[MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums
Hi all, It would be very interesting to hear from anyone who has implemented a color management workflow. I know of a few places (Yale University Art Gallery has been very helpful as we develop ours), but has anyone smaller had any success? Thanks, Ann S. Ann Sinfield, Registrar Chazen Museum of Art University of Wisconsin-Madison 800 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 608-263-3722 tel 608-263-8188 fax asinfield at chazen.wisc.edu www.chazen.wisc.edu Jeff Evans jfevans at Princeton.EDU 8/1/2006 8:19 am Will, At Princeton, we remain a film-to-press workflow, however we do use a Canon EOS-1Ds MarkII (and love it) for half page images and jpegs. Along with digital capture technology, you may want to inquire about match print / color management workflow. Those answers will be interesting to read as well. (unless commercial CMYK printing is not an issue for you) JEFF Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Jul 30, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Real, Will wrote: As the time for submitting budget requests for our next fiscal year approaches I am curious to know what digital photography devices are being used in the museum community. Would any of you be willing to volunteer whether you are using any of the following for photography of collections? Please be as specific as you can. (respond offline directly to me if you wish to remain anonymous: realw [at] carnegiemuseums.org) Nikon D1X, D200, D2X Canon 5D, EOS 1Ds Mark II Leaf Aptus 75 Phase One P 45, etc. BetterLight 6000 etc. Sinar Bron 44, 54, emotion75, etc. Others (Imacon, Jenoptik, etc.) I would also be interested to know if you have switched to all- digital capture or not. Thanks, Will William Real Director of Technology Initiatives Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.622.3267 412.622.3112 (fax) ___
[MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums
Dear Will, We began transitioning from film to all digital capture in the Center for Creative Photography collection in 2002. Based on consultation with pre-press experts who had significant experience preparing image files for high end photography books, and positive reports on customer service, we chose the Betterlight 6000K scanning back. We upgraded to the Super 6K2 a couple years later. We have had excellent results with it and no technical failures. We are hoping to acquire another one in the near future order to double our production. Having spent over twenty years striving to produce color correct transparencies and 8x10 glossy prints for publication, direct digital capture has revolutionized our ability to render original photographs beautifully in print. We no longer struggle with loss of detail in shadows or highlights due to the inherent contrast of transparency film. You can observe the quality of the image files if you can look at a copy of our most recent publication, Harry Callahan: The Photographer at Work, (published by the Center, in association with Yale University Press, printed at Meridian, author Britt Salveson, forward by John Szarkowski). It is our first publication produced solely from direct digital capture. With the exception of archive objects such as correspondence, announcements and negatives reproduced with an Epson Expression XL flatbed scanner the reproductions were created using the Betterlight. Good luck to you, Dianne Dianne Nilsen Head of Digital Initiatives Imaging Center for Creative Photography University of Arizona P.O. Box 210103 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0103 Phone 520-307-2829 Fax 520-621-9444 -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Real, Will Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:20 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums As the time for submitting budget requests for our next fiscal year approaches I am curious to know what digital photography devices are being used in the museum community. Would any of you be willing to volunteer whether you are using any of the following for photography of collections? Please be as specific as you can. (respond offline directly to me if you wish to remain anonymous: realw [at] carnegiemuseums.org) Nikon D1X, D200, D2X Canon 5D, EOS 1Ds Mark II Leaf Aptus 75 Phase One P 45, etc. BetterLight 6000 etc. Sinar Bron 44, 54, emotion75, etc. Others (Imacon, Jenoptik, etc.) I would also be interested to know if you have switched to all-digital capture or not. Thanks, Will William Real Director of Technology Initiatives Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.622.3267 412.622.3112 (fax) ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
[MCN-L] Help MCN find a tagline
