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Internet Archive Blog: New Livestream Brings Microfiche Digitization to Life for Democracy’s Library. “Ever wonder how government documents, once locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time. Today, the Internet Archive has launched a livestream from our microfiche scanning center […]

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@studiofox @pathfinder I’ve used negative scanners, both dedicated and clip-on attachment to flatbed scanners, and had good results. I wasn’t aware there were rigs to do this with phones. I wonder if the computational photography would cause issues. Or does this work with raw shooting mode instead? Curious…

I frequently scan documents with my phone. People can’t tell that’s how I scanned them, even in color.

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