If you have such a device at hands, go ahead and use it.
I understand the suggestion to go "minimum wage + phone camera" as "do whatever is prudent so stuff is archived _now_ in whatever quality, it doesn't even cost the world."
I agree with you in principle - my comment was just that for anything except the smallest jobs, it would probably be more economical to get some dedicated hardware to assist the worker.
Yes, but starting from there will generate resistance because of the initial expense and lack of percieved value.
If you can get the role of archivist created then later on there can be an argument to increase the budget without so much risk of the project being cancelled altogether.
I understand the suggestion to go "minimum wage + phone camera" as "do whatever is prudent so stuff is archived _now_ in whatever quality, it doesn't even cost the world."