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From: "Gregory A. Cooke" <>
Subject: Re: [NYULSTER] Scanner Handheld Portable
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 08:14:48 -0500
References: <3C6A8CB3.102EEFBD@lehigh.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3C6A8CB3.102EEFBD@lehigh.edu>


I agree my Olympus 360 Dl, digital camera with it's close-up setting
is a very good hand held scanner. I always ask if I can take a
picture of the page or document and find most custodians of the
material prefer it to trying to fold it over a copy machine.

>Just thought I'd ad my 2 cents. Personally I would not spend the money for a
>handheld scanner. You must be extremely steady handed while you are
>scanning them
>and the quality of the scan is usually poor. I would spend the
>money instead on a
>good digital camera. You can take a digital picture of the document
>and then put
>that into a photo editing program and make it whatever size you want
>and print it
>out. The quality would be much better and you would be able to use
>the camera for
>cemetery photos and other non-genealogy things ;0)
>
>Well there's my 2 cents.
>
>Kelly
>Bethlehem, PA
>
>LeslieAnn wrote:
>
>> sounds like a good idea when I go to the library. Because sometimes they
>> don't let you copy stuff from the local history room if no one is there to
>> supervisor you taking it out the the area. when you find info out let me
>> know please..
>> Leslie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Virginia Byron" <>
>> To: <>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 10:17 AM
>> Subject: [NYULSTER] Scanner Handheld Portable
>>
>> > Does anyone have any experience with these, who could offer advice on
>> > make/model and where to purhcase?
>> >
>> > I saw someone using one of these units last summer in a research
>> > library. It was not a pen unit. This unit was about 5" square and
>> > about 2" deep. The person was scanning documents of all sizes very
>> > quickly. I was impressed and only asked what the cost of the unit
>> > was....it was $350. Now I'd like to buy one but don't know what to
>> > ask for.
>> >
>> > Thank you,
>> > Virginia
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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