Vinyl & Data

When adding a release to Discogs it is important to record as much detail as possible. This means looking at physical releases, discovering what data is there and then entering it. But it is sometimes very difficult to see what actually is on a release. A big challenge is optical media, where some data (such as SID codes ) is sometimes unreadable because it is so small. The result: people are missing information, or enter the wrong information. You basically have no other choice than to magnify. And what better tool to use than a camera? So far I have tried a few things. One thing I tried is a cheap endoscope (originally bought to see deep inside the guts of audio equipment in need of repair), but that is something I would most definitely not recommended, as it is essentially a bad webcam with ditto quality. I also looked at a USB microscope but those are either very expensive, or also webcam quality. Also, I already have a camera that gives me very good quality pictures, namely my...