Place the Golden Thread under the lens of the camera, centered. Open Live View. Zoom in on the target to 300 to 400%. Using the ring of the lens, focus on the

If the collection/researcher request you are digitizing contains several folders with discrete call numbers, create digital folders for each physical folder. Create folders in Finder under Capture, then drag and drop the

Open Capture One Select ‘New Session’ Name your session and choose a destination folder. Name researcher requests according to the job number, followed by the name of the collection. Example: 175_Seward if

Open the Rodenstock Shutter Control interface (see icon below). Leave the aperture at 8.0 and place the shutter speed between 1/25 and 1/30 with the current light setting (DT Photon XL). 1/30

The three standards resolutions for imaging are 300ppi, 400ppi and 600ppi. According to FADGI 4 standards, we at the digitization lab shoot photographic objects at 600ppi and the rest (letters, manuscripts, typescripts,

The Digital Scholarship Lab uses DT Photon XL. Digital Transitions designed them to work within their imaging system. Turn on the lights when you start setting up for your imaging project. The