Thanks everyone. Great discussion as ever, and some nice links (if I
wasn't working all weekend!)
My own home set-up is also based on an old enlarger stand and some
eBay anglepoise strip lights
(https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/7889755730/), and part
of my inspiration for this new idea is a Soviet era enlarger I have
that comes apart and all fits into a neat little briefcase (one like
this - http://www.submin.com/general/collection/accessories/zenith_upa5m.htm).
So, something you could take with you and run pop-up digitisation
sessions with at events, but also encourage family history societies
and keen individuals to buy/build. So yes, exactly Google Cardboard
like.
Cheers, James
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James Morley
www.jamesmorley.net / @jamesinealing
www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
On 24 October 2014 12:35, Matt Faber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Actually, I'm reading more and more of this web site. It's brilliant! Well done Danny.
>
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> Sorry! It's www.badgearchive.org
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> Your link is broken I'm afraid
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Hi James
>
> This was more about the sharing than the digitisation, but a few years ago I did a small project as part of a course to put a few badges from my personal collection online:
>
> www.badegearchive.org
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> -- I managed to get reasonable hi-res images of the badges with a digital camera -- but getting diffuse lighting was definitely the hardest part.
>
> Danny
>
>> On 24 Oct 2014, at 09:54, "James Morley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Hi all
>>
>> On my way to Mozilla Festival and a crazy Friday question popped into
>> my head!
>>
>> Has anyone experimented with low budget digitisation, based on things
>> like webcams, mobile phones, Raspberry Pi, or any other home diy type
>> kit? I'm not talking preservation quality, I'm talking get your family
>> photographs and small keepsakes online for sharing and crowdsourcing.
>>
>> Yes, decent enough scanners are cheap, but not so quick and easy, and
>> can't do 3d objects. I already find myself posting phone snaps of old
>> photographs on Flickr just for speed and convenience, and optics and
>> sensor quality is increasing all the time. Lighting is key, but low
>> energy led strips are great!
>>
>> On the software side, with browser based technology like webRTC -
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC - combined with some phones and
>> webcams now offering 4k (not yet supported by webRTC just yet) you can
>> start getting reasonable resolution from an integrated web-based
>> solution, without needing dedicated software and/or a multi-step workflow.
>>
>> Ok, brain dump over. Now bring me back to reality!
>>
>> Cheers, James
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