Hi Miguel, I've used the LMI HDI quite a lot to scan bird beaks in museums for morphometrics. It's super portable and does a great job, and although it can struggle with dark or shiny objects, it's great for bone. However, the HDI's field of view might not be wide enough to get a whole skull/mandible in at once. The software is very good at stitching together the scans though, so it might still work well for you. Most scanning manufacturers are willing to come and give demos if they think you're going to buy something, and if they're not, they often have exhibitor stands at conferences where they'll let you see the scanners in action. Before you drop a lot of cash, it's always worth giving the scanner a test run in my opinion!
Jen Dr Jen Bright Assistant Professor of Digital Science Center for Virtualization and Applied Spatial Technologies (CVAST) School of Geosciences University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 310 Tampa, FL 33620 www.markmybird.org https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jen_Bright <https://usf.academia.edu/JenBright> On 24 January 2017 at 10:46, Miguel Eduardo Delgado Burbano < mdelgadoburb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Ariadne and Thomas > > Thank you so much for your suggestions. > > I have actually a 3D surface David SLS-3 scanner, however its use is > almost restricted to the desktop, so is diffcult to transport that hardware > to museum collections. Thomas do you have some experience with the scanners > that you mention? I am interested to scan hominin and hominoid mandibles > and skulls. From some colleagues from France I know that some Artec series > produce some errors in images derived from osseous structures. Thank you > again for your help > > Miguel > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 4:37 PM, Thomas O'Mahoney <tomomaho...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Dear Miguel, >> This was discussed a few months ago. The popular models at the moment are >> the LMI HDi series and the Artec Spider and Eva series. All start at around >> $15k, depending on what you buy. All give very good data and all have very >> well written software, much of which can also be scripted for >> post-processing. >> >> Best, >> Tom O'Mahoney >> PhD Candidate, University of Manchester. >> >> On 19 January 2017 at 14:06, Miguel Eduardo Delgado Burbano < >> mdelgadoburb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Dear all >>> >>> I am planning to obtain 3D surface models from different museum >>> colletions, so I need a 3D portable hardware (and associated software). >>> Does anyone have suggestions of models and prices they would recommend? >>> >>> best regards >>> >>> Miguel >>> >>> -- >>> ************************************************* >>> Miguel Delgado PhD >>> CONICET-División Antropología. >>> Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. >>> Universidad Nacional de La Plata >>> Paseo del Bosque s/n. La Plata 1900. Argentina >>> Cel: 5492216795916. Fax: 54 221 4257527 >>> https://unlp.academia.edu/DelgadoMiguel >>> http://www.cearqueologia.com.ar/ >>> E-mail: medelg...@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar >>> ************************************************* >>> >>> -- >>> MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MORPHMET" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. >>> >> >> > > > -- > ************************************************* > Miguel Delgado PhD > CONICET-División Antropología. > Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. > Universidad Nacional de La Plata > Paseo del Bosque s/n. La Plata 1900. Argentina > Cel: 5492216795916. Fax: 54 221 4257527 > https://unlp.academia.edu/DelgadoMiguel > http://www.cearqueologia.com.ar/ > E-mail: medelg...@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar > ************************************************* > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MORPHMET" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org. > -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MORPHMET" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to morphmet+unsubscr...@morphometrics.org.
