RE: Replies to Digital Camera Query - Carolyn M. Getting
Subject: RE: Replies to Digital Camera Query
From: Carolyn M. Getting
Date: July 05, 2000

Dear All,

I read with interest the query as to taking copies of books with a digital camera
as we got one it Mar of this year, and I had not thought of using it in this way.
I tried it this morning, and I have found it works great.  I had thought there
might be a problem, as I've had to retake shots of some collectable plates that I
am going to list on Ebay and I also have some coins that I took some shots of, and
had to retake at least one of those, but the shot of the "handwritten" page was
easy to do and came out great.  Wow, the possibilities are growing for use of our
new camera.  God bless.

Carolyn,
just an old Texas Gal.
Researching:
Knight/Byles/Walton/Espy/Smith/Little/Marshall/
Waters/Garner/Martin/Foote/Berryman/Colclough/
Rogers/Grigsby/Blanton/Tate/McGuffey/Hobbs/
Schuenemann/Latinsky/Altman/Gambel/Sinz & Gross
WebSite:  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cgetting/


 -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Chancey [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 12:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Replies to Digital Camera Query
>
>
> Good afternoon list members,
>
> I've received several very interesting and informative replies (on the
> Florida mail list) regarding my query of using digital cameras for reference
> work. Two of the responses are included below for your information.
>
> Take care and have a great day...
>
> Rick
>
> Responses received:
>
> Hi Rick...  Maybe this is of interest to some on this list.  Check this
> page to see book images created with a Kodak 280.  These images are from
> the back of the oldest surviving Alachua County Commissioner's Minutes
> Book.  The images go along with the transcription of the page.  The
> larger images, available by clicking on the image, are as easy to read
> as the actual page.
> http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/Ancient/CommMin1/CMBX0271_A.html
>
> Jim
> Ancient Records Coordinator and Webmaster
> Alachua County Clerk of the Courts Office
> http://www.clerk-alachua-fl.org/index.html
> Beta test of new Ancient Record Marriage and Probate Pages... Not all
> images are online...
> http://clkres17.co.alachua.fl.us/archive/CFDocs/anmarrsearch2.cfm
> http://clkres17.co.alachua.fl.us/archive/CFDocs/anprobateent2.cfm
>
>
> As an archivist and librarian, I need to make some comments
> regarding digital cameras.   First, in using them in a library
> or archives setting, you may encounter restrictions.   Taking
> photographs of materials is the equivalent of photocopying,
> and in many cases, personal papers and books will have
> copyright, ownership, and use restrictions that may preclude
> their photographing.   Be sure to tell the staff if you plan on
> using a digital camera.
>
> The second problem, which has been already alluded to in
> the warning on the longevity of copies, is that since you are
> creating a digital file, there is no permanent lasting record.
> Because standards change as does software and hardware,
> I truly believe that most digital photographs taken today will
> not be usable within twenty-five years.   That means when your
> one-year-old reaches their wedding day, you may have not have
> any photographic memories of their childhood.   The electronic
> digital files may be in a format or medium that is totally unrecoverable
> in 2025 due to the changes in software, hardware, etc.    I would
> never use digital cameras to capture information that I consider
> permanent.
>
> Dean
>
> Dean DeBolt
> University Librarian
> Special Collections and West Florida Archives
> John C. Pace Library
> University of West Florida
> 11000 University Parkway
>
>
> >
> >

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