Hi! I have a project I’ve been chipping away slowly at that I need some advice on. I’m scanning and digitally recording old books from some historical dog clubs that haven’t been properly recorded yet. I have books, magazines, club meeting recordings, and thousands of varied documents and photos to record.
So far I have been slowly chipping away by scanning all the flat documents and photos at my spouse’s job using their nice office scanner. Recently due to flood they lost their scanners so I’m looking to buy my own. The next part of my project will mostly be small, dense yearbooks. They’re hundreds of pages, generally 250-400, short and dense. For the older ones and any volumes I don’t have copies of I am not willing to destroy them, so a flat scanner won’t work I don’t think.
I’ve been looking at the CZUR line of products. I like the idea that they are portable, but not of them seem like they produce exceptionally high quality images. These yearbooks have half or full page photos on nearly every page. I have nearly 90 to record.
Is building my own rig really my best option? My budget is under $300 so that doesn’t seem feasible right now. I’m autistic and tend to overthink things and never get started. I want to do the best job I can do, within reason.
What should I do? Just buy one of the CZUR scanners within my budget? Keep saving for a digital camera? Something else?