documenting your battery is to place it on a flat bed scanner and scan each face.
Work in an area with bright diffuse light.
This is the type of image you will get
with this setup.
Photograph every face even if it appears
blank that includes the bottom as well.
These images can give information on
how the paper or card stock is cut &
glued together.
Place a ruler and a strip of
bright white paper within the
field of view of your camera.
This permits correction for colour
balance and shows true scale of
the image.
Place your camera on a solid
surface with the lens perpendicular
to the center of the battery face.
them on a flat bed scanner.
Wipe the battery with a soft cloth to remove any grit.
Carefully place on the glass. You should have no
problem with batteries up to 6 or 7 kg.
If you are worried about the weight. Simply turn the
scanner upside down and lay on the top of the battery!
Again, lay a scale and a bright white strip of paper so
that they are within the field of view.
Scan at 300 or 600 d.p.i. and save as a .jpg or .pdf.
these two isometric views so that the side
panels can be placed in their proper order.
Add text to your image to give the the
measured Width, Depth & Height of sides.
connectors, photograph just like the setup
at the top of the page. If reflections are a
problem, shoot slightly off-axis like this.
pair with images from another damaged artifact.
Persons with access to advanced photo editors
usually do not just retouch images. Instead,
these images serve as reference templates for new layers of text and other
graphical features
that can be placed with precision thanks to your images.
SCAN ADVERTISEMENTS, BROCHURES AND CATALOG
PAGES
IF YOU HAVE THEM