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we are all missing a few things here.
After reading all the responses, I think we are missing a few things here.
1) get a good macro lens. you need a true flat field lens, not a normal lens that is not optimized to be flat field and in focus edge to edge, This is why they make macro lenses.
2) make a copy stand from an old enlarger, You should be able to get one cheap, and it has a base and pedistal already, with nice smooth adjustment for vertical. YOu can put a tripod heard on this to give you adjustment, and use a level to ,make it square to the base,.
3) get a right angle view finder. It makes life easier.
4) when shooting, stop down to F11 maximum, after that you will begin to have problems with sharpness due to difraction around the apature.
5) look for some form of frame to hold the pages flat at the edges but try to avoid shooting through glass or plastic. the reflections will kill you.
6) do a test shot, with your lighting, on a plain sheet of paper. (light lines dividing the paper into 16 squares. Check exposure and white balance in the computer. For exposure, set your histogram to give you the value for a selection as opposed to the whole frame and select each square drawn on the paper. they should all be the same if you have uniform lighting. Use difusers on the lighting to make this better. For white balance, using the white paper, select the settings you like. The final project should be processed with the same settings.
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