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What is the best camera that can be had for less than $300 street (not retail), that can scan books and documents. I would like the pictures to come as sharp as possible for OCR and post processing if need be.
Some concerns I have are lag from one picture to the next, darkness (I have a lamp and can get more if needed), and distortion. I'm not too picky on how natural the colors are as long as everything isn't pale. Also i prefer a camera that is or will be chdk compatible. |
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You should look for a faster scanner not a digital camera. That would be a shortcut. There are special scanners for that. They are called V-shaped book scanner or you may want to look here.
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Thx for the reply. I also want to take pictures of my notebooks, notes, notecards, and references from libraries such as charts and tables. Sometimes I even write on transparancies, since it is erasable.
Last edited by Ecin; Oct 6, 2010 at 7:26 AM. Reason: appending |
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Any cheap scanner can do that.
Probably get a used scanner for about $20-30 USD. |
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It is MUCH faster to take pictures than scanning. I know that because I used to do that.
I can take a picture of every single page of a 500 page textbook in about an hour. With a scanner? I'll be lucky to finish in 10. I'd check out the Canon SX 20. |
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