[ARC5] [MRCA] AN/PRC-74 Schematics

[J. Forster]

The enemy of this method is pincushion or barrel distortion. It's hard to
get straight lines to come out straight.

-John

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> Hi Bill
>
> ***word of warning***   like many hams-  I am cash poor my nature, and
> extremely frugal by choice-
>
> Before you try to find a person with large format scanner - try this:
>
> 1) Borrow or use an 5 megapixel or better SLR and a tripod.
> 2) Find a room in your house with a good clear wall and plenty of sunlight
> (like the living room)
> 3) Carefully tack your schematics on the wall at eye level.
> 4) Set camera on the tripod - turn off flash- set your zoom focal length
> to
> 55mm or better (not wide angle that causes distortion). Try to fill the
> frame completely with your subject.
> 5) Take the picture
> 6) Transfer the photo to your computer - crop and correct contrast using
> Picassa or your favorite photo editor
>
> I cannot tell you how many photos, books and illustrations I have done
> that
> way - a lot of time I will just do them outside,  handheld,  if the light
> and the weather is good.
>
> My mother was an artist- I once photographed her huge collection
> of watercolors pretty much like that above - that was in the days of
> Kodachrome- where you weren't sure of what you got till it came back from
> the processor.
>
> NOW with digital cameras -  with auto-exposure, auto-focus and even
> vibration reduction lenses - its dead simple.
>
>
> 73
>
> Fred Cousins KD7EDW
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