Yes... forgo the glass.
Getting the glare out, when one is doing multiple pages is a mad
task. I use a a tube made for me out of a fragment of a worn out high
count white pillow case — 600, I think — about as big around as my
thumb, and nine inches long, that is filled with white sand, such as
is used in aquariums. It is filled to a point where it is full but
not taut, and the sand is fine enough not to be sharp, and large
enough not to filter through the cloth. I keep it in a shallow slider-
baggie, so it is clean. Lay it on the book or whatever. It holds the
pages flat, and conforms to any shape.
-- Stephan
On 3 Feb 2008, at 09:10, jmduke wrote:
> A recent post on this site suggested that placing a piece of glass
> over book pages to be copied would hold the page flat and therefore
> ensure a better finished image. Although this is true, following
> such a method introduces its own problems because it is extremely
> difficult to remove the stray elements of glare caused by light
> being reflected by the glass. When copying images under glass I
> have found it helpful to use an umbrella above the subject and
> manipulate it while looking through the viewfinder in order to
> locate and eliminate the glare. This is especially true in
> libraries, most of which have overhead fluorescent lights.
>
> Maurice Duke
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> Elizabeth Whitaker wrote:
>> I recently replaced my Kodak digital camera with a newer model. I
>> have been pleasantly surprised to find that I can set the new
>> camera to prevent the flash from going off. (Purchase price on
>> both was roughly $150.)
>> Elizabeth Whitaker
>> Alexandria, VA
>> Ray Terry wrote:
>>> Over the course of 4 days last year I took about 3000 images of
>>> Civil War Pension files at NARA's Central Research Room on
>>> Pennsylvania Ave., D.C.? My interest was to obtain quick, easy
>>> copies of text, which could then be leisurely examined at home,
>>> the limiting factors in the research being both the time and
>>> expense of travel to the Research Room and the hours it was
>>> open. ? Here are some details --
>>>
>>> - Camera: point and shoot Nikon Coolpix 5200 (about $250 new a
>>> couple of years ago).
>>> - No flash necessary or desired, for the reasons stated in
>>> earlier messages in this thread. - I sat at a table illuminated
>>> by daylight.
>>> - I did not use a copy stand.? I stood and leaned against the
>>> very sturdy table, steadied my elbows against my body and shot
>>> straight down at the pages.
>>> - Each shot took about 10 seconds to set up and snap. - I took 3
>>> extra camera batteries with me plus a charger.?
>>> Taking photos avoids the examination of Xeroxed pages at the exit
>>> of the Research Room and at the exit of the Archives building.
>>>
>>> NARA permits scanners as well as cameras (& battery charger) to
>>> be brought into the building. They must be registered at the desk
>>> inside the Pennsylvania Ave. researcher's entrance.? The
>>> equipment is examined both upon entering and leaving the Central
>>> Research Room.? They are looking for theft and for documents
>>> secreted within.?
>>> Sample photo image results can be viewed at?
>>> http://www.mitsawokett.com/MilitaryService/CW%20Pension%20File%
>>> 20Images/CW_Pension_Files.htm
>>>
>>> which I have uploaded as examples for this thread.? These were
>>> given a minimal Photo Shop enhancement by selecting "image -
>>> adjust - auto levels", just enough to read them easily.
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