[Diski]

Can someone tell me what camera settings to use if I want to take pictures off a magazine of text with some black & white photos interspersed. The magazine is basically a historical local information on days of community life in Ireland back in the early 1900s.

I am trying to photograph about 150 pages, then copy onto a CD or DVD to preserve it and use for my own genealogical purposes.

I have tried every which way I can to fugure out what the settings on the camera should be, but usually I get a bad yellow tint, shadows, blurred I basically waste at lease 50% of my pics. I also have to ask should I use a flash or not?

I work out of my home office that receives a good deal of sun but dont know if thats good or bad for taking pictures.

How do I stabalise the magazine and still hold the pages open so that the text closest to the binding is also clear to photograph.

How do I hold the camera stable every time I take a picture? I have a mini tripod that doesn't seem to hold it in the position I need it to be.

Thanks so very much,
Diski

Using a Pansonic Lumix DMC TZ3