Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part Film Friday series. Markus Hofst is known for creating elaborate large format cameras and contraptions, but one of his most recent projects goes above and beyond anything we While the project itself took three months to complete, the journey started years ago.
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This ultra-large scanner weighs roughly as much as a full-grown human and is so large that it barely fit in the rear of his SUV when he picked it up and just managed to squeeze through his front door when he brought it inside. And the logistics were just the start of the road ahead.
The scanner, which can scan 32-bit CMYK, 48-bit RGB and 8-bit grayscale images at up to 5300dpi on its 53cm x 34 cm (13. 4" x 20. 9") bed, uses a SCSI II interface and software not at all designed to run on modern computers. While it did come with a retro Power Mac (433Mhz) that wouldnd purchased an array of old components—some new in the original box—that would speed up the process while also being compatible with the scanner.
From there, it took some tinkering to get the Power Mac G4 Quicksilver up and running, as MacOS 9 would not run on the computer, but Mac OS X would not support the SCSi controller needed to connect the scanner. In the end, Hofst
With that set in place, alongside an original Cinema Display, Hofst
You can see the results on Hofst
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