Hi Eric, I'd be curious to know what people suggest.
What resolution do you need? Would a smartphone like an iPhone with a good camera app work? The iPhone 4 has a 5mp camera and the 4s has a 8mp (I think). That coupled with a good free camera app like VSCOcam that let's you manually choose the focus and exposure points might work well for your needs All the images are directly available in the field via any laptop as long as you have the connected cable as you can treat the image files as a downloadable only flash drive. Something like that's seems like it would be a bit more robust than a portable scanner, but it would depend greatly on your resolution needs. - Neahga Leonard On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Eric LoPresti wrote: > Hello all, > > I am considering buying a scanner for quick scanning of leaves in the > field, where I can run it entirely off a small laptop or even without the > laptop. I was wondering whether anyone had good (or bad!) experiences with > particular models or varieties. In particular, I wonder if the small > "sheetfeed" type would be suitable. It is hard to tell from Amazon reviews, > as we ecologists seem to have different needs than the average person (is a > leaf more like a receipt or a photo?). > > Something like this ( > > http://www.amazon.com/Ion-iSC08-Document-Scanner/product-reviews/B004Y5APDY/ref=cm_cr_pr_btm_link_3?ie=UTF8&pageNumber=3&showViewpoints=0 > ) > seems > quite promising - as it stores directly to an SD card, which can be > saved/offloaded later. > > Any input would be most appreciated! > > Thanks, > Eric LoPresti > UC Davis, Dept. Entomology > -- Neahga Leonard *There is not just a whole world to explore, there is a whole universe to explore, perhaps more than one.* http://writingfornature.wordpress.com/
