Thread: Have you EVER wanted to scan that old book?
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Old 04-23-2010, 04:10 AM   #88
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Originally Posted by stustaff View Post
Can anyone suggest the best lens choice/ settings for a DSLR set up.

Im scanning quite heavy image based pages and ideally want to end up with a 600dpi image of each page(so a TIF at about 6mb)

Thanks
A prime lens at its sharpest aperure will work.
I've used a Canon 50mm @ F/4 and a Canon 100mm @ F/8

But I think every modern lens-camera system is more than enough for the job.

If you've got distortion problems just widen your field of view and keep the paper in the center of the frame: it's where lenses do their best.
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