DIY Book Scanner

you're welcome

i like the DIY lets hope it reminds the people that this is a "DIY" Scanner

Hi, my tab bar is always full to the point that i can only see the website icons, i just made a 5 min ico (cropped and scaled the forum logo with gimp) for this forum @site admins you can just place this icon in the http server document root, if you agree with my suggestion (it does not have to be m...

gphote seams to be able to use the nikon d90 http://gphoto.org/doc/remote/

the gphoto2 command line should be a good starting point

I like the idea of an embedded pc... but I don't trust it. I think I want to make an appliance, and not a Turing-complete computer! Something you can power on and never have to maintain. you could use an androino with an usb shield, they have made some development with the ptp protocol, with some d...

eye-fi and an android phone/tablet with usb2go could be a solution
eye-fi and an linux pc / embedded pc with a software
chdk cam + pc with ptpcam/chdkcam/ptpcamgui

a photo tank is maybe a cheap and easy solution

there is no ready to use solution for now, chdk cams are avaibale from 50€ to >200€ even the cheapest >8MP canon cam is suitable for book scaning i can tell you somethink to the chdk soultion, the chdk community is currently working on liveview, in my opinion there will be no read to install solutio...

Yes, the SDM loads fine when the memory stick is inside the camera but apparently won't when in the extension cable. My theory is the camera won't load the firmware because the extension cable case a fake lock tab. I guess I'm screwed. again the camera has to see the card as read-only, what hapens ...

3mm acrylic is a bit weak when pushing the book, others also reported. Any ideas to that? (I will not try mitering, because I am afraid of that shadow. :-D ) Maybe I could glue the two acrylics together. Did anybody try that? yes i've done it and just test it on some scrap pieces before, this will ...

if you wont to use autoboot, the cam has to see the switch in readonly position

or you could use the firmware update methode to load SDM

Digital_Paper dit it http://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtop ... =14&t=1256 lucky he documented it