Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Hi all, I'm grateful to read all the feedback on this topic! I wanted to expand the conversation a little and ask whether anyone has experience digitizing documents via a copy stand set up? The flatbed scanner approach is just painfully slow. We're working our way through a planning grant to develop a plan to digitize about 34K pieces of documentation related to the museum's collection (I know this crosses over into archival work, but for the sake of looking at digitization only, just go with me). The oldest documents in the set are about 100 years old, though the oldest documents account for a very small percentage of the whole. There are some handling issues, but again, marginal overall. Any thoughts on flatbed vs. copy stand for digitizing documents? Thanks! Kate Blanch Administrator, Museum Databases 410.547.9000 x.266 | kbla...@thewalters.org The Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-5185 thewalters.org -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2015 7:00 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: mcn-l Digest, Vol 113, Issue 13 Send mcn-l mailing list submissions to mcn-l@mcn.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mcn-l-requ...@mcn.edu You can reach the person managing the list at mcn-l-ow...@mcn.edu When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of mcn-l digest... Today's Topics: 1. Re: mcn-l Digest, Vol 113, Issue 12 Digitizing Photographs (Marianne Weldon) 2. Re: Digitizing Photographs (Joseph Hoover) 3. Re: Digitizing Photographs (Frank Kennedy) 4. Re: Digitizing Photographs (Sarah Stierch) 5. Re: Digitizing Photographs (Tanner, Simon) 6. Re: Digitizing Photographs (Landsberg, Erik) 7. Register for 2015! Simmons LIS Continuing Education - Online Classes (SLIS Continuing Education) -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:17:50 -0500 (EST) From: Marianne Weldon mwel...@brynmawr.edu To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] mcn-l Digest, Vol 113, Issue 12 Digitizing Photographs Message-ID: 916244135.57346367.1422022670414.JavaMail.root@zimbra-mailbox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Here is a relevant article regarding the light levels used in modern flatbed scanners https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.city-gallery.com/learning/guide/light-levels.phpk=Zn6W9g0QMlyJSNRckEnWug%3D%3D%0Ar=gHnaDWocvuQXhwjmuMBP9g%3D%3D%0Am=KuiQOv77OIOx2NO0VEOvzsrces5LCw8rQDDb0KJVKW0%3D%0As=45572c6a984ea1325062e61a711830de73ff0e4b370486dafe77969651b7f69e There was another at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.analyticalphilately.org/images/ScanningCCP.pdfk=Zn6W9g0QMlyJSNRckEnWug%3D%3D%0Ar=gHnaDWocvuQXhwjmuMBP9g%3D%3D%0Am=KuiQOv77OIOx2NO0VEOvzsrces5LCw8rQDDb0KJVKW0%3D%0As=0d11bb29708dbcc8f07b76aaaf41b669a256e4c9d65d5ed1a8f1c5a311d7846b but the link is no longer active. I have contacted them asking if I could still obtain it. If it do, I will post it also. Marianne Weldon Collections Manager for Special Collections 202 Canaday Bryn Mawr College 101 North Merion Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 office 610-526-5022 mwel...@brynmawr.edu Fellow, The American Institute for Conservation See our collection online at: Triarte.brynmawr.edu and at emuseum.net -- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:46:19 -0600 From: Joseph Hoover joe.hoo...@mnhs.org To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs Message-ID: CA+7Fg=n2-bJGH1=ftdFmTudT-uGNzzaQE-gcLuZW9AZ=tkr...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 In a case of a small museum with limited resources, I would go ahead and use the flatbed scanner. Using a copy stand is a good approach, however, unless your organization has the resources and money to hire (or find a volunteer) a professional photographer who is experienced and can accurately measure and balance light and tone, you are more than likely to wind up with a poor quality reproduction and you may find that you will do more physical and light damage to the photo than on a scanner. I have seen inexperienced museums professionals use camera stands with terrible results. You have to know what you are doing with a camera stand to get good light, exposure balance and tone, with a scanner, while you may have other technical issues, lighting issues are not one of them. It really comes down to using conservator common sense with the resources you have. Are you dealing with a one-of-a-kind photograph of Abraham Lincoln or a black and white snap shots of a church picnic? However, if the photo is fragile from
