New & Improved Portable, Paperless, Digital Copy Machine

Step 6 Copy some documents

Turn off the flash.

   (It’s not needed; it reflects off of the page; and it’s annoying in the library! Shift things around to avoid reflections and shadows. Long exposures are OK because everything is steady.)

Press the frame tightly onto the book so you can see all of the text.

Zoom in, as appropriate.

Snap a picture.

Turn the page

Repeat as needed.

  (The book examples are: World Book Encyclopedia, 1989, and The Butterflies of Cascadia, Robert Pyle, 2002.)

 

Comments

[jprozas]

 You can change the iron  square base with some invisible nylon threads.