Subj : Copying my family history
To   : JAY EMRIE
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 08:57 am

JE>TW> I would suggest a good Quality Digital Camera, 6 Megapixel or more. to
JE>TW> take a picture of each page. That should be easier then flat bed
JE>TW> scaning as you will not have to lay the Book Flat. With soem
JE>TW> experiementation you nshould be able to get a good picture with the
JE>TW> book opened a litle more then 89 Degrees .You would have to build soem
JE>TW> sort of a Fixture to hold the book open with the page reasonably flat.
JE>TW> And shoot the pictures i nRAW of Uncompressed JPG.
JE>TW> Raw mode shots of course would eventuly need to be converted to jpg.

JE>If worst comes to worst, I'll try using my 8.0 Mp Nikon digital.
JE>Jean Parrot has offered his hand held scanner. This probably will be the
JE>best choice as they usually come with stitching and text reading
JE>capabilities.

 Becasue as I recal the Rseolution of those Hand Held scanners was
 somewhat low I suspect the Nikon would be a better choice.
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