tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post8755912930944302031..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Amanuensis Monday - Post 243: 1874 Deed of Land in Taylor County, Iowa from Devier and Abbie Smith to M.W. WoodRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-75091524696407027772014-11-12T21:53:26.921-08:002014-11-12T21:53:26.921-08:00Marian,
My "technique" is pretty primit...Marian,<br /><br />My "technique" is pretty primitive:<br /><br />* Try to get the whole image in the viewer with some margin.<br />* Avoid casting a shadow on the image.<br />* Try not to shake too much when tapping to take the picture on the iPhone.<br />* Check the image to make sure its readable and complete, especially the white spot in the middle of the image.<br /><br />Fortunately, my iPhone 5s has decent camera quality so I rarely have to take a second shot. <br /><br />Using the iPhone avoids having to unhook the microfilm reel, go to the microfilm reader/scanner area at the FHL, perhaps wait for a scanner, find the right image again, save the image to the USB drive, and remember to recover the USB drive. Timewise, this is 10-15 minutes (depending on wait time for a scanner and operator clumsiness) versus one minute for the iPhone shot. I had 28 deeds on about 5 different films to search in just this one county. <br /><br />I judged the images were "good enough" - I wanted the information, and don't need a perfect image. Randy Seaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-31544209311669621462014-11-12T13:00:49.837-08:002014-11-12T13:00:49.837-08:00Randy, this looks as if you took a photo of the pr...Randy, this looks as if you took a photo of the projected image from microfilm. That is, it looks like you took a photo of an operating microfilm reader. Is that correct? what is your technique for taking a photo like this? I'd really like to be able to do something similar!<br /><br />-MarianMarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00211040636289878792noreply@blogger.com