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The system components include a camera with a digital
back from PhaseOne, special LED illumination, scanning Digital copy faithful to the original
tables for transparent originals and book cradles as well
as Zeutschel’s OmniScan software for controlling the Valuable collections should not only inspire visitors to
unit. the museum in their original form but also fascinate
them in digital form.
Maximum care taken of originals
“We took great care during product development to
Zeutschel GmbH is the global market leader in scanning ensure that the existing norms and standards for image
books, a technique used for digitizing valuable, bound quality are not just met, but exceeded”, stresses Jörg
documents such as historical books, magazines and man- Vogler.
uscripts.
The camera with digital backs from PhaseOne and in-
Zeutschel attaches equally great importance to treating terchangeable lenses are perfectly matched. For exam-
the originals as gently as possible. The Zeutschel Scan- ple, the 50 or 100 megapixel resolution offered by the
Studio also meets this requirement. system is fully achieved and not subsequently upsam-
pled through the use of software. The results are sharp,
Digital scanning is performed contactlessly from above. noise-free images that faithfully reproduce even the fin-
There are two LEDs on the left and right-hand side of est details.
the unit which are operated with the light dimmed. The
strength of the illumination is only briefly increased for In some cases, the quality of the digital copy is even
the scanning process, and the dimmed state is immedi- higher than the original. For example, negatives can con-
ately restored thereafter. tain further information in dark areas of the image which
cannot be seen with the naked eye. With Zeutschel
The scanning tables and book cradles available also help ScanStudio, the high dynamic range of the camera re-
to ensure that maximum care is taken of originals. For sults in excellent shadow separation meaning that even
example, Zeutschel supplies special holders for fixing the weakest details become visible in the digital version.
and at the same time protecting slides, films and glass Simple, fast process
negatives.
Efficient processes and ease of operation go hand in hand
The high reproduction quality delivered by the system with Zeutschel ScanStudio. The system is controlled by
means that the materials only need to be scanned and OmniScan software that has proved its worth in numer-
taken off the shelf one single time. ous digitization projects.

The transparency table can process film, slides and glass negatives.
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