Mike, was more thinking five minutes!
Matt, that's great to see. Just knock a zero off the price and release the
blueprint open source to make it a diy solution, then we're a long way
there.
Cheers, James
On 24 Oct 2014 10:14, "Matt Faber" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, Scandock produce a digitisation unit especially for smart phones so I
> guess there's a need somewhere.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> James Morley
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> Subject: Low budget, low tech DIY digitisation
>
> 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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