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Digital Camera for taking pictures of paper?
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Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
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My dad is looking for a digital camera that he can take pictures of paperwork, more specifically blueprints. He doesn't need to take pictures of a whole blueprint, necessarily. He will probably take pictures of 8.5" x 11" sections at a time. Does anyone know what kind of megapixels I would need on a camera to take pictures? Also, can anyone recommend a specific camera? I would want the camera to be very intuitive as my dad would not be taking the pictures and having someone else taking them, so good auto-focusing and good flash/lighting settings. If anyone could help me out by testing their camera on a sheet of paper and letting me know how it turns out, that would be great.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
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I've used my Nikon Coolpix 4500 to take pix of stuff on bulletin boards and whatnot, it works pretty well.
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If you only need 8.5x11 sections at a time, it seems to me that a much easier solution would be a scanner. You'll get much higher quality, and won't have to worry about lighting and focus and that kind of thing. And they're cheaper than a digital camera
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Ditto, get a scanner. I can't see how a digital camera would be better for what you're describing.
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I'm not sure about the 8.5" x 11" every time. Does anyone know how well the hand held scanners work? I was thinking a camera, because I don't want to have to align a bunch of scans each time if it scans in strips, and a camera could be use for taking normal pictures as well.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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Originally posted by fobside:
I was thinking a camera, because I don't want to have to align a bunch of scans each time if it scans in strips, and a camera could be use for taking normal pictures as well.
If you take pictures you're going to have to align the picture too, you also add in a 3rd dimension (depth). Aligning scanned line art is a piece of cake if you have lines that are known to be straight (which is going to be the case in blueprints). Photoshop's measure tool will do all the calculations you need.
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Join Date: Dec 1999
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A lot of digicams have a 'whiteboard' feature. This is merely a B/W GIF file that is usful in capturing whiteboard images. This should satisfy your Dad's needs. It also comes in handy for spying (wink wink, nudge nudge).
As with any camera feature, the higher the resolution the better. Since you'll be replicating 8-1/2 x 11 paper, start with 3 megapixels.
The Olympus C-3020 Zoom has this feature. I'm sure several other consumer-grade cameras (nearly all Olympuses) have it also.
(Last edited by GORDYmac; Jul 2, 2003 at 03:29 PM.
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