Hi
I did start a reply to a recent WW8 topic and though I should say it here
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I used to work with electronic maps and electrical diagrams for cable layout in the street for phone networks for fault finding. You can't send an engineer massive amounts of diagram data, so optimised graphics was the key; a bit like editing images in the1990s web pages for faster download over a slow modem.?
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I use a windscreen suction cup car phone holder
Mount the camera about 12 inch from a table top on something heavy and shiny I used the water container for my dehumidifier, you need to reduce any vibration of the camera for better results.
Lower the screen resolution of the camera and use masking tape to frame the photo area then you might not need to CROP every image
I was copying Singer industrial books, I just turn the book upside down to photo the right hand page (image rotation later)
I set the camera so I could just touch the screen to take a shot, pressing a button makes vibrations
This method is so much faster than scanning
If you only need to see the image on a computer and not print it then you can use a very low pixel small image and it is perfect for a laptop but wood look terrible if printed.
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Another setup I have seen was a wine box with the opening towards you and with a hole on side (now the top of the box) for the camera and some tape to stop it moving.? You need lighting to make crisper images.
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Example I did in September 2021 Haid & Neu sewing machine Gamages (London store name)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/HU9uZeCjb3Z6aD2w5
The silver twist bar is a cocktail stirrer holding the pages down.??
Ignore the Singer 28, there are two Gamages machines 1/ had bits missing 2/ the other was Ebay and arrived damaged and not working (hinge screw jammed where it shouldn't be)
Serviced and take to my friend for her granddaughter to use, I gave Angela the Singer 28 for sewing alongside her granddaughter.
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All the best
Hope this helps?
John
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