Leaving your guidebook at home

[Bjorn]

Hi all,

I hope I'm not stating the obvious for some people here, but I thought this would be worth sharing:

I just compressed a few guidebooks that I bought into a motorcycling-worthy-space-saving format, onto a CompactFlash card.
Tools used: tripod, camera and external flashgun. I put the guidebook on the floor. Camera above the book, pointing down. Flash on camera, swiveled around 180 degrees so the light is bouncing against the ceiling (gives a softer light without hot-spots).
The results are great, and I managed to compress 200 pages into less than 100 MB at A5 size (black and white JPG).

Save it onto a small USB memory stick, and access at any Internet Cafe on the road. I'll probably tape a second memory stick with the same information onto the bike's frame.


Cheers
Bjorn