Message-Id: <199610212158.QAA15797@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 15:03:57 -0900 From: Stuart Glogoff <mailto:sglogoff@BIRD.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU> Subject: rec on 1) angle scanner and 2) dig camera To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Hello,I'm interested in what experience or recommendations people can pass along to me on two questions.
1) We have some old (ie, 100-150 years), rare volumes in Special collections that we'd like to begin digitizing. But the bindings are tight and we don't want to damage them. We can not open them and lay them flat on our flatbed scanners. Are there scanners that would allow us to work with such volumes? I was at EDUCOM last week and a sales rep from Kodak at the trade show told he didn't think such a beast existed. Someone from Xerox thought they do exist but it wasn't his area and he didn't know any specifics. [They ought to give you mouse pad or a t-shirt when they don't know. :>) ]
2) I've been using a Kodak DC-40 for the past couple years and would like to move up to something better. I've seen blurbs in the trade rags for the DC-50, and cameras from Polaroid and Sony that sound like they produce much better resolution. I'm not in a position to upgrade to something over $2,000. Most of the use would be indoors. Can anyone share a recommendation?
Thanks, Stuart
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