Hi!
Can anybody recommend the optimal (cheap/easy to buy and use) solution to scan a small (200k) herbarium collection?
I am in doubt, have I look on scanners or have I choose camera. In first case special scanners are super expensive. In the second case I am not sure about image quality (i.e. images will be affected by distortion). I know that Kew applied HerbScan, which in fact is an Epson 10000 XL system. Maybe I could construct something like this by myself if somebody could provide me with technical scratches. From other hand, there is relatively cheap projection scanner Fujitsu SV600, but I am not sure how good it is for scanning of such volumetric objects as herbarium.
Any advice will be highly appreciated!
I do not know technical details but if you use scanner, take all possible precautions so that the specimens do not get damaged during scanning.
Дешево і якісно сканувати навряд чи вийде. Можливо, простіше просто перефотографувати за допомогою гарного освітлення, і гарного фотоапарату на штативі
a good quality flatbed scanner might be the best choice. You can obtain valuable results placing a black box upon your samples in order to create a uniform backgroung with no shades. This method works also with thick samples (small berries, panicles etc.), even if some problems could occour with bigger fruits.
I recommend to use a format like 300 ppt TIFF and JPEG, not more, to easily upload and manage imageges in a on-line database.
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