Dear MCN Members and Friends, As you may have read in my recent Musematic posting (http://www.musematic.net/), MCN's Board of Directors held a two-day strategic planning retreat in Los Angeles in June. We are now working on a draft of the strategic plan, which we anticipate will be available for members' comments in October. There are always items that come to the surface for more immediate attention--things that may have been percolating for some time. One of these is the need to communicate MCN's identity to folks who are unfamiliar with us. The Board is thinking about ways to telegraph what we do--to intrigue people who are new to MCN, and to help us quickly describe MCN for ourselves. Looking towards our 40th-anniversary year, we soon will begin work on a new MCN logo and graphic identity. As part of that process, we're developing a new tagline to help define MCN in a very brief way. Your participation in this process is essential. To that end, we've created a very short, two-question survey, which we're asking you to complete at this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=647602398268. Thanks very much, and stay tuned for more. Marla Misunas Collections Information Manager Collections Information and Access San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 415-357-4186 (voice) Check out SFMOMA Collections Online www.sfmoma.org http://www.sfmoma.org/ __ President, Museum Computer Network http://www.mcn.edu http://www.mcn.edu/ The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you
[MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums
Hi Will and all, We use a Better Light 6000E-HS for in-house imaging of collections (copy-stand work with original prints, mostly). We do still have occasional jobs that require 4x5 film-based photography, for which we hire an out-of-house photographer. best, Rob _ Rob Lancefield rlancefield at wesleyan.edu Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University www.wesleyan.edu/dac 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459 USAtel. 860.685.2965 Board of Directors, Museum Computer Network www.mcn.edu At 12:01 PM -0700 7/31/06, Sue Grinols wrote: Hi Will, We're using a BetterLight 6K, and a Phase One P25, although our photographer is itching to upgrade to a P45. We use these cameras for publication quality photography. We use the Phase One more than the Betterlight due to work flow issues. We have phased out transparency photography (no pun intended). We also use a Cannon EOS 5D for our imaging project (lower quality database images). Best, Sue Susan Grinols Director, Photo Services and Imaging Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Legion of Honor and de Young Museums Ph. 415.750.3602 Fax. 415.750.2679 www.famsf.org From: Real, Will RealW at CarnegieMuseums.Org Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:19:33 -0400 To: mcn-l at mcn.edu Subject: [MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums As the time for submitting budget requests for our next fiscal year approaches I am curious to know what digital photography devices are being used in the museum community. Would any of you be willing to volunteer whether you are using any of the following for photography of collections? Please be as specific as you can. (respond offline directly to me if you wish to remain anonymous: realw [at] carnegiemuseums.org) Nikon D1X, D200, D2X Canon 5D, EOS 1Ds Mark II Leaf Aptus 75 Phase One P 45, etc. BetterLight 6000 etc. Sinar Bron 44, 54, emotion75, etc. Others (Imacon, Jenoptik, etc.) I would also be interested to know if you have switched to all-digital capture or not. Thanks, Will William Real Director of Technology Initiatives Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.622.3267 412.622.3112 (fax)
[MCN-L] informal survey of digital photography devices in museums
Will, At Princeton, we remain a film-to-press workflow, however we do use a Canon EOS-1Ds MarkII (and love it) for half page images and jpegs. Along with digital capture technology, you may want to inquire about match print / color management workflow. Those answers will be interesting to read as well. (unless commercial CMYK printing is not an issue for you) JEFF Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Jul 30, 2006, at 10:19 AM, Real, Will wrote: As the time for submitting budget requests for our next fiscal year approaches I am curious to know what digital photography devices are being used in the museum community. Would any of you be willing to volunteer whether you are using any of the following for photography of collections? Please be as specific as you can. (respond offline directly to me if you wish to remain anonymous: realw [at] carnegiemuseums.org) Nikon D1X, D200, D2X Canon 5D, EOS 1Ds Mark II Leaf Aptus 75 Phase One P 45, etc. BetterLight 6000 etc. Sinar Bron 44, 54, emotion75, etc. Others (Imacon, Jenoptik, etc.) I would also be interested to know if you have switched to all- digital capture or not. Thanks, Will William Real Director of Technology Initiatives Carnegie Museum of Art 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.622.3267 412.622.3112 (fax) ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
