Lida, Hello and please pardon if this is a duplication. I sent this on Friday but it doesn't seem to have made it. I've attached a word document to this email of a TMS screen shot of what our conservation lab is doing with digital photography of sherds in our study collection. I feel, like you, that having a measurement indicator in the photo is not the most desirable thing. But it seems to work well with certain objects. We have three digital imaging processes here at the Freer and Sackler: our photolab, the registrars and conservation. Our photolab produces images using Leaf Volare digital cameras. Those produce a source file (.HDR, mac OS) that can be anywhere from 60-100MB. From those they make IBM formatted .TIF derivatives that are 20-40MB, 300 dpi. In pixels they range into the 3000-4000 pxls on the long dimension. These photos are our "approved" photography and are used when digital image files are requested for rights and reproductions. Our photolab is also using a variety of flat bed and transparency scanners to produce images from existing photography. Most new photography is digital and our photolab is on a project to replace all of our "analog" photography. The registrars office is using a flatbed scanner with transparency adapter for old photos and document scanning and we are now on our second digital camera. Our first was a Nikon CoolPix 990 and now we're using the CoolPix 5000. Terrible name, but the pics are fabulous and the Nikon CoolPix are about the only available at a reasonable price that have a macro feature for close ups. The CoolPix 5000 is a 5.0 megapixel camera that takes excellent high-resolution photos (avg 12.5-15MB .JPG) and is relatively easy to use. We're in the process of setting up digital photography workstations in our dept. with lights, copy stand, backdrops, software, etc. for registration "mug shots" of objects (acquisition considerations or loans) as soon as they arrive. Our conservation lab is also using Nikon digital cameras to document objects in our study collection (see attachment) and also to document the stages of their work on an object when treatment occurs. Those images are in the 5-7MB range, .JPGs. David >>> [log in to unmask] 07/19/02 11:05AM >>> Hi everyone, At first I want to say thanks for all the great ideas and recommendations I've been receiving. Subscribing to the list made me more excited with TMS and grateful, knowing that I'm not the only one struggling and having to reinvent the wheel. What I wanted to know is, when loading the media files in TMS, what resolution are you using?, what is recommended. Right now I'm using a Sony digital camera 4.1 megapixel. The pictures I take the imagesize is 1600x1200. With te possibilitie of even bigger to 2272x1704 in JPEG. Then I download them on the Imagedrive in a temporary folder, where they get a new filename. What I am doing is give them a filename same as the objectnumber with an extension -1, -2, -3. Right now I'm thinking about Dave's experience with this way of filing the images. We may have to change it, and use another filesystem [anyone with more experience on this matter?] Putting all the images on a CD is an idea to seriously consider. Now how high is the resolution you are using? Another thing we are considering is to put in front of the object a Coin or a Measure, to give an idea of the dimensions of the object, I personally don't think it looks nice on the picture [any suggestions?]. Media module. Help with the 'child rendition'. I still don't get it how it's done, and how it will be displayed. Regards, Lida Pandt Collection Manager National Archeological Anthropological Museum Of the Netherlands Antilles De Rouvilleweg 7 5999-4621933 / 4621934 5999-4621936 fax [log in to unmask]