Category: Geeks r Us
So, I borrowed the Pearl Camera my husband uses for work to try it out.
I must say that either I'm doing something wrong or this thing is a $699 rip-off.
I've made sure the camera light is enabled and that there is plenty of light from other sources in the room but the 4 things I've tried to scan have not scanned well. My computer is less than 6 months old and has lots of ram and processor speed so the Pearl definitely made scanning faster. It could be the fastest thing ever but if the scan is a bunch of gobeldygook, then it does me no good.
I was going to scan in a bunch of cookbooks but inacurate scanning of those could have disasterous results. lol I also printed my son's school supply list from the web and it didn't scan well either.
Any ideas before I send it back to work with him as a complete waist of money and return to using my creeky falling-apart flatbed scanner? lol
I'd really like something like this to work well because it takes up so much less room on my desk and is very very fast.
Part of me agrees, with you that the pearl is not as advertized. I've used several of these with my clients with varrying results.
Some suggestions for you.
Make sure you aline the left edge of what you're scanning with the left edge of the camera's guide bar. If what you are scanning is two pages, in the acquire menu make sure to switch to split facing pages. Also, I find holding the bottom of the paper with a thumb or one finger is a more affective way to get a good scan. If you have to much of your hand in the way, the camera will get it.
Lastly, if you have a laptop, move it to a different surface to insure the coloring of your desk isn't playing havick with your scan. Typically these are ways I've been able to get acceptable results utilizing the pearl. FYI, with a cano scann scanner, I'm able to get scans in OB 9.0 in 11 seconds or so which is still considerabley faster than yester year, and much more accurate IMHO than the camera solution.
You'll never get as accurate results with the Peral that you'll get with a flatbed scanner. Essentially, the Peral is just a camera mounted on a metal stick. As such, the immages aren't as sharp. However, as long as you align the content properly, for me at least, it works fine.
Cool deal. Thanks for these suggestions.
I'll give them a try before returning this back to my hubby. Glad I could borrow his before making a purchase.
I'm thinking I might go with another flatbed scanner.
Has anyone tried the hover cam and Docuscan program put out by Seroteck?
I've never heard of Cano Scan so I'll go google it.