2023-11-01
Folder “Documents”
■ Image Requirements 2017.pdf Document outlining the technical requirements for manuscript images produced by HMML projects. A VITAL DOCUMENT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.
■ 2016 Overall Procedure.pdf A general overall reference for how HMML does manuscript photography.
■ 2016 Basic daily steps.pdf Daily things to check when working on manuscript digitization.
■ 2016 Foliation and Filenames.pdf Detailed guidelines for the naming of image files so that proper foliation of books happens. A VITAL DOCUMENT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.
■ 2018-19 Quality Control.pdf A document outlining basic quality-control checks that will ensure that manuscripts are digitized correctly and have proper file-naming. A VITAL DOCUMENT TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.
■ QC_Checksheet.xlsx A simple Excel checklist for documenting quality control checks on manuscript photography.
■ 2016 Canon 6D manual.pdf User guidelines for producing manuscript page images using the Canon EOS 6D digital camera. The information in this document is applicable to a number of Canon EOS dSLR camera models.
■ Book Photography.pdf An overall guide to HMML's book photography methods.
■ HMML Digitization Studio Setup.pdf An older document with good information on the overall setup of the manuscript digitization studio environment.
■ Available Light Photography Tips.pdf A guide to using digital SLR cameras for manuscript photography under available light, with tips for achieving proper exposure and color balance.
■ Gold in mss photography.pdf A "how to" guide for photographing manuscript pages that have gold capital letters, gold paint, and other metallic design elements.
■ Arrows.pdf
Document containing a number of arrow symbols. This can be printed out and cut into individual "up" arrows to indicate manuscript orientation when making photographs.
■ 2023 two-up metadata slate.png A printable PNG graphics file that can be sized to print out on a sheet of paper in "landscape" orientation. It is economical, producing two forms per sheet. Use this if no electronic metadata collection is being done at the time of photography.
■ HMML Rulers.pdf This PDF contains nine metric rulers that can be used when photographing books to provide a useful size reference. When printing this out, make sure you have printer scaling set to 100% in order to ensure that the resulting printout is accurate. Check against a real metric scale to confirm proper size.
■ Canon Software Setup and RP camera notes 20230612.pdf NEW FOR 2023. Updated documentation on setting up Canon digital camera tethering software. Also has extensive section on setting up and using the new Canon RP mirrorless camera.
■ 2023 Windows Setup Notes.pdf Document outlining some useful customizations for Microsoft Windows in order to make things easier for HMML technicians.
Folder “PDF Manuals for Equipment” Note: All manuals are in English
■ Canon EOS 6D mkII Manual.pdf Official Canon manual for the 6D Mark II camera. This is HMML's standard field camera for digital projects up to 2023.
■ Canon EOS 5ds-5dsr English.pdf Official Canon manual for the 50-megapixel 5Dsr
■ Canon EOS 6D CAMERA.pdf Official Canon manual for the 6D (the “Mark I”) digital camera. This model is still being used by a number of HMML projects.
■ Canon EOS RP Manual.pdf Official Canon manual for the EOS RP mirrorless camera. Starting in 2023, this is the standard camera model used for HMML digitization projects.
■ Nikon D800 Manual.pdf Official manual for the Nikon D800 and D800e camera.
■ Einstein E640 Flash Unit.pdf Scanned manual for the flash units HMML uses for its studio projects.
Folder “Software” Note: Many of the items in this folder are “zipped.” The user will have to “unzip” the files to extract the contents. Windows generally does this automatically when the file is double-clicked.
■ Canon DPP 4.18.0-installer.zip Digital Photo Professional (DPP) from Canon is their all-purpose RAW converter, image viewer and basic image manipulation application. It also works in conjunction with EOS Utility to work as the tethered photography system for Canon digital cameras. As of 2023-11-01, this is the latest 64-bit version—use this version if you are using the new Canon EOS RP mirrorless camera.
■ EU-Installset-W3.16.10.8.zip Canon’s EOS Utility (EU) works as the remote control for a digital camera tethered to the computer via USB cable. Camera functions are controlled by this software utility, bypassing the need to manipulate controls on the camera itself. When used with Digital Photo Professional and properly set up, images shot with the camera are transferred to the computer and appear in the DPP viewer.
Note: HMML has older versions of both of these Canon software applications. Folks using older computer systems or earlier camera models may have a need for these. Contact HMML if you need a “legacy” version of DPP or EU.
■ DigiCamControlsetup_2.1.5.9.zip A freeware tethered camera control application that works with a variety of digital cameras from several major manufacturers. For Windows.
■ Nikon Capture NXD-010600.zip RAW converter, image browser from Nikon for working with their proprietary NEF RAW image format. For Windows. When used in conjunction with DigiCamControl, the user has a capable tethering system for Nikon cameras without having to buy their proprietary tethering application.
■ BRU_setup_3.0.0.0.zip An extremely useful utility that allows for the renaming of files using "search and replace," resequencing of filenames, and the like. Also allows for filenames to be copied to the clipboard for pasting into Excel lists, etc. For Windows.
■ BRU User Manual.pdf User manual for Bulk Rename. Useful to study, as BRU is a rather complex application.
■ npp.5.7.Installer.zip Notepad++ is a text editor that has more features and power than the default Windows Notepad application.
■ iview430_setup.zip Irfanview is the best JPEG viewing software app I've found. It has all the usual viewing capabilities, plus powerful batch processing features. It is non-destructive; that is, the user can rotate, flip or otherwise change their view of an image file without having any of this saved to the actual file itself. For Windows.
■ IrfanView_Setup.pdf A short "how to" to get a crucial setting in IrfanView configured properly.
■ FSViewerSetup60.zip Faststone is an excellent image viewing program that performs lossless rotation of JPEG images. For Windows.
■ FastStone_Setup.pdf An introduction to the use of FastStone and how to set it up for HMML work.
■ XnViewMP-mac.dmg This is a image viewing and manipulation application that does much of what IrfanView and FastStone do on the PC. Can perform lossless rotation of JPEG images. For Macintosh.