gel scanning/analysis

[jordan shin]

I am looking to set up a way to record our westerns and ethidium gels
using a system based around out macs (AV).  I would preferably like
to use off the shelf components and in addition to recording them
for archival/presentation purposes, would also like to get some
relatively quantitative information from the data.  I have looked
at some of the commercial units and was boggled by the number of
bucks they wanted and figured that we could do better.
 
Any ideas/opnions would be appreciated.
TIA.
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