I have in the past bought (for home) a small ebay photo studio kit with lamps from Maplin for £30 and when combined with a manfrotto Klyp holder & tripod for iPhone you could end up with a cheap and cheerful setup that would be adequately lit and would avoid camera shake.
http://www.manfrotto.co.uk/klyp-iphone-case-for-iphoneography
Here at the GAC we have converted an old DeVere photographic enlarger into a copy stand, this idea came via the V&A photo studio, so it just goes to show that even the pros make do and mend, just on a slightly more expensive scale!
Tony
Digital Media & Photography Officer
Government Art Collection
tony.harris @culture.gsi.gov.uk | 020 7580 9123
@govartcol /governmentartcollection | www.gac.culture.gov.uk
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Subject: Re: [MCG] Low budget, low tech DIY digitisation
Or something like FamilySearch's app that doesn't have 'baptising your family' overtones? https://familysearch.org/campaign/mobile/tree?cid=hp-1538
Cheers, Mia
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> On 24 Oct 2014, at 12:00, James Morley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> Hi, Scandock produce a digitisation unit especially for smart phones
>> so I guess there's a need somewhere.
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>> James Morley
>> Sent: 24 October 2014 09:44
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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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