Summer research

[Ivan S. Eubanks]

The professional book scanners designed especially for creating .pdf 
files out of books often use a digital slr with a 50mm lens.  The one in 
our library specifically employs the Canon rebel (the low end cannon 
digital slr).  The scanner literally consists of two such cameras 
mounted on arms and pointing down toward the table where the book goes.  
I also own a Canon digital slr and do recommend them; the equivalent 
Nikon digital camera would also be good.

Photographing books by hand (as opposed to mounting the camera on a 
tripod or some other stabilizing device), however, can be difficult with 
such a large camera, especially since you don't want to use flash--it 
creates a glare on the page.  When traveling, I therefore use a Canon 
Powershot SD780 IS Digital Elph.  It takes 12.1 megapixel photos, which 
are quite large enough to create beautiful .pdf files, it has the 
circumference of a credit card and is about 1/2 an inch thick.  These 
small cameras are also much less expensive.  Once more, the equivalent 
Nikon would also be worth considering.

On 5/18/10 4:46 AM, Donna Orwin wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
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> I'm thinking of buying a new camera to use in photographing documents.
> Which cameras do you recommend for this task, and why?  Thanks in advance
> for your suggestions.
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> Best to all,
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> Donna Orwin
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