The use of low cost compact cameras with focus stacking functionality in entomological digitization projects

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F17%3A10370472" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/17:10370472 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.20505" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.20505</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.20505" target="_blank" >10.3897/zookeys.712.20505</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The use of low cost compact cameras with focus stacking functionality in entomological digitization projects

Original language description

Digitization of specimen collections has become a key priority of many natural history museums. The camera systems built for this purpose are expensive, providing a barrier in institutes with limited funding, and therefore hampering progress. An assessment is made on whether a low cost compact camera with image stacking functionality can help expedite the digitization process in large museums or provide smaller institutes and amateur entomologists with the means to digitize their collections. Images of a professional setup were compared with the Olympus Stylus TG-4 Tough, a low-cost compact camera with internal focus stacking functions. Parameters considered include image quality, digitization speed, price, and case-of-use. The compact camera&apos;s image quality, although inferior to the professional setup, is exceptional considering its fourfold lower price point. Producing the image slices in the compact camera is a matter of seconds and when optimal image quality is less of a priority, the internal stacking function omits the need for dedicated stacking software altogether, further decreasing the cost and speeding up the process. In general, it is found that, aware of its limitations, this compact camera is capable of digitizing entomological collections with sufficient quality. As technology advances, more institutes and amateur entomologists will be able to easily and affordably catalogue their specimens.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ZooKeys

ISSN

1313-2989

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

Neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

712

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

141-154

UT code for WoS article

000414129300005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85033778857