I made reproduction of old magazines with a tripod and my digital camera, then I was saving to PDF after correcting the brightness of my images. Beautiful but long and complex. The ScanSnap is all very well here, and is lightweight and works in seconds per page, with a very satisfactory result. I am delighted with the simple and automatic triggering of the system scan, by simply turning the pages. This is of course not a professional camera but its price remains accessible for a hobby.