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Originally Posted by user
what I think it does is that it shoots the photo when the bookpage is vertical...this is the best position that the page is completely flat and there is no distortion at all...if we manage to reproduce this, to make some kind of photocopy stand that will be able to stabilize each bookpage in that position, the main (since all others seem easily correctable) problem of book scans will be solved
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You are trying to reinvent and complicate the wheel. To shoot a photo of a book page in vertical position you would have to place the camera parallel to the page while the other pages obstruct the view (as your picture of Kirtas repro stand shows). And no, page curvature is not a problem at all in a v-cradle with adjustable angle wings. You can set one of the wings almost vertically with the other one almost flat. The most difficult thing is to ensure uniform lighting, and that is what v-cradle helps to achieve. In most cases, the best angle between the v-cradle panel wings is 120 degrees.