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Subject: Re: 2D Imaging station - advice sought
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:01:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Radu P. Ioviță" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi,
I think one of the questions is if you want to take different views of
the same object, would you want to move the camera or the object? If
you want to move the object, I can suggest buying fairly cheaply (at
most US$100) mounts produced by Thorlabs (they have more expensive
ones too, which allow for turning in specific number of degrees),
which are made of titanium and are designed for physics/optics
experiments. For instance, they have a 90º mount which I use.
Most DSLR cameras can be controlled by a computer via USB connection,
but details may vary based on the camera manufacturer/operating system
of the computer.
Hope this helps,
Radu
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Radu P. Ioviță
Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum
Schloss Monrepos
D-56567 Neuwied
Germany
http://radu.iovita.googlepages.com/
On 23 Sep 2008, at 13:14, morphmet wrote:
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Subject: 2D Imaging station - advice sought
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:12:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dennis E. Slice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: morphmet <[email protected]>
You folks are the experts, so...
I need to set up a 2D imaging station. Components should be good,
rugged, and economical. I expect to make it available to students of
all
types and researchers needing to collect preliminary data (if they
get a
grant, they can buy high-end stuff).
My idea is:
1) a microscope
2) a dissecting scope
3) a copy stand with aux. lighting
4) a camera usable with 1-3
5) a computer from which one can view and capture images with the
camera
for later processing with the likes of tpsDig.
I know almost nothing about this. Do you think if I could scrounge
scopes from the bio department they could work? What terminology does
one use to discuss scopes to which one can mount cameras? Can you
easily
connect/control a digital camera to/from a computer? I suspect I
might need two cameras - one for scopes, one for the copy stand.
Any suggestions, products, specifications, pricing info, parables,
sources, etc. would be appreciated.
Best, ds
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Dennis E. Slice
Dept. of Scientific Computing
Florida State University
Dirac Science Library
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4120
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Department of Anthropology
University of Vienna
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