[TheForge] Photographs (YAK)

[Michael H. Murphy]

I'd go with a good scanner.  It's a whole lot easier than doing it with a
camera -- I know from experience.

Murf

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> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of larbooks at impulse.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 12:56 PM
> To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [TheForge] Photographs (YAK)
> 
> My daughter bought a new digital camera and gave me her old
> Canon Power Shot S30.  I've been thinking that I could use this
> camera to take pictures of the covers of the books that I sell for use
> in a catalog as well as a website.  I'd think the camera could take
> color as well a black and white photos with the necessary
> resolution.
> 
> I've been thinking of making a stand to hold the camera over the
> book cover to take the picture and then loading the pictures into my
> computer for use.
> 
> I could also scan the covers with a scanner.  Guess what I'm
> interested in finding out is if using a digital camera to take pictures
> of book covers for publication in a printed catalog and on a website
> is a good application.  Thanks for your help and sorry for the
> intrusion.
> 
> Norm Larson Books
> 
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