On 11/11/2008 5:18 PM John J spake thus:

The scanner thread pinged my imagination. Didn't come up with a response
but reminded me...

8x10 enlarger light source - what about an intense tube light moved by a
scanner (stepper) motor close to the negative? It would make a low
profile head, be cool (temp), is programmable (motion rate), and just
fill my weeks with an excuse not to shoot!

Lemme see if I understand this: this would be a light source that would
be "scanned" across the negative (I assume in just one axis, not an x/y
scan) while the exposure is being made? So the stepper would have to
complete its run in the time of the exposure? Hmmmmm ... verrrrry
eenteresting.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire