Re: Recommend book scanner?

From: Mike Taylor <mike_at_nyob>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2009 09:38:49 +0100
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Joe Atzberger writes:
 > > If you want real 300 dpi images, at anything like the quality you
 > > get from a flatbed scanner, then you're going to need cameras
 > > much more expensive than $100.
 >
 > Or just wait, say, about 3 years.

Well, maybe.  I guess not, though: the factor limiting image quality
is not the electronics, which tends to fall rapidly in price, but the
lens, which does not.  Still, fingers crossed.

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