Category: Technical Photography (TP)

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iPad, tablets & Technical Art Examination

iPad and android tablets will find huge application in technical art documentation and examination. They will make conservation, documentation and examination procedures faster. In this blog I report on some applications I found for my iPad to better explain the multispectral imaging features I notice on a painting in a more straightforward way to the collector or museum professional

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Multispectral Documentation Report #2

Multispectral Documentation Report #2

Here we have a small landscape painting (30 x 20 cm), titled on the back ”Al calar del sole.” belonging to a client of mine in Sicily he bought at an antiques fair. I definitely like the color rendition of the sky. Small landscape painting from an antiques fair in Sicily. 30 x 20 cm. Full Resolution

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Gigapan, High Resolution Imaging made easy

I can barely pay my bills! so I figured out I could be better off making panoramic imaging and the Gigapan  EPIC Pro is awesome. Basically, this is what Google Art project does to produce the Gigapixel images of artworks. Gigapan EPIC Pro it’s still affordable, a bit expensive – maybe – if we consider

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Filter set for Technical Photography

This is the list of filters we use for Technical Photography.         VIS, RAK X-NiteCC1. X-Nite CC1 transmission curve. Downloaded from www.maxmax.com IR, IRTR, IRFC, IRF Heliopan RG1000. Heliopan RG1000 Transmission curve. Downloaded from www.hoyaoptics.com UVF B+W 420 + X-NiteCC1. B+W 420 is necessary to stop the reflected UV together with the X-NiteCC1 to exclude any

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