First of all, this tracked wonderfully, and the entire scan took about 2 minutes.
This is still one of my favorite items to scan - the David bust.
Nothing against Agrippa, but I’m all team David.
The bridge of the nose has ALWAYS been a pain point for me - this one came out CLEAN. I’m thrilled.
At this point enough people probably know how much I love my “retro” game console, the Dreamcast. (It still hurts me to call it that). So, why not scan the controller?
I. LOVE. Auto Turntable.
Lasers are cool, but do you like 
automation?
I just put the controller on the turntable, click “start”, and that’s it.
For those that don’t know, it’s basically like an automatic Single Frame Capture.
Scanner takes shots. Turntable rotates a little bit. Scanner takes shots. Repeat.
This is easily one of the cleanest scans I’ve ever gotten, and the effort it took was laughably small. This may very well be my go-to method in the future.
Anyways, here’s some pictures!
I’m a nerd. I scan nerdy things. So I scanned one of my favorite figurines.
Rosie is somewhat bulky - about 180mm? Give or take?
Lasers are awesome.
I need to modify the enclosure that a large DC motor and step-down gears go into for a robotics project. (scavenged from a poor robot vaccuum that bit the dust)
This thing is made from glossy black ABS plastic. Also known as a scanner’s worst enemy.
Threw some lasers at it though and I’m extremely happy.
Dimensions on this thing are 110mm (gear enclosure) x 75mm (DC motor side).
Came out great, but now I unfortunately don’t have a reason to delay the project any longer. 
Christmas is still a way’s off, but that hasn’t stopped the decorations from appearing around my house.
Saw this on the mantle and immediately knew it had to be scanned so I can print a mini version of it as a tree ornament.
Really happy with the quality of the scans and the color I’m getting! Need to find more to scan ASAP
Not a lot to say here, I’m just really really happy with the results.
This isn’t a tabletop mini, this is a 27.5mm tall itty bitty pilot that comes with a Gundam model kit. (PG Unicorn, if you’re curious)
I mean c’mon, look at that. How did the scanner pull that off??
Magic, if I had to guess.
Lasers. Are. So. Much. Fun.
All I’m gonna say is it scanned so well it captured the weird scaling these old plastic shells get with age.
Dimensions are 123.5mm x 53.2mm
Is there anything lasers can’t do???
Great scan(s), mate. Does Auto-Turntable work with any of your other Revo scanners?
I haven’t checked, but I believe it’s exclusive to the MetroX
I’ve seen people asking: Can is scan shiny?
Yes it can. 
This is a big candle stick holder, about 210mm (8.5in) tall.
Who like pi? I do. So I scanned one.
A retired Raspberry Pi Zero W, to be specific.
A Pi Zero, if you’re not aware, is pretty small. 65x30mm. Kinda why they call it the “Zero” I guess.
You don’t care about that - you’re here for the scan. Here it is!
Like your Pi a little bigger? Here’s the grandaddy, OG Pi, just for fun.
I’d say I brushed the dust off of it, but as you can see by the camera ribbon header I clearly didn’t remove any dust.
Do you think you thing the laser mode could achieve good detail on small parts like this? I was under the impression a laser could good for scanning gundam parts but after seeing so much auto turn-table action I’m wondering why the mini couldn’t have that feature implemented at some point?
Because MetroX uses completely different projector mode type in Auto mode for that than MINI and you can compare it more with Artec Micro2 than MINI .
Just because there is a blue light don’t means they have anything to do with each other , completely different stuff and should be not compared .
I’ll bet the Mini 2 will get auto turntable in the future. There is nothing technologically stopping it. It’s basically just single shot mode paired with pausing the turntable between shots. You could probably get the same quality results as if the Mini 2 did have auto turntable by just putting the Mini 2 on a tripod, so that it was held very still during capture, and scanning in single shot mode with the item being scanned also at a standstill for every capture.
It can get but you never get the hardware and results , total different projector and patterns . Far above Mini series .
Fully agree. I can mimic 100% the auto turntable mode with my Raspi Zero, and the MetroX examples seen so far seem to be on a different league. Perhaps I might do a comparison with my Mini when I get mine
Yeah, I’m not saying the Mini 2 will get MetroX-like results. I’m saying you can get the same results by DIY’ing the auto turntable mode with the Mini 2 as you would if the Mini 2 had a legit auto turntable mode.
MetroX have 3 different pattern and shifting in a single shot , Mini have just one that shifting and on very low light level . Little different scanning routine .
But @misterpepper you can make Mini having auto turntable with a single mode , however that is not a comparison as the results will be 90% less than MetroX.
Trust me I have both .
The holidays are upon us, and that means the wife has been putting out the Christmas decorations…
Which also means I’ve been stealing the decorations the scan!
(…literally)
This thing is pretty dang big (about 500mm wide), but it has enough unique features I decided to tackle it in a single feature tracked scan in Full Field mode. MetroX handled it without issue.
Can’t have a Christmas post without this guy.
Scanned using Auto Turntable mode so I could get a nice color scan
Feature tracking, single scan. Easy Peasy.
Revoscan Screenshots
Here’s the old elf himself. The color image shows vertex colors, which oh man those are smooth.
Detailed Mesh - no color
I just wanted to see how much detail this scan captured, and man did it deliver.
Viewing it without color like this shows all the details, a lot of which are hard to see even with the naked eye. Way to go, MetroX!
I didn’t particularly focus on capturing the bottom of the base, but it still captured it and you can even make out the Goodwill pricetag on the bottom. That’s just wild.
Texture Color
Santa is pretty glittery, and the scan managed to get that into the texture made from the RGB capture. I love this thing’s ability to just capture a nice texture.
Vertex Color with Lighting/Shading
What’s this, another color version? Well yeah, because why not. This is the exact same scan, but using a texture made from the Vertex colors instead of the image capture. It’s the exact same color mode that’s in the Revoscan screenshots. The difference is because the Vertex colors are flat, they’re perfect for dynamic lighting.
If you’re familar with 3D design, think of this as dynamic lighting and shadows vs the color texture kinda having them “baked in.”
I like both, so I did both 
Saint Nick here in his real world glory. ~300mm (12in) tall
And of course, here he is in his in the ceramic flesh. Standing at about a foot tall, he was an ideal scanning subject.
All that is to say, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, stay warm, and keep on scanning!
