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scanning or photographing ?
I know, when you want to convert a paper book to an ebook, you need a scanner and an OCR software (I have both)
But what you also need is: patience. Overall, my scanner is pretty good (even though it is a few years old) but slow. I don't know if nowadays scanners are faster or not, but I guess it takes like 30 seconds to scan a page (could be more or less, I never looked at the clock while scanning).
However, recently I had an idea: I have a digital photo camera. With this, I can take up to 3 pictures a second. I have different lenses, a tripod and an extra flashlight. So why not take photos of the pages, instead of scanning them. Sure, there might be some problems, that don't occur if you use a scanner. Like for example, the book may not stay flat unless you use something to hold the pages open.
Has anyone of you ever tried that ? Did it work ? What camera settings did you use ?
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