Category Archives: equipment

Het scannen van Boeken is makkelijker dan je denkt

The Archivist Book Scanner A machine to bring your books into the future, intact. A beautiful black wooden bridge between your bookshelf and your e-reader. The culmination of hundreds of prototypes and years of labor. Filled with countless thoughtful details from thousands of willing contributors. People like you. Buy a kit, read the user guide, […]

How to Scan Your Film Using a Digital Camera and Macro Lens

Yesterday I wrote a post showing the high level of image quality you can achieve by scanning film using a digital camera rather than a film scanner. This post will describe my personal technique for digitizing film using a DSLR and a macro lens. The Setup The nice thing about this technique is that you’ll […]

Easy slide scanning with flatbedscanner

Everyone enjoys a good photograph, but over the last few years, images have migrated from paper to screen as portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablets have become more popular. It is now quite unusual to find anyone viewing a physical photo album, and many have spent hours scanning photographs to save to […]