Comments on: Camera Photocopying http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:07:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Camera guy http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-42161 Camera guy Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:29:33 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-42161 I'm in love with the idea of camera photocopying, is such a simple idea. Great stuff. I’m in love with the idea of camera photocopying, is such a simple idea. Great stuff.

]]> By: Jim http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-42130 Jim Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:26:38 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-42130 Wow, what a great idea. I'm long out of school, and wished I had a digital camera back then. Wow, what a great idea. I’m long out of school, and wished I had a digital camera back then.

]]> By: Dan http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-40111 Dan Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:49:28 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-40111 Never considered it from this perspective but it will work. Thank you for bringing it up! Now, I just hope I don't come off looking like Bond (James Bond) when in the midst of other visitors, "photocopying" my favorites! Never considered it from this perspective but it will work. Thank you for bringing it up! Now, I just hope I don’t come off looking like Bond (James Bond) when in the midst of other visitors, “photocopying” my favorites!

]]> By: tim http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-36730 tim Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:33:08 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-36730 I wish camera photocopying was around when I was working on my ph.d. the number of hours photocopying is simply mind boggling. I assume now everything is available as a pdf? I wish camera photocopying was around when I was working on my ph.d. the number of hours photocopying is simply mind boggling. I assume now everything is available as a pdf?

]]> By: Macro lenser http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-28987 Macro lenser Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:55:24 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-28987 Has anyone else started using a digital camera to make quick copies of articles or book chapters? This has saved me a lot of time waiting to use the departmental photocopier when the inter-library loan book absolutely has to be returned this afternoon. With a 5M pixel camera the resolution is excellent and I don't have all the paper to file. So much faster than my old scanner! The question I have is -- how can I make notes right on the image? I just downloaded Fototagger and will try that, but i thought there might be some other standard out there that I haven't discovered yet. Thanks in advance for any advice! Has anyone else started using a digital camera to make quick copies of
articles or book chapters? This has saved me a lot of time waiting to
use the departmental photocopier when the inter-library loan book
absolutely has to be returned this afternoon.
With a 5M pixel camera the resolution is excellent and I don’t have
all the paper to file. So much faster than my old scanner!
The question I have is — how can I make notes right on the image? I
just downloaded Fototagger and will try that, but i thought there
might be some other standard out there that I haven’t discovered yet.
Thanks in advance for any advice!

]]> By: shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-9742 shane Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:52:53 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-9742 I don't have any systematic method of annotating JPEGs. I had a look at Fototagger, and it seems ideal for this purpose, so thanks for suggesting it. I don’t have any systematic method of annotating JPEGs. I had a look at Fototagger, and it seems ideal for this purpose, so thanks for suggesting it.

]]> By: John Garrigus http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-8940 John Garrigus Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:35:29 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-8940 Thanks for this terrific idea. do you have a solution for annotating the JPEG files? I just downloaded Fototagger but thought you might have already found a better solution. John Thanks for this terrific idea. do you have a solution for annotating the JPEG files? I just downloaded Fototagger but thought you might have already found a better solution.
John

]]> By: blogdriverswaltz.com : Blog Archive : links for 2007-04-20 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-679 blogdriverswaltz.com : Blog Archive : links for 2007-04-20 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:19:21 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-679 [...] Academic Productivity » Camera Photocopying A blog post about alternatives to library photocopying. (tags: productivity) Bookmark: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...] [...] Academic Productivity » Camera Photocopying A blog post about alternatives to library photocopying. (tags: productivity) Bookmark: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-250 Shane Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:57:21 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-250 I haven't used OCR for a while, as for me generally the hassle of doing it outweighs my need for the results. I would imagine the results would depend on factors like the quality of the lens, the resolution and lighting. Scanners have bright xenon bulbs, high res, and save to uncompressed picture files, so would think they would always have an advantage over cameras, but since digital cameras are constantly improving in quality and resolution, I would guess that you could get good results with a nice high res modern camera tripod mounted with bright lighting (I shine a desk lamp onto the pages when I do it). I haven't tried this, but you can also use your camera phone for OCR: http://www.scanr.com/ I haven’t used OCR for a while, as for me generally the hassle of doing it outweighs my need for the results. I would imagine the results would depend on factors like the quality of the lens, the resolution and lighting. Scanners have bright xenon bulbs, high res, and save to uncompressed picture files, so would think they would always have an advantage over cameras, but since digital cameras are constantly improving in quality and resolution, I would guess that you could get good results with a nice high res modern camera tripod mounted with bright lighting (I shine a desk lamp onto the pages when I do it).

I haven’t tried this, but you can also use your camera phone for OCR:
http://www.scanr.com/

]]> By: mark http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-248 mark Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:59:53 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-248 have you actually tested ocr? I found that even with a tripod, scanned images produce better results in OCR. have you actually tested ocr? I found that even with a tripod, scanned images produce better results in OCR.

]]> By: Shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-221 Shane Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:22:15 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-221 Photocopying by any means is subject to "fair use", which in the UK means in general, you must not photocopy more than 5% in total of any publication, but may copy one chapter from a book or one article from a single issue of a journal. The method I suggest means you could copy an entire book relatively quickly, in about 5 or 10 minutes, which would be breaking copyright unless you own that book. But its fine for just getting copies of old journal articles which aren't online or chapter from edited books. Photocopying by any means is subject to “fair use”, which in the UK means in general, you must not photocopy more than 5% in total of any publication, but may copy one chapter from a book or one article from a single issue of a journal.
The method I suggest means you could copy an entire book relatively quickly, in about 5 or 10 minutes, which would be breaking copyright unless you own that book. But its fine for just getting copies of old journal articles which aren’t online or chapter from edited books.

]]> By: Timothée http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-217 Timothée Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:40:10 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/camera-photocopying/#comment-217 I thought of doing it few monthes ago, but are they no Intellectual Property issues with "camera-copying" a book? I thought of doing it few monthes ago, but are they no Intellectual Property issues with “camera-copying” a book?

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