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| Thread ID: 22028 | 2002-07-10 05:16:00 | Scanning: A Query | Jimbob (843) | Press F1 |
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| 61231 | 2002-07-10 05:16:00 | I wish to scan my hands and feet for a biology project for school, however, my scanner uses a purple coloured light, which I suspect is UV based. Is it a good idea to scan skin with this?? I do not really want to tan my palms etc!!! Cheers, Jimbob. PS, I am looking to scan around 600dpi so the sanning would be quite slow... |
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| 61232 | 2002-07-10 05:26:00 | I don't think the intensity will be enough to do any damage. "Sun beds" use hundreds of watts of fluorescents. You might have 5 watts. You could put on sunblock --- but you'ld have to clean it off the glass afterwards :D . Don't stand on the glass sheet. Apart from damaging the scanner, ;-) it will damage your feet if it breaks. :_| Do you really need that much resolution? It will make a big file at 600 ppi. (10 X 600 X 8 X 600 X 3 bytes). And it is hard to keep still for a long time. |
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| 61233 | 2002-07-10 05:54:00 | Cheers Graham, You were right, and I didn't get a tan, however, my foot now feels slightly odd, and I am not sure why!! we shall see... :) Jimbob :) |
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| 61234 | 2002-07-10 06:24:00 | If it falls off ... :D But it's probably just cramp from holding it steady for all that time. ;-) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 61235 | 2002-07-10 06:35:00 | LOL | Sam H (525) | ||
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