I am doing an historical reserch and I must take pictures of certain pages in old books and other documents. I can not use a scanner or Photocopier. Wich technique do you suggest? Wich specifications should I look for in choosing a camera? Wich camera?

Thank you grazie, arrivederci

-- Marco Nodari (nodari@mynet.it), September 25, 1998

Answers

What part of your question isn't already answered in the archives under taking pictures in the National Archives?

Use the search, Luke.

-- Ben Jackson (ben@ben.com), September 26, 1998.

Marco-

You're definitely to be forgiven for not finding the earlier info on photographing books - our search engine is still fairly crude, and I had a hard time myself when I tried searching on just "photographs old books", which seemed like the most obvious search string. If you haven't already, take Ben's suggestion and search on "National Archives", which will pull up my answer and Ben's (much better) one. I as surprised by the success of Ben's experiment with his Oly 600 and a newspaper! Good Luck!

-- Dave Etchells (detchells@imaging-resource.com), September 26, 1998.

ummm- use u're lazer vision

-- jo (jo@hotmail.com), December 08, 2002.