-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Hardware set-up Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:57:27 -0800 (PST) From: Sarah Degroot <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]>To capture images of small objects through microscopes, we use the SPOT digital imaging system, made by Diagnostic Instruments (see http://www.diaginc.com/). We have the RT Color and Three-Shot Color cameras (the latter having slightly less resolution than we like). The newer RT3 line may be better. The software has a live image, so you can line up the specimen and focus it before taking the picture. I'm sure there are other good systems out there, but SPOT definitely does the job for us.
sarah.degroot at cgu.edu Graduate Student, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden ________________________________ From: morphmet [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tue 24-Feb-09 9:55 AM To: morphmet Subject: Re: Hardware set-up -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Hardware set-up Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:52:50 -0800 (PST) From: Phil Novack-Gottshall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] References: <[email protected]> Dear Tim and others: I've set up a similar facility at my campus, for less than $5K (not including computers and monitors). (Current prices might be a bit more.) I purchased the following, which has served me well for an undergrad. research facility that doubles as a photomacrography studio for others on campus (anthropology, biology, etc.). (In other words, it's not high-end, but it works well for just about everything I've needed it for. And microfossils would clearly require additional lenses, etc., or even better, an SEM.) # Canon 20D EOS digital camera with EF-S 17-85 mm and EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM lenses [A draw back with this camera/lenses is you can't view "through" the computer monitor.] # Copy stand (Bogen/Manfrotto) with adjustable lighting, flexible fiber-optic illuminators, RS-80N3 remote switch, and lab jack [In retrospect, I'd have preferred the pricier, but much less hot flourescent copy stand that Bencher makes. Also, I'd recommend a high quality fiber-optic illuminator from Cope-Parmer, Edmund, or some other optical company over a cheap and poor intensity one from Wards any day.] # Digital calipers for measuring specimens [I use Fowler Ultra-Cal] # Polarizing filters, including circular polarizer for digital imaging of low-contrast and low-relief subjects # High resolution flatbed scanner See the lab website for more details: http://www.westga.edu/~pnovackg/DIMPL.html, and feel free to contact me with any questions. Sincerely, Phil At 12:31 PM 2/24/2009, you wrote:
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Hardware set-up Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:38:14 -0800 (PST) From: Tim Astrop <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Hello all, I am currently investigating the plausibility of setting up (from scratch) a morphometric oriented laboratory at my affiliated institution. I am looking for suggestions of affordable image capture and processing hardware to create a research station that can be used for micro and macro geology/palaeontology/biology. Ideally the set-up could be used for most types of 2D analyses of a wide range of specimens. I'd really appreciate any help. Thanks -- Tim Astrop Program in Integrative Bioscience University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-4101 USA [email protected] < mailto:[email protected]> -- Replies will be sent to the list.For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org <http://www.morphometrics.org/> <http://www.morphometrics.org/>-- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach CanIt if this mail (ID 213278398) is spam:Spam: http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=s<http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=s>Not spam: http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=n<http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=n> Forget vote: http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=f <http://canit.westga.edu/b.php?i=213278398&m=3af028699896&c=f> ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
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