Hi,

 

Lee, thanks for sharing this! I had not seen the GoPro in action.

 

Also, thank you to the others who generously shared your setup and equipment, including links to examples and pictures of your setup. From the respondents, so far using an iPhone camera mounted to a tripod or arm is the method of choice. We have a unit iPad that we are going to try once we get a mount for it.

 

Much appreciated,

 

Jenny

 

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Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] Virtual book/material experiences - setup and equipment ideas?

 

I recently attended a zoom presentation of the George Eastman Museum,”Ken Fox: New Directions in the Menscel Library,” and at one point Ken put a GoPro camera on his head to show us several artists’ books. It worked well, although he was happy to take it off his head finally. I think these are all posted to YouTube.

 

E. Lee Eltzroth, independent scholar

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On Sep 30, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Akins, Jennifer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:



Dear colleagues,

 

Is anyone offering synchronous (or recorded) virtual book or material experiences? If so, can you share your setup, equipment and whether you like it or not, especially for the camera? We’re trying out different solutions. I have seen this video, but I don’t think we’ll be able to purchase the overhead camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH-qLVYPRp4.

 

A colleague at my institution has shared ideas that I used in one class so far. Two moveable arms: one to mount ring light—for the books (or my face), and one to mount a webcam over the book. It was a pretty good set up, but I’m trying to find a better camera solution, as is she. We recently tested a DSLR mounted to a camera stand, but it didn’t seem much better than the webcam and maybe worse. I recently had an architecture studio class experience where we looked at architecture publication design, including cover design, organization and page layouts. The webcam (provided by our library IT) had some issues with focus and the clarity for the text and page color wasn’t the best.

 

Thanks in advance!

Jenny

 

 

Jennifer Akins, MLS (she/her/hers)

Subject Librarian for Art & Architecture | Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library

Washington University Libraries | Washington University in St. Louis

1 Brookings Drive,Campus Box 1061 | St. Louis, MO 63130

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