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Traveller’s Conservation Copy Stan

Conservation Copy Stand

    E-00002 – Inquire for further information and pricing

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      This innovative mobile copy stand allows conscientious and time-efficient digitization of rare materials. The Traveller´s unique feature of being light weight and collapsible makes the transport of rare material to an off-site location unnecessary. The copy stand travels to the rare material! A cradle ensures proper support for the valuable material during digitization and can be adjusted to numerous positions. Books or manuscripts are only opened to an angle of approximately 90-100 degree.

      This mobile copy stand was developed by Manfred Mayer an engineer and conservator at the University Library Graz in Austria. It allows for efficient digitization of rare and sensitive material (books and manuscripts) where careful handling and book support is required. The TCCS was developed for digitization of printed or manuscript material from collections in eastern and southeastern Europe. Since these items could not leave the institution, it was necessary to develop a mobile copy stand that would meet conservation standards. Most of the digitization can be done with a point and shoot camera with a live view. Any SLR camera can be used as well. Just remember, most SLR cameras do not have a live view. Therefore, the camera will need to be connected to a monitor to preview the picture to be taken.

      • Dimensions approximately 30″ x 17″ x 28″.
      • The Traveller is suited for formats up to 16 ½” x 12 ½” x 4″.
      • The TCCS is collapsible and fits in a suitcase which measures approximately 32.5″ x 22.5″ x 13″.
      • The surface area needed to operate the Traveller is 31″ x 47″.
      • Weight without camera: 25 pounds including LED lighting
      • Shock resistant, high efficiency LED´s (Light Emitting Diodes) with a life span of approximately 50.000 hours.
      • Operation voltage: 110 – 240 Volts
      • Power consumption: 30 Watts

      Various cameras will work with the copy stand: i.e. Sony DCS-R1, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50, Nikon D1X and D40, Hasselblad H3D.