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 USA tel. 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)
