Message-Id: <199610221344.IAA19248@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 09:37:55 +0600 From: "Jeffrey S. Erickson" <mailto:jeericks@DAVIDSON.EDU> Subject: Re: rec on 1) angle scanner and 2) dig camera To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
Robert Baron wrote:[...] >While working on my dissertation I photographed many books with tight
>bindings and worked out a technique of using clamps and moveable beds to
>hold the book at the proper angle under the camera in order to photograph a
>single page. The same technique can be used with camera type scanners or
>you can photograph the works first and scan the resulting image later.
[...] >Robert A. Baron
>Museum Computer Consultant
>P.O. Box 93, Larchmont, NY 10538
mailto:>rabaron@pipeline.comSome companies which market photographic copystands offer as an accessory a "book/document hold-down," usually consisting of a heavy sheet of glass affixed to a stage. The glass is hinged in such a way as to be able to "float" upwards and thus accommodate fairly thick volumes. I would purchase one of these, and proceed as Robert recommends above. The Kinex Corporation in Rochester, NY, markets a device such as the one I described. It works fine for standard copy photography, and ought to do as well with a digital camera. From what I can tell, "information loss" from shooting through glass is non-existent (to the naked eye, that is); and one can improve on this, probably, by ordering the somewhat more expensive "crystal" glass.
Jeffrey S. Erickson phone: 704-892-2590 Slide Collection, Visual Arts Ctr. fax: 704-892-2691 Davidson College internet: mailto:jeericks@davidson.edu 315 N. Main St. P. O. Box 1720 Davidson, North Carolina 28036 USA
Disclaimer: "The fact that I've made a slide of it doesn't mean that I think it's art."