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Ok, so maybe the $50 scanner was 'pie in the sky', but here's a $75 scanner that will give better results than what you're doing now:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/def...px?EDC=1557824 |
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I appreciate your suggestion, but I already have an adequate scanner. However, for my particular project a scanner will not work for a variety of reasons.
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Then it is time to make a visit to E-Bay and to purchase at least a less the $(US) 100.00 camera. A Kodak camera would be simple to use and inexpensive for example. I saw a Kodak C-813 (8mp) that sold for $(US) 70.00 with a $(US) 7.00 shipping charge. That is the minimum kind of image quality you really do need.
I was copying photos from a book yesterday and this is the kind of result that I got. Sarah Joyce |
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dmehling wrote:
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The excellent, and free, 'Irfanview' (http://www.irfanview.com) has many possible adjustments, but experimentation is rather more tortuous and difficult. Once you've decided what to do, it's then easy to do batches of whole folders-full of images at once with its batch processor, in seconds. Like Sarah Joyce, I find it enormously faster to use a digicam than a scanner, if I'm not being too fussy. But then, I have a very flexible superzoom camera, versus a venerable antique HP scanner. A better digicam would be your best bet, preferably plus your cheap scanner, for flexibility! Good luck! |
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Use a piece of clean clear glass to press the book down. Have your lights at 45 degrees to the surface and your camera perpendicular. Using a tripod you should have no trouble at all just shooting page after page once you find your settings for the lighting you have. Close-up lenses that screw on the front of your present lens would be helpful but Im guessing your lens doesnt have threads on the end to accept such filters.
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