Hi Kathryn,

I work with two companies who develop these kind of hardware/software imaging systems on a per-client basis, and who are both on the leading edge of developing spherical imaging techniques, one in the macro-imaging world and one in the micr-imaging world. They also install and maintain systems for documentation of collections and pieces in museum environments. 

Both were key presenters at the Fine Conference at CMU sponsored by GIgapan, and specifically focus on these tools. I highly recommend their work. Please contact me and I'll introduce you directly.

Best
Kay
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On Jun 5, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Maris Ensing wrote:

> Hi Kathryn,
> 
> We recently did some work for a client using a Gigapan robotic head - I can
> recommend it. The software comes with the head.
> http://www.gigapan.com/cms/shop/store 
> 
> The only issue is depth of field - we used a Canon 5D with an aperture of 45
> and it was still an issue to get everything in focus; obviously this depends
> on the size and shape of the object and how you're doing the photography.
> 
> A sample is here
> http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/d16543dda35c936248d8e5ee5f53c55a - these are
> 5 second exposures, note that you can see transitions between the images,
> but it is quite possible to compensate for this.
> 
> Best
> Maris
> 
> 
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> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] 360 degree photography
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> We are thinking about purchasing a hardware and software system to do
> 360 degree or even spherical object photography, and I'm wondering if anyone
> could recommend a system they have used.  We need a system that minimally
> includes the photo arm, turntable, and software to stitch the images
> together, and it has to be capable of doing large format objects. At this
> stage of information gathering we are not limiting ourselves to a particular
> budget.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Kathryn Murano
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> Rochester Museum & Science Center
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