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On 09/02/2011, Tom Fine wrote: > Hi Randal: > > This might be a perfect use for a Nikon DSLR with Nikon's > remote-control software. Canon and others may now have similar > systems, but I am only familiar with the Nikon. Basically, the Nkon > camera becauses a USB capture device and the software controls camera > parameters and can pull the image directly to the hard drive, directly > into Photoshop with recent versions. > > That said, I've never tried it your way, I've always had very good > results with a large-format scanner, late model Epson to be exact. My > latest twist is to scan black and white back covers directly into > Acrobat in OCR mode so that the text becomes searchable and > exportable. It's not perfect but the results are legions better than > they would have been a few years ago. I can't see how using a photo > stand would get better or quicker results than a large-mode scanner. > For the number of albums you're doing, surely there's budget for one > of them. By the time you get set up to do the photo stand thing > efficiently, you'll end up spending nearly as much for camera-control > software, lighting, diffusion glass, etc. > A camera will be much faster than a scanner, but lower in resolution. Are big enough scanners currently available? A 12" sleeve is wider than A3. > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Randal Baier" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 4:44 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] create quality album cover photos > > > I'd like to ask my esteemed colleagues how to get quality album images > using a decent digital camera and a good copy stand. > > Our library archives is doing a digitization project involving the > photographing of about 1200 albums, mostly 33 1/3 LPs, but some 78s. > We're using a copy stand and plan to get a diffuser (or museum) glass > so that the albums can be flat. We do have a light meter and a good > digital camera, so really the preparation and proper workflow is what > I'm interested in. > > We're hoping that image capture rather than scanning will get us > better results. > > This is just a request for upfront advice so we can capture these > images properly. > > I'm pretty impressed with the images on the Birka Jazz Archive site, > for instance. We need to capture images in high res formats for both > web display and projection. > > Sincerely, > Randal Baier > Eastern Michigan University Regards -- Don Cox [log in to unmask]