For some time I was thinking of initiating a thread on digitising herbarium specimens, but was reluctant because whenever there is mention of digital herbarium, there is always mention of a scanner. I have worked with scanners (though not high end ones), but always find a good digital SLR camera giving very good results. I had started this with old photographs in our family albums, and when I thought of digitising my personal and College herbarium specimens, I found Digital SLR camera much more handy and useful. Today I got this encouragement from MBLWHOI Library Digital Herbarium.
"Specimens too bulky or fragile to be scanned will be photographed with a digital camera" Personally I feel Digital SLR camera is much more useful, as it saves a lot of time as compared to a scanner. My question is if Digital SLR camera can give good results with fragile and bulky specimens, and is much more faster than a scanner, why not to use it in routine procedures. May someone with good experience with both can give better opinion. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Swagat <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sir, > > here you will find some more information... > > http://www.mblwhoilibrary.org/archives/herb/aboutd.html > > http://aluka.ithaka.org/plants/docs/lapi_bp_v1.doc > > http://www.virtualherbarium.org/herbarium.htm > > http://131.193.153.231/www/issues/issue5_6/wolf/index.html > > *PPT]* Information Systems at > Kew<http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/tdwg/2003meet/EV/TDWG_2003_EV_Jackson_1.ppt> > www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sit > > Regards, > > ~Swagat > 9223217568 / 9422317979 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 2010/2/18 Rajendra Shinde <[email protected]> > > Dear Mr. Garg, Pankaj, >> Thanks for your email. I had got this article. Some one from Korea emailed >> me the same. (I had put in the request on IAAT groups.). Now I am collecting >> info on inverted high resolution A3 size scanners. If you could find >> anything, please let me know. >> I am attaching this for others here. >> >> Regards and Thanks, >> >> Rajendra >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 5:38 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Forwarding again for assistance pl. >>> >>> Earlier relevant feedback: >>> >>> “Respected Dr. Shinde, >>> I couldnt find any articles by Dr. V. Chandra in Taxon May 2009 issue. >>> I am pretty sure, because I have one of my own article in that issue, >>> co-authored by Dr. G.S.Rawat and Dr. J.F.Veldkamp. >>> If you could specify properly then I can try to check from my friends, >>> if they can get the article. >>> Regards >>> Pankaj” >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Rajendra Shinde <[email protected]> >>> Date: 12 January 2010 23:10 >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:26314] Digitization of herbarium >>> To: indiantreepix Indian <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for a paper published in Taxon May 2009 on digitization of >>> herbarium by Dr. Veena Chandra of FRI. >>> >>> If anyone subscribes the same, can someone xerox and send me ? >>> >>> Thanking you in advance. >>> >>> Rajendra >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Rajendra D. Shinde, >>> Director, Council of International Programmes, >>> & Reader in Botany >>> St. Xavier's College, >>> (University of Mumbai) >>> Mumbai 400001. >>> India. >>> Off. 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