Scanning Screwback Orders - an idea

[Airon]

Hi all,
i always been an enthusiast about the scanner to take pictures of orders (the white balance is always correct, no tripod needed, always crisp clear images, the equipment is cheap... and so on) but i always had problems with screwbacks.
The main problem is that the depth of field for a good scanner doesn't get past the centimeter.
Since we have in the forum some good brains maybe someone can help me with an idea i had in mind.

I remember when i was young to have bought a mineral called Ulexite (aka television stone) that has some nice optical proprieties. It transfers the light from a surface to another. It works like an optic fiber.

Ulexite-Television-Stone-Kramer-Kern.jpg

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In your opinion is there a matherial that works the same way and it is available in blocks?
This is what i have in mind to use it for:

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The images shows a screwback order in red to be scanned. The long rectangle below is the scanning surface. The black arrows are the distance to the nearest flat surface, distance affect depth of field. The big arrow is propagated light, not affected by depth of field.

[filo]

Non ci ho capito niente di come usare questa pietra ma è trasparente?

[Airon]

Non ci ho capito niente di come usare questa pietra ma è trasparente?

Beh la pietra non è utilizzabile, è un minerale troppo grezzo.
Speravo però che ci fosse una cosa del genere ma sintetica...

[filo]

Ho provato a cercarla, costa poco sui 5-10 $, ma si trova solo grezza o molto contaminata da intrusioni, come l'ambra.

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[Airon]

Ho provato a cercarla, costa poco sui 5-10 $, ma si trova solo grezza o molto contaminata da intrusioni, come l'ambra.

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Nono, serve qualcosa che funzioni con lo stesso principio ma dia immagini cristalline...

[Lapa]

Airon,

IMO, optical fibers tied in a bunch should give you basically the same result as the stone, but with a better quality image.

Marc

[Airon]

Airon,

IMO, optical fibers tied in a bunch should give you basically the same result as the stone, but with a better quality image.

Marc

Yes this is the direction i'm looking for: optical fibers.
Yet i have to find a seller or producer that make blocks of them or something similar.