Thanks, folks.<div><br></div><div>The absence of counter-information on this list is telling me that Noisebridge does not already have a book scanner, so I will make one.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:25 PM, David Rorex <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drorex@gmail.com" target="_blank">drorex@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The newer model of the bookscanner uses a bicycle brake trigger & cables, to actuate the physical camera trigger buttons. </blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>Yes, I've seen that. The mechanical trigger push looked a little unreliable to me, compared to USB triggering, but there were many other parts of that design that I really liked -- that design is definitely my starting point.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This makes it compatible with pretty much every camera ever, not just the ones that are supported by CHDK and the right kind of input port.</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>CHDK is cool, but is it necessary? I thought almost all Canon cameras could be triggered remotely and simply via USB from a laptop?</div><div><br></div><div>- Jonathan.</div></div></div>