[MORPHMET] Re: 2D Capture Protocol for "mostly" 2D specimens

[Zack Daugherty]

Thank you all for your help.  Moving forward I purchased a Pentax K3 DLSR 
 and a Pentax 35 mm HD Macro lens 

 
(extremely low distortion rating).  My picking some enthusiast brains on 
the Pentax Forums one individual (after I announced the equipment I just 
purchases) stated 

 
that it is recommended to use 100-200mm+ lenses and zoom in to the subject 
to remain near orthogonal as possible.  In hindsight I'm a little worried 
about parallax distortion (something that is supposed to be addressed by 
telecentric lenses which don't really seem feasible for my applications and 
definitely not for my budget).  So for those of you that are more 
knowledgeable about this type of photography did I shoot myself in the 
foot?  Should I try to return the prime 35 mm macro and instead purchase a 
50 mm or 100 mm (meaning I'll need to be like 10 ft away from my 7-20 cm 
subjects in a two story room with a step ladder, lol). 

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[MORPHMET] DEADLINE EXTENSION: An introduction to GM in R

[Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou]

Dear list,

the deadline for registrations to the international workshop of
Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics using R has been *extended until 20
August 2015*. Those interested should send a CV and motivation letter to
gm2...@cibio.up.pt*.*

The course will focus on providing an overview of the theory underlying the
quantification of shape using landmark methods, and a practical guide to
data acquisition, standardization for obtaining shape variables,
statistical treatment of shape variation, and visualization of the results
in the R language.

*Instructors:* Prof. D. C. Adams, Dr. M. Collyer, Dr. A. Kaliontzopoulou
*Dates: *5-9 October 2015
*Venue: *CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos
Genéticos, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal.

For more information please visit
http://cibio.up.pt/workshops--courses/details/introduction-to-geometric-morphometrics-using-r

or contact gm2...@cibio.up.pt

Best,
Antigoni

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Antigoni Kaliontzopoulou

Assistant Researcher
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão
PORTUGAL

http://antigonik.wix.com/akaliontzopoulou
http://cibio.up.pt/people/details/akaliont
http://aphylogenetics.wix.com/phylogenetics

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