Message-Id: <200002111013.DAA97830@dns.ccit.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 11:10:53 GMT+0100 From: Lossau <mailto:lossau@MAIL.SUB.UNI-GOETTINGEN.DE> Subject: Re: Digital camera To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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We have good experiences with the digital camera back "Picture Gate
8000" (8000x 9700 pixel, 48 bit color depth) from the german Anagramm
company in Munich (www. anagramm.de). It creates uncompressed TIFF
files up to 444 MB very fast (under 2 minutes + storing). It works
with a Macintosh (high RAM required, our MAC has 756 MB; Windows NT
is proposed too).
Its list price is considerable (about 90.000 DM, ca 45.000 USD)
including a professional scan driver and color management
software - Colorblind -.
A special working place (with integrated book craddle and vacuum for
holding pages down - NO Glass plate needed) was additionally designed
for our library by a restorer of Graz University Library (Austria,
costs about 30.000 DM, ca. 15.000 USD).
Some pictures from the workingplace at our Digitization Center in the
library you can find at :
http://www.gutenbergdigital.de/technik.html.
Norbert Lossau
On 10 Feb 00 at 2:17, Larry Wentzel wrote:
> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 02:17:30 -0500
> Reply-to: IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
> From: Larry Wentzel <mailto:lrw5@PSU.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Digital camera
> To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> All,
>
> We're gearing up to using digital cameras for at risk objects, but we're
> working on it still. Quite recently I used an Olympus 1.3 megapixel camera
> to capture pages for a patron who needed text and illustrations from a
> thick, oversize bound ms. The ms wouldn't survive photocopying or flatbed
> scanning, and was too large for our overhead scanner (Minolta PS3000). I
> placed the ms in a book cradle, flattened the pages out as carefully as
> possible, pointed the Olympus at the page, and shot. A few seconds later,
> I had captured most of the page (9" x 13") under normal fluorescent lights
> as color tiffs at 144 dpi, 1.3 MB each. The Olympus 1.3 MP has
> 'flashcards' to store the images, or you can transfer them to a computer
> via a cable connection. The flashcards can hold between 4 to 20 pictures,
> depending on the card. The image quality was sufficient enough for the
> patron to read the contents, but the camera is far from ideal as an
> archival tool. At the close distance I was shooting, the images suffered
> from a spherizing effect (the center of the page looked swollen and larger
> than the top and bottom which tapered off). The color was also out of
> whack, but this was due to an impromptu setup in an office environment.
> Since we were able to get the pages to the patron with no adverse effects
> to the book, it was a success in its own way. (The Olympus was $1600 when
> purchased but may be less now)
>
> We're looking into the higher end digital cameras, particularly the Leica
> S1 Pro (about $20K). Since we're concerned with print media, the vendor
> we're using is suggesting continuous fluorescent lighting such as Plume
> Scandles rather that studio flashlights (the Scadle Task lights are
> purported to have low heat and little or no infrared/ultraviolet emissions,
> good color balance, and be safe enough for light-sensitive materials). We
> looked at digital camera backs, such as the Phase One models. The camera
> backs can provide an overall resolution as high as 10,000 x 12,000 dpi (the
> Leica S1 Pro has 5120 x 5120) but we were daunted by the hardware
> requirements. It wasn't the need to have a 4x5 or bellows camera, but
> rather the need for prior experience in operating either one.
>
> --Larry Wentzel
> --Digital Preservation Scanning Technician
> --Penn State University Libraries
>
> >Stuart Glogoff wrote:
> >A colleague in our library's Special Collections is looking for a
> >digital camera. He is interested in having one that can be used to
> >create images of "at risk" artifacts -- that is artifacts in fragile
> >condition. If you have suggestions, please email me with the make/model,
> >a ballpark price range if you know it, and any ideas you may have for
> >the process. FYI, I've been using a Kodak DC210 for a couple years but
> >that one doesn't work well in the above situation. Thanks, Stuart
> >
> >********************************************
> >Stuart Glogoff
> >Undergraduate Education/Distributed Learning
> >mailto:stuartg@u.arizona.edu
> >+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >---------------
> >Check this out: We purchased a Nikon Coolpix 950 and are pleased with its
> >capabilities, flexibility and, most importantly the quality of the final
> >product. You can set yourself up w/ basic camera, lens, ac adapter,
> >flashcard and whatever else you might need for basic use for about $1000.
> >We purchased from BUY.COM but you may be able to find better deal. The
> >camera takes different Nikon lenses and you can shoot from distance, for
> >larger objects (we're currently shooting poster collection for web access at
> >the same time we're preserving the posters) or close-up (as I remember it,
> >you can get as close as within 7 or 8 inches). You can take a long shot and
> >then "insert" a close-up of text--which we're doing for some of our posters.
> > The detail we can capture is amazing and color is very true--I would guess
> >about the best color from among similar digital cams. I recommend you
> >purchase larger capacity flashcards rather than smaller. We're also going
> >to be purchasing CD burner!
> >!
> >!
> > for storing images.
> >
> >Now we're looking for ideal lighting set-up--one that is effective but still
> >manageable and inexpensive. I'd appreciate recommendations.
> >
> >Sharlane Grant
> >Preservation Officer
> >State Historical Society of Wisconsin
> >608/264-6474
> >mailto:stgrant@mail.shsw.wisc.edu
>
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Dr. Norbert Lossau
State- und University Library Goettingen
Head of the Center for Digitization (GDZ)
Subject librarian for Finno-ugrian Studies
Platz der Goettinger Sieben 1
37073 Goettingen, Germany
Tel.: +49 +551/39-5217 Fax. +49 +551/39-5222
WWW: http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/GDZ
E-Mail: mailto:lossau@mail.sub.uni-goettingen.de
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