digital document camera stand - digital doc camera

One of my hobbies is family tree.
I went to many courts to investigate and inevitably copied large documents.
I also digitize old records for our county family tree society.
I bought a good quality digital camera (
20 pixels with anti-shake)
If needed, this can get the same decent image as the entire newspaper layout.
However, it doesn't work to digitize the 800-page ledger manually with the camera.
I think there are some commercial ads out there, but I always tend to DIY.
I keep the design and construction very simple and as small as possible.
Scale is important, mainly because of today's paranoia about security.
Whatever I try to bring into court, it must be very transparent.
I also purchased the remote control (cable)
To open the shutter, the speed is fast and I will not touch the camera.
I apologize for the image completed above because my good camera is in the picture and my phone camera left a lot of unsatisfactory places but mostly my age is the culprit (shaking).
While it may seem a bit fragile, the simple two "feet" design is sufficient to withstand the load on the camera and to license up to 28 documents.
I use 1 1/2 "x 3/8" feet, bottom and upright.
The braces are 1 "x 1/4 ".
The actual length is not important, so it should be constructed according to your own personal needs.
The one I built is a little higher than some people might need and is based on the reduced limit of my camera.
It is beneficial to experiment here beforehand.
I sink the head screw hole for fixing the 3/8 material from bottom to upright and bottom to foot joint.
I used a needle (23gauge)
Because the braces are small, it is DingTalk to connect.
The design of the camera arm is based on the need to extend, tilt and fix the camera with a standard 1/4-20 threads.
My solution is to cut a ready-made rod and drill a very tight gap hole length through 3/8 of the material.
To make it easier to drill holes, I cut out a part of my arm specifically.
The T knob and star knob are the standard configuration on the 1/4 "shelf and I bought mine at Smith.
The T knob is locked on the ready Rod for screwing the rod to the camera holder.
Then, tighten the star knob at the end of the arm, which holds the camera tightly against the arm (
Ensure the camera level by centering the foot in the camera viewfinder.
The yoke at the top of the column is made of the same material as the column and is very self-explanatory.
The extra holes in my photo were left by early experiments.
The extension slot in the camera arm is about 3 "long, again built according to your specific needs.
I found out I haven't used it yet.
I use tilt adjustment every time, because the parallax is very obvious if your camera is not centered vertically on the document.
I have used it for thousands of documents and I am very happy.