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== Workstation with high resolution camera for digitalisation of mycological/ lichenological macroobjects ==
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=== Camera hardware ===
* [http://www.phaseone.com/en/Camera-Systems/Camera-Bodies.aspx Phase One 645DF] medium format camera 
* [http://www.phaseone.com/en/Camera-Systems/IQ-Series.aspx Phase One IQ160] digital back (until December 2011)
* [http://www.phaseone.com/en/Camera-Systems/IQ-Series.aspx Phase One IQ180] digital back (since January 2012)
* [http://industrial.phaseone.com/en/Lenses/LS-AF-80-mm-f-2-8/overview.aspx Schneider-Kreuznach LS 80 mm f/2.8] leaf shutter lens
* FireWire IEEE-1394 serial bus cable (will be replaced with faster USB 3.0 cable when supported by firmware)

=== Lighting ===
Until December 2014:
* 1 x CN-126 LED Video Lighting (5400 K, 650 lx, diffusor filter)
* 2 x LED-5001 Video Light (5500 K, 700 lx, diffusor filter) 
Since January 2015:
* 2 x F&V 5600K-3200K Bi-color Flood K4000s LED Studio Light Panel (diffusor filter)

=== Digitization workstation - computer hardware and software ===
Hardware:

* Intel Core i7-870 CPU (8M Cache, 2.93 GHz)
* 8 GB RAM
* 2 x Western Digital WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 (500 GB, SATA2) RAID 0 HDD
* NVIDIA Quadro 2000 graphics card (1 GB DDR5 frame buffer)
* QUATO Intelli Proof 242 ex 24" proof monitor
* Handheld barcode scanner (USB)

Software:
* Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit
* Capture One (Phase One) RAW converter and image editing software

=== Digitizing server infrastructure ===
Storage server for images, image web publication server, web server, database server 
- at the SNSB IT Center
=== Digitizing workflow ===
* Herbarium sheets and accompanying drawings (if present) are photographed
* Internal accession numbers (barcodes) are scanned via hand-held scanner and automatically set as filenames
* Lens correction filters are applied
* Brightness, contrast, tonal values are adjusted
* Images are flipped to portrait format and edges are cropped (if necessary)
* Images are automatically saved as compressed (lossless) RAW files (EIP)
* RAW files are exported as TIFF (uncompressed, Adobe RGB 1998, 1200 px/in)
* TIFF image files will be processed, provided and archived:
** an image copy converted to JPG and less resolution will be made and provided on the image web publication server, suitable for web usage
** a link to this image will be placed in the corresponding data record of DiversityCollection
** the original image will be archived on local data storage and furthermore as long-term preservation at the Leibniz Rechenzentrum München
*The whole procedure takes between 2,5 and 8 minutes, the average is about 4 minutes. Capture of metadata in DiversityCollection takes about 5 minutes.

=== Contact person(s) ===
Sebastian Werner

Dr. Tobias Lehmann

Dr. Konstanze Bensch

=== Notes ===

Digitization station optimized according to [http://plants.jstor.org/action/community#resources JSTOR Plant Science recommendations].

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXvqIEgMLyI JSTOR Plant Science: An Introduction - Video 2010]