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Thanks to everyone for your insights on this matter. Until we have greater resources at our command, it seems flatbed scanning may be the best option. Regards, Matt __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Joseph Hoover joe.hoo...@mnhs.org wrote: In a case of a small museum with limited resources, I would go ahead and use the flatbed scanner. Using a copy stand is a good approach, however, unless your organization has the resources and money to hire (or find a volunteer) a professional photographer who is experienced and can accurately measure and balance light and tone, you are more than likely to wind up with a poor quality reproduction and you may find that you will do more physical and light damage to the photo than on a scanner. I have seen inexperienced museums professionals use camera stands with terrible results. You have to know what you are doing with a camera stand to get good light, exposure balance and tone, with a scanner, while you may have other technical issues, lighting issues are not one of them. It really comes down to using conservator common sense with the resources you have. Are you dealing with a one-of-a-kind photograph of Abraham Lincoln or a black and white snap shots of a church picnic? However, if the photo is fragile from damage or is over-sized, I would set those aside and have them photographed later. -- *Joe Hoover* | Digital Technology Outreach Specialist Minnesota Historical Society | Historic Preservation Department 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102 (651) 259-3461 joe.hoo...@mnhs.org | www.mnhs.org/lhs On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
I would say that I would be much more concerned about the heat on the glass bed of the flatbed scanner than the light exposure. Those beds get pretty hot after multiple scans and this can do an awful lots of damage by activating dirt on the surface of the photograph or causing chemical reactions within the substrates. This can easily be alleviated by running two imaging rigs so that one is cooling as the other is imaging so the bed stays relatively safe heatwise but this comes with obvious added workflow complications plus space and hardware implications. Best, Simon Simon Tanner Department of Digital Humanities Room 219, 2nd Floor Drury Lane King's College London Email: simon.tan...@kcl.ac.uk Twitter: @SimonTanner -Original Message- From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Frank Kennedy Sent: 23 January 2015 16:51 To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs As was passed on to me by the NEDCC, the light exposure from a flatbed scanner is similar to having the original object on exhibit for one day. With that in mind, you can decide. A camera copy stand will likely use powerful incandescent lights which are highly damaging, but for such a brief time that the result is the same - like one day on exhibit. LED lit type scanners produce very little UV light and the scanning can be considered harmless. As others have pointed out, be careful with handling and the forced flattening of any curled prints which will crack the gelatin. We've scanned many thousands of old BW prints this way. Personally, I find the results from a flatbed visually superior to the results from high-end photography, with the added benefit of no skew or fisheye.. Frank Kennedy, IT Manager Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd., PO BOX 308 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-931-2216, fax 413-931-2316 http://www.nrm.org ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
There are many considerations to be taken into account, and the best solution will be particular to each institution and project. I've noticed a few references to the heat produced by incandescent lights on a copystand. For the record, flash is highly preferrable to incandescent in most copystand setups. Flash generates almost no IR and it's UV can easily be filtered. In greater sharpness (compared to incandescent, which commonly requres slow shutter speeds -- subject to vibration, etc.) frequently results. The sharpness advantage is due to exposures that use 1 extremely brief pulse of flash light, which can be as short as ~ 1/5,000 sec., depending on equipment. Of course the camera/strobe approach requires additional expertise. But the lighting setup can often be done once and locked down for use by less imaging-experienced staff. Erik MoMA On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Frank Kennedy fkenn...@nrm.org wrote: As was passed on to me by the NEDCC, the light exposure from a flatbed scanner is similar to having the original object on exhibit for one day. With that in mind, you can decide. A camera copy stand will likely use powerful incandescent lights which are highly damaging, but for such a brief time that the result is the same - like one day on exhibit. LED lit type scanners produce very little UV light and the scanning can be considered harmless. As others have pointed out, be careful with handling and the forced flattening of any curled prints which will crack the gelatin. We've scanned many thousands of old BW prints this way. Personally, I find the results from a flatbed visually superior to the results from high-end photography, with the added benefit of no skew or fisheye.. Frank Kennedy, IT Manager Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd., PO BOX 308 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-931-2216, fax 413-931-2316 http://www.nrm.org ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ -- *Erik Landsberg* *Director, Imaging and Visual Resources* *The Museum of Modern Art* 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 212-708-9489 erik_landsb...