I would like to throw a question to those involved in the digitisation of "works of art" (oil paintings, water colours, sketches etc).
A number of museums, libraries and archives are using digital camera backs on 4x5 cameras with success. Currently this appears to be an acceptable 'modem operandi' for digital capture for works of art. Another process is traditional photography and scanning colour transparencies made from this process. (This is our process currently) Each method has a common thread - a skilled photographer behind the lens. There now appears to be a range of digital technology solutions that are very high resolution digital cameras with table and lighting and are packaged as a complete digitisation solution. Examples of these coming thru' are: Cruse scanners http://www.crusedigital.com/scanners.html Jumboscan http://www.jumboscan.com/ My questions are; Are these appropriate for digitising "works of art"? and are there any examples (exemplars) of their application in capturing works of art? Or are these only applicable to plans, maps rather than "works of art". (I have seen sample scans from both and I can say one of the systems can digitise plans very effectively, sharp, colour accurate, and hi resolution - 270MB RGB 8bit file) David Adams Team Leader - Copying and Digital Services National Library of New Zealand ph +64 4 4743151 fax +64 4 4743063 [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
