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Subject:

Re: Digital Camera for use in an Archive

From:

Ed Bremner <[log in to unmask]>

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Ed Bremner <[log in to unmask]>

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Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:47:14 +0100

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Debbie,

I am afraid there really is no one single digital camera that could be 
recommended for use in archives.  I have used cameras costing from £50 to 
£25,000 and all fitted their purpose.

So it really depends on what you want to do with the camera, what quality 
images you wish to create and how deep your pockets.

If you want to set something up to produce images of a high quality and 
money is not an object, then you would most probably want to look at a 
large scanning camera.  Cost would be in the thousands, most probably over 
10 thousand.

If on the other hand you want to capture pragmatically 'reasonable' quality 
images, it is quite possible to use one of the professional one-shot 
cameras made by Canon or Nikon.  Examples such as the Canon 10D/300D  or 
Nikon D100 or D70 are all possible and cost from under £1000 to about 
£1500, although you would also need to invest in some lighting as well.

I wrote a report on this approach for VADS a while ago....which should be 
readable from here:
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/fineart/CaseStudy.pdf

If you are just looking for a small digital compact....then I would warn 
you that quality can be rather elusive.....not that they 'can't' do 
it....more that it is hard to persuade them to be reliable and constantly 
produce images of a reasonable quality.  I have done this.....and it can 
work....but I would always advise against unless your budget enforces this 
approach.  When buying compacts for this kind of use, I always advise 
buying from one of the major manufacturers and choose your camera based on 
the biggest size of ccd and also the ability to capture into either TIFF or 
RAW image formats.


As far as Image editing programs go......there are quite a few 
available....and yet I can only really recommend one:  Adobe Photoshop is 
now so much better than all competition, that if you can afford it you 
should really get it.  If you can't, then you can go for either Photoshop 
Elements, which is cut down version of Photoshop or for PaintShop Pro, 
which many colleges and universities have bought site licenses for and is 
certainly cheaper.

Hope this is of help.

If you want any more guidance, please do not hesitate to get in touch.  You 
might also find some of the articles on the TASI Web site of use.

cheers

eib




At 30/09/2004 15:49, Debbie Usher wrote:

>Dear All,
>
>Can anyone recommend a digital camera for use in an Archive?
>
>The intended use is to take pictures of documents and bound volumes that
>are too fragile for photocopying and also to take pictures of photographs
>in tightly bound photograph albums.
>
>On a related subject can anyone recommend some imaging software, especially
>for photographs, that they have liked or found easy to use?
>
>With Many Thanks
>
>Debbie Usher, Archivist
>Middle East Centre Archive
>St Antony's College
>Oxford OX26JF
>UK
>
>tel. +44 1865 284706
>tel. UK 01865 284706
>email: [log in to unmask]
>web: http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/areastudies/meca.shtml

Ed I Bremner
BremWeb Imaging
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http://www.bremweb.co.uk
h: 01822 832574  m: 07973 335509  

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