James,

I don't know what you need for a camera, but I'm finding that my scanner
is working well for tiny shells. I've scanned some shells at 1200dpi or
greater and have gotten fantastic resolution! Then you can open the image
in image processing software and sharpen it or do whatever.

Good luck,

Peter Egerton


At 08:31 PM 10/26/00 -0400, you wrote:
>    Dear all, For some reason, whenever I write one message, I have to
>write a  bunch. This one is more important, though. I have some
>Costoanachis sp.  dove shells that I need to photograph for my description.
>They are all around 11-13mm.   I also need to photograph some similar
>species (sparsa, semiplicata,  avara) for comparison. Does anyone have some
>good recommendations on what  type of equipment I would need to get
>high-resolution plates of these beasts?  The camera I have is a Pentax
>Spotmatic with a 45mm standard lens. I'm just  wondering;  Anything? Please
>let me know  what is best.   Thanks, James   Columbellidae Studies
>c/o James M. Cheshire
>3185 Raccoon Valley  Rd.
>Granville, OH 43023-9472
>USA
>
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