Re: [Q] Which Scanner for manuscripts

Loren C. Pigniolo (mailto:lorenp@NETCOM.COM)
Wed, 17 Aug 1994 16:41:53 -0700 

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Date:         Wed, 17 Aug 1994 16:41:53 -0700
From: "Loren C. Pigniolo" <mailto:lorenp@NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: [Q] Which Scanner for manuscripts
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>


Using a digital camera would provide the advantage of being able to
create digital images of any size manuscript, object, or bound volume
without regard to limitations of your scanner bed size or object
condition.


I do heartily agree that for my dollar there is nothing yet to beat a
traditional photographic image.  If I were doing a project on fragile
manuscripts, I would first photograph them in both color transparency and
black and white (4X5) and then have the transparencies scanned for
access.  With this strategy, you can always re-scan at a higher resolution
when the qualilty of storage and/or compression improves.


Yours,


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