DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras

Step 76: SETUP AND OPERATION BABY

You need to put the cameras in Manual Mode by switching the Mode Dial to "'M'".

Set the aperture to F8.

Set the shutter to 1/50 of a second or faster.

Set the White Balance to "Tungsten".

Set the Quality to Superfine and the Resolution to Large.

Your cameras are ready. If you keep them in "M" mode they will retain these settings.

Comments

[AutumnJazz]

1/50 and f/8 won't always result in the same exposure if different lighting is used, or if the book is really glossy.

[daniel_reetz]

That's true, but it's obvious and not a problem. I suspect people can figure out how to set different shutter speeds if they don't use the bulbs I recommend. Gloss has little to do with exposure. However, pages which are mostly white will indeed shift the exposure meter reading up.