[dm-l] Best practices for "scholar's own" digitization?

Hello list,

Are there any best practices aimed at scholars who wish to take images of manuscripts "in the field", using their own equipment? I'm thinking particularly of very remote repositories, that would not have their own digitization equipment; for a scholar interested in imaging only one or two manuscripts it might not be reasonable to try to have a professional set-up (with special book-cradle, special lighting, etc.). However even in those circumstances it's important to maintain high quality both in imaging and in metadata. I know for a fact that there are people doing work like that, hopefully some of them are on this list. Has anyone actually taken the time to write up best practices, though?

And if not, perhaps we need some.

Thanks, Dot