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From: John Bibby <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: "psci-com: on public engagement with science" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:25:11
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] Weights-on-a-string needed for Photographing documents
Thanks to all who replied to my email re photographing (below).
Several people mentioned using weights-on-a-string to hold pages flat.
If you have a few of these spare, could anyone let me have or borrow
them please? (Or do you even know what they are called, so I can
Google them?)
I'd also welcome advice on a possible transparent, non-reflecting
sheet similar to glass in weight which can be put on top of the
documents/books to hold them flat while being photgraphed.
Thanks for any advice you can give
JOHN BIBBY
>
> Can anyone advise please on a good way of photographing documents?
>
> I have in mind using a tripod facing down to a horizontal surface.
>
> But how to keep pages flat? Glass is heavy, reflective, dangerous and fragile - what is the best alternative?
>
> And what about transparencies and negatives?
>
> (The reason I am not using a scanner is that this work has to be done in the library; also, photography is so much quicker than scanning.)
>
>
> Thanks for advice that anyone can give.
>
> JOHN BIBBY
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