Re: Computist Issue 66

[Mike Maginnis <maginnis@computist-project.net>]

On Fri, 12 May 2006 17:52:42 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Mike Maginnis wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 May 2006 19:17:09 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
>> <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 

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>> 
>> 
>> Laziness, mostly.  Photographing requires me to whip up a mount and
>> lighting system.  Scanning is a rote, if tedious process: scan, save,
>> flip.
>
>I guess I was thinking that scanning a large page is a many-second
>operation, compared to "click".
>
>And if you're going to do hundreds of pages, setup time is almost
>a don't care in the overall equation.
>
>Admittedly, you won't get 300dpi with a camera (12 megapixels!), but
>you can easily get 4MP, and while not quite as crisp, the results in
>a 4-level GIF are excellent, even when printed.  I did this and got
>a 316KB file.
>
>-michael
>
>Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's!
>Home page:  http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
>
>"The wastebasket is our most important design
>tool--and it is seriously underused."

My justification was largely that it would take me at least a day
(maybe two) to put together something like that.  The scan takes about
three to five minutes per page vs. the time spent on image processing
after the 'click'.  So, I guess it's kind of a toss-up, as I see it.

Anyway, for those interested, issues 67, 68 and 69 are up.

- Mike
maginnis@computist-project.net

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