Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: scanner

2017-10-12 Thread Paul Robert Marino 
  Don't use a smart phone camera for it a decent dedicated digital camera will correct for that optically in the lense, but you are right that is an issue for smart phone cameras due to the physical lense size.Sent from my BlackBerry - the most secure mobile deviceFrom: miles.on...@cirrus.comSent: October 12, 2017 5:52 PMTo: prmari...@gmail.com; jason.bron...@gmail.com; scientific-linux-users@fnal.govSubject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: scanner  On 10/12/2017 04:42 PM, Paul Robert
  Marino wrote:

  
  
  
 Interestingly my
  father threw me for a loop on this now a days a low grade
  digital camera actually has higher resolution than most
  scanners so he uses one in a photo copy stand and then just
  copies the one file to his computer via a bluetooth enabled SD
  card which is faster than any scanner on the market. Then he
  uses gimp or photos of depending on which computer he is using
  to crop it and convert the format if need.
He
  told me this actually works faster and easier than any scanner
  he has ever used and gets higher resolution as well and
  requires no drivers. All you need is a photo copy stand which
  is a rig you attach your camera to the holds it level to a
  surface.
Its
  a fascinating idea and I'm sure he is right about it, and it's
  probably the way I'm going to do it in the future.
  

That seems like it would introduce distortion, as the document edges
would be farther from the camera lens than the document center. Kind
of like most selfies make your nose look bigger.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: scanner

2017-10-12 Thread O'Neal, Miles 

On 10/12/2017 04:42 PM, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
Interestingly my father threw me for a loop on this now a days a low 
grade digital camera actually has higher resolution than most scanners 
so he uses one in a photo copy stand and then just copies the one file 
to his computer via a bluetooth enabled SD card which is faster than 
any scanner on the market. Then he uses gimp or photos of depending on 
which computer he is using to crop it and convert the format if need.
He told me this actually works faster and easier than any scanner he 
has ever used and gets higher resolution as well and requires no 
drivers. All you need is a photo copy stand which is a rig you attach 
your camera to the holds it level to a surface.
Its a fascinating idea and I'm sure he is right about it, and it's 
probably the way I'm going to do it in the future.
That seems like it would introduce distortion, as the document edges 
would be farther from the camera lens than the document center. Kind of 
like most selfies make your nose look bigger.