seeking reader advice
im seaking reader advice regarding a couple of ongoing projects.
first, i am looking for a way to do high quality scans of some very small artwork that Kyle Field has sent me for my new album. the drawings are about 2inch by 4 inch and they need to be scanned at such a quality that they will be at 300 dpi when blown up to 12 and a half inches square..anyone have any thoughts? is there a scanner at an art school or fancy lazer print shop or screen printing place or something that i could use?
secondly, i am in the market for a video projector. my price limit is $1000. This would be an all purpose projector for weird installations, for video backdrops for performances, possibly projecting from inside my zome huts, if any of you have seen them. i've been to all projector review sites, but none of them are very conclusive about what's best. my key factors seem to be "throw ratio" where i want the biggest possible picture from the shortest distances, also looking for brightness and i guess image quality. none of the sites i look at are geared towards art installation usage of projectors, more for home movie buffs or power point presentations.
so my question is: if you had to pick one sub$1000 projector to purchase, what would it be? not looking for more inconclusive advice. looking for suggestions for specific projectors.
anyway, if any of you reading this have any ideas on either of these things, please email me at adamforkner @ yahoo.com
thanks!
ps ROB LAWMART FROM REMOTE LOCATION PIPED IN LIVE VIDEO AUDIO FEED AT HOLOCENE TONIGHT - (other bands are pash and ghosting and a band called strangers die every day, which is, incidentally, my favorite butthole surfers song)
scan kyle's work at the highest res you can and go ask jesse durost if he will let you use the program that he used to translate a 72 dpi image into a 300dpi big ass moon picture.
Adam, maybe a photograph would work better than a scan. Daniel or someone else with an awesome digital SLR could probably help.
if you want to photograph the work i could do it for you at my work. i sometimes have access to a 29 megapixel camera. it makes HUGE files.
i might be able to help with your projector needs too...
email me if interested in either of these.
Dude, I can scan that for you real easy. We just set the output size and dpi when, and that dog will be real huge...
if you're still looking for a projector. epson's powerlites are pretty solid: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009ON1U/ref=nosim/kkorg-20 this one looks out of stock, but maybe go with the newest model available? should be about $1k.