@moma.org www.moma.org ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Yes, I’ve used flatbed scanners everywhere from the National Archives to medium sized art museums in the Midwest. As Joseph stated - it all depends on the type of image - super uber fragile or not. I’m not a conservator - but, I figure using a flatbed scanner and the fear of light damaging the image…wouldn’t it only damage it noticeably if you use the scanner light repeatedly? (sort of like taking multiple flash images of a painting for 100 years over time..). And yeah, I’d just hire a consultant/contractor to photograph delicate images. So you don’t have to invest financially in fancy pants camera equipment. -Sarah On Jan 23, 2015, at 7:46 AM, Joseph Hoover joe.hoo...@mnhs.org wrote: In a case of a small museum with limited resources, I would go ahead and use the flatbed scanner. Using a copy stand is a good approach, however, unless your organization has the resources and money to hire (or find a volunteer) a professional photographer who is experienced and can accurately measure and balance light and tone, you are more than likely to wind up with a poor quality reproduction and you may find that you will do more physical and light damage to the photo than on a scanner. I have seen inexperienced museums professionals use camera stands with terrible results. You have to know what you are doing with a camera stand to get good light, exposure balance and tone, with a scanner, while you may have other technical issues, lighting issues are not one of them. It really comes down to using conservator common sense with the resources you have. Are you dealing with a one-of-a-kind photograph of Abraham Lincoln or a black and white snap shots of a church picnic? However, if the photo is fragile from damage or is over-sized, I would set those aside and have them photographed later. -- *Joe Hoover* | Digital Technology Outreach Specialist Minnesota Historical Society | Historic Preservation Department 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102 (651) 259-3461 joe.hoo...@mnhs.org | www.mnhs.org/lhs On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
As was passed on to me by the NEDCC, the light exposure from a flatbed scanner is similar to having the original object on exhibit for one day. With that in mind, you can decide. A camera copy stand will likely use powerful incandescent lights which are highly damaging, but for such a brief time that the result is the same - like one day on exhibit. LED lit type scanners produce very little UV light and the scanning can be considered harmless. As others have pointed out, be careful with handling and the forced flattening of any curled prints which will crack the gelatin. We've scanned many thousands of old BW prints this way. Personally, I find the results from a flatbed visually superior to the results from high-end photography, with the added benefit of no skew or fisheye.. Frank Kennedy, IT Manager Norman Rockwell Museum 9 Glendale Rd., PO BOX 308 Stockbridge, MA 01262 413-931-2216, fax 413-931-2316 http://www.nrm.org ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
In a case of a small museum with limited resources, I would go ahead and use the flatbed scanner. Using a copy stand is a good approach, however, unless your organization has the resources and money to hire (or find a volunteer) a professional photographer who is experienced and can accurately measure and balance light and tone, you are more than likely to wind up with a poor quality reproduction and you may find that you will do more physical and light damage to the photo than on a scanner. I have seen inexperienced museums professionals use camera stands with terrible results. You have to know what you are doing with a camera stand to get good light, exposure balance and tone, with a scanner, while you may have other technical issues, lighting issues are not one of them. It really comes down to using conservator common sense with the resources you have. Are you dealing with a one-of-a-kind photograph of Abraham Lincoln or a black and white snap shots of a church picnic? However, if the photo is fragile from damage or is over-sized, I would set those aside and have them photographed later. -- *Joe Hoover* | Digital Technology Outreach Specialist Minnesota Historical Society | Historic Preservation Department 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102 (651) 259-3461 joe.hoo...