A great result today at our Monday afternoon session. We were able to engineer a method to archive old and sometimes fragile documents and books using a desk top Web cam system. The camera is a HD Web Cam mounted on a spring arm with build in led light and auto-focus. It plugs into the USB port of a computer and is a plug and play, the built in windows webcam app work without any setting up.
Clive McManus of Morley Archives said it was just what they needed, it would save a great deal of money by not having to contract the copying out to external companies and saves the already fragile and damaged books from more wear and tear.
Unfortunately, the model used (£40) is no longer in stocks at Amazon. But a damodar one is at £56
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