If you don't have a camera with the "Document" setting but does have a
"Macro" setting, they are about the same. I use mine extensively for this.
One problem I have had though is keeping the camera still enough when there
is low light.
Try to find a camera that has a fast shutter speed. Especially those of us
who have trouble keeping our hands still. I usually take three shots for
each. That's the nice thing about digital and a big memory card. You can
shoot all you want then pick and choose what you keep.
Regards,
Steve Stevens
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Alice your camera question made me laugh because I am one
of those "who are challenged by this digital technology" also.
In my case it was dumb luck that I happened onto a camera
to fit my courthouse needs. About 3 years ago my husband
acquired tickets to the Dover NASCAR race and sent me out
to purchase a camera suitable to take pictures at the race.
Knowing nothing about digital cameras I went to Wal-Mart
and talked to a lady in their photo department telling her
what the camera was going to be used for. She hooked me up
with a Kodak Easyshare P850. It's 5.1 Mega Pixels and
has an Auto Focus 12X Optical Zoom. It is rather clunky
compared to the slim line cameras most people have but it has
many features that I later learned about. After the race my
husband indulged me with a couple of days of courthouse
hopping. It was then that I learned how awesome the
document setting is.
You can take pictures of the document and then
actually enlarge them to read from the camera viewer itself.
Once home I downloaded the shots into my computer.
A few of the courthouses we hit were Fairfax and along the
Northern Neck, Westmoreland, Richmond County (now Warsaw).
These places had no problem with a camera but some cities do.
My own city (Chesapeake) has an issue with it and does not
allow cameras in the courthouse. I find that redundant because
it's a waste of manpower and it's kinder to the record for me
to take a picture of it verses the copying machine. So far,
I've never had a problem taking photos from reference books
in any library.
I don't know anything about the "DocuPen" that you mentioned
but if you are interested in testing a camera that can be done
at your local Wal-Mart where you can try it before you buy it.
I'm sure the same holds true with Best Buy or any other place.
Good luck and happy hunting !
Vicki Ford
I have thoroughly enjoyed the comments regarding Ancestry/LDS
Data/Heritage Quest, etc. Now I have a question for Vicki...you mention
"I've found that the best investment that I've made was in a digital
camera with a document setting. It saves time and money copying docs in
courthouses as well as copying pages from reference books in libraries."
I have often thought this would be a good method of obtaining copies of
certain records and purchased a camera probably ten years ago...however, it
never did what I wanted so gave up on it...Would you perhaps discuss this
type of camera for those of us who are challenged by this digital
technology?
Also, any of you who may have experience in using "digital pens" in
copying old handwriting like in the deeds and wills...I would love to hear
about that technology. When I first learned of "DocuPen" I contacted the
manufacturer to ask about that use and to see what they would say to
providing one for me to try and give them a report...needless to say they
were not impressed with my offer and suggested I buy one, and they had
nothing to offer about the results of that type of scanning...so I did not
buy it when they could not answer my questions.
Alice in Fluvanna
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