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Copy stand

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20: 39:. The stand consists of a board onto which the media is placed and an apparatus allowing the camera to be mounted parallel to it, usually with an adjustable height. Light is provided by bright lamps mounted on either side of the media at 45° angles. This provides uniform lighting and reduces 74:
Copy stands can be used in forensics to photograph evidence, in much the same way documents are reproduced. Evidence is brought to the lab, placed on the copy stand and recorded. Some copy stands designed for forensic use have
66:(that is, to copy documents). To do so, the camera is mounted, usually with a standard 1/4" tripod-mount screw, onto the stand, pointing the lens down at the base, where the document to be copied would be placed. 120: 139: 87:
Copy stands are sometimes recommended as a low-cost alternative to a full-featured animation stand for traditional
54:. The fine resolution of slide film allows the images to be reproduced with high fidelity when they are projected. 40: 116: 76: 110: 96: 44: 133: 88: 19: 92: 63: 28: 51: 36: 18: 50:
In film cameras, copy stands are traditionally used with
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sources on them, to illuminate latent fingerprints.
35:is a device used to copy images and/or text with a 8: 16:Device for copying photos to a new negative 115:. David & Charles. pp. 50–. 112:The Photographer's Practical Handbook 7: 14: 91:, especially when using small 1: 62:Copy stands can be used for 109:Paul Davies (15 May 2005). 156: 24: 140:Photography equipment 22: 23:Minox copystand 12in 41:specular reflection 25: 77:ultraviolet light 147: 126: 155: 154: 150: 149: 148: 146: 145: 144: 130: 129: 123: 108: 105: 85: 72: 60: 17: 12: 11: 5: 153: 151: 143: 142: 132: 131: 128: 127: 121: 104: 101: 84: 81: 71: 68: 59: 56: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 152: 141: 138: 137: 135: 124: 122:0-7153-1798-9 118: 114: 113: 107: 106: 102: 100: 98: 94: 90: 89:cel animation 82: 80: 78: 69: 67: 65: 57: 55: 53: 48: 46: 42: 38: 34: 30: 21: 111: 93:film formats 86: 73: 61: 49: 32: 26: 64:reprography 58:Reprography 29:photography 103:References 52:slide film 43:, keeping 33:copy stand 83:Animation 70:Forensics 134:Category 95:such as 97:Super 8 119:  37:camera 47:low. 45:glare 117:ISBN 31:, a 27:In 136:: 99:. 125:.

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photography
camera
specular reflection
glare
slide film
reprography
ultraviolet light
cel animation
film formats
Super 8
The Photographer's Practical Handbook
ISBN
0-7153-1798-9
Category
Photography equipment

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