Photographing? text

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Mon, 24 Apr 1995 08:38:36 -0500

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Date:         Mon, 24 Apr 1995 08:38:36 -0500
From: mailto:ali00law@UNCCVM.UNCC.EDU>
Subject:      Photographing? text
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A professor here is traveling to India this summer and needs to "record"
some images of ancient Sanskrit text to bring back to the University to
translate.  He needs to be able to enlarge this images to a readable size,
yet maintain a "clearness" of image so that the characters are discernable.
Preferably, he would transfer the images to a computer format so that he
could translate them on screen.

Does anyone have any experience with this type of project? We need to suggest necessary equipment, so that he can determine how it will fit into his grant money. Best case scenario, is it possible to purchase some type of lens for a standard 35mm camera to shoot clear images of the text and make either prints or slides, or PhotoCD that are readable? (We were thinking low budget here)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Lisa

~ Lisa Weedman mailto:ali00law@email.uncc.edu ~ Media Services/Graphics ~ The University of North Carolina at Charlotte