Digital cameras forum: Advice on a camera good for "DOCUMENT CAPTURING"

I'm picking 600 DPI since you wrote archival. It's a document and not a picture so color is unimportant.

To take a readable picture of a 8.5 x 11 inch paper that works out to be this formula.

8.5 x 11 x 600 x 600 = 33,660,000 pixels

You'll need a 34 megapixel camera to get this done.

Today I only see 10 megapixel in the consumer cameras.

Bob

It's like they saw. Get the right tool for the job.

Bob

I've been to such research libraries and they have the tools to give you an image for inclusion for the usual papers.

Bob

Most digital cameras can capture documents.

Some have a special "mode" setting for documents or text.

I have used the Fujifilm F30 for copying 8.5 x 11 inch pages.
It has a "text" mode.
It can handle documents much larger and much smaller too.
The F30 has 6 megapixels and that is sufficient for documents.

In text mode, you have a choice of flash or no flash,
and Macro mode is automatically selected.
If the room is well lit, you will be able to capture documents while hand holding the camera.

For better aiming accuracy, a tripod is preferred.

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