'm considering Canon scanners, but I have two concerns; your thoughts are much appreciated:
a) you can't remove the lid on the canon scanners - how would I be able to scan my large pieces?
b) Canon scanners have a CIS sensor and I am worried that it won't focus properly on wavey/bulged paper - I have an hp scanner/printer/fax with a CIS sensor, and horrible image quality aside, no matter how hard I press the watercolor paper on the glass, parts of it are always out of focus - Don't you have a similar experience with the canon ones?
Hi Teoh Yi Chie (and Giacomo Sardelli) thank you for your work! I've been following your blog a long time now (from tips on refilling my pentel pocketbrush, to scanners - you're doing an awesome work!)
Recently, I've been trying to get a hold on a scanner that I could use to digitize my art (very often watercolor and pastel paintings up to 100x70cm); so far I had been doing it with a camera, but flattening the innumerable bulges on a large watercolor paintings to have it photographed in a dozen small tiles under a cloudy sky and then stitching them together to get a 300dpi image file is too much work!
I've been thinking of a scanner with a removable (or at least a 180degress lid) so that I could scan the watercolor paintings flat in tiles and get the lighting, pain-stalking flattening and camera distortions out of the equation. I was sold on the V370, but it seems both Epson V39 and V370 can't be found in the eu market any longer.
Now I'm considering Canon scanners, but I have two concerns; your thoughts are much appreciated:
a) you can't remove the lid on the canon scanners - how would I be able to scan my large pieces?
b) Canon scanners have a CIS sensor and I am worried that it won't focus properly on wavey/bulged paper - I have an hp scanner/printer/fax with a CIS sensor, and horrible image quality aside, no matter how hard I press the watercolor paper on the glass, parts of it are always out of focus - Don't you have a similar experience with the canon ones?
Thank you!