@mnhs.org | www.mnhs.org/lhs On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Matt and all, As two cents from a non-conservator who cares for a collection of works of art on paper (including their digital imaging), these days camera-based capture does most often tend to be best--safe, accurate, fast--with these materials, but each situation can be different. Your one specific factor of light intensity and duration actually may or may not be a concern with flatbed scanning of original photographic prints, depending on the specific scanner and the settings used with it, as well as the specific photographic media involved--for example, well-processed gelatin silver prints, versus more fugitive media. That said...in most museum contexts, other preservation concerns make digital photographic capture vastly preferable to flatbed scanning for works on paper that are considered part of the collection as such, as distinct from photographs considered to be internal documents, etc. These concerns arise from the need to place original works face-down in physical contact with the scanner, and one after another. Depending on the physical attributes of each photo (its surface, condition, etc.), that contact can raise concerns about causing subtle surface damage, as well as about any possible transfer of unseen contaminants--e.g., mold spores--from object to object, if one early in a run has such an issue. (Also, if any of the photographs are matted, the significant handling risks of flipping them over and down onto a flatbed while matted, or of unmatting and rematting each photograph, could both raise more acute preservation concerns and seriously slow down your capture workflow.) So, depending on your situation, it may well be much faster and safer to run rapid, camera-based capture instead, especially by the time you factor in the need to assess any object-by-object risks of scanning. But over to the conservators! (Is Dale Kronkright in the house?) hope this helps, Rob -- Rob Lancefield Manager of Museum Information Services / Registrar of Collections Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 301 High Street, Middletown CT 06459-0487 USA rlancefield [at] wesleyan [dot] edu | tel. 860.685.2965 On 1/22/15 4:05 PM, Matt Wheeler wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Yes Rob. Scanning photographs will reduce its life. Better to photograph the photograph, and preserve it in a master uncompressed digital format (TIFF) and as a second printed analogic source. Unless you manage to have cold light scanners, which flatbeds are not. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
Re: [MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
If it hasn't already been said, photographing in a shoot-down copystand setup will also allow you to avoid the glare from certain glossy and/or rippled prints that frequently occurs due to the frontal lighting of a scanner. For especially stubborn glare, the copystand approach also permits you to use partial or full polarization when necessary. This is also helpful for controling reflection from silvering that often occurrs around the edges of older gelatin silver prints especially those that have not been archivally processed. So, copystand: faster, safer handling of objects, better light control. Erik MoMA On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 4:59 PM, GTorres gtorr...@gmail.com wrote: Yes Rob. Scanning photographs will reduce its life. Better to photograph the photograph, and preserve it in a master uncompressed digital format (TIFF) and as a second printed analogic source. Unless you manage to have cold light scanners, which flatbeds are not. On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Matt Wheeler mwhee...@pmm-maine.org wrote: Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ -- *Erik Landsberg* *Director, Imaging and Visual Resources* *The Museum of Modern Art* 11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 212-708-9489 erik_landsb...@moma.org www.moma.org ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
[MCN-L] Digitizing Photographs
Good afternoon. We have a collection which consists mostly of black and white photographic prints and are beginning to digitize them using flatbed scanners. However, I spoke to a conservator who advised that they be rephotographed with a digital camera instead due to the intense light exposure on a flatbed. Is this a legitimate concern? Will the scanners cause degradation of the originals, and would this degradation be considerable? Thanks in advance. __ Matt Wheeler, Photography Archives, Penobscot Marine Museum Archives (207) 548-2529 ext. 211 5 Church Street, PO Box 498 Searsport, Maine 04974 ___ 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@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
