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Originally Posted by harryE123
Hey Derek, thanks for the reply!
Do you think you could link a picture of the set up you are refering to, I am not sure I got it.
I 've just ordered an opticbook and it's on its way, so I ll give you my impressions of that soon. But I wanted the photo scenario for books that I 've lended from a friend and are not mine, some people are very particulate about having their books opened up too much, blah, blah, and I was thinking that a camera would work best there. But maybe the opticbook will suffice.
Having said that, does the software I am mentioning ring a bell? It was all over mobile read (well not exactly all over, but it got its fair share of publicity) a couple of years back, I think it had a little frog for a trademark or something... Even for badly scanned books it would be useful something that would even out the pages etc.
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Not sure I've got a picture but I believe they've been described somewhere on MobileRead. But imagine two end-pieces with a large v-shaped notch cut into one side of each piece. Then fix them a given (depending on the average length top-to-bottom of the books you'd be photographing) distance apart with two other rectangular pieces. To actually FORM the angled bed the book would rest upon, place two pieces (rectangular again) laying in the sides of the notches - forming a v-shaped 'bed' for the book.
Derek
PS - You know what? I just did a rough outline of what the end-pieces (the notched ones) might look like. See the attached image.