Monday, February 23, 2009

February 23, 2009 Update

Hi everyone. Sorry about the late post, but I just got home from the library after finishing up the last batch of books up to Book 114. Tomorrow we start re-filming Books 90-98. These are the books that were filmed on a defective roll of film. Unfortunately they are also the books that we had to pair up to film because we needed an extra hand to hold the pages flat. We are going to try something different this time. I connected the foot pedal switch to the camera. The pedal works the same way as the two buttons on either side of the table that we use to shoot the frame except that you use your foot to snap the picture, thus freeing up both hands to hold the pages flat. Hopefully this will work out and we can get these books finished. They are the last of the books that we will be doing for the Hanover Green Cemetery. The remainder are flat single documents including Burial Permits and possibly some Deeds.

Jim, I may stop in if you're there at your regular time to go over the index you're working on. I will probably wait until we finish this roll before taking any film to be processed.

I guess that's about it. Tuesday and Thursday's filming sessions are on for their regular times. Any questions? Don't hesitate to give me a call or email me.

Happy filming,
Alan

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