CRK NZ Ltd is able to supply a wide range of products for digitisation in the Cultural Heritage sector. From a small institution or community organisation to larger Museums / Archives / Galleries, we can help guide you towards products that fit your requirements. This can be from simple film scanning or document archiving, through to a fully integrated suite for digitising film, books and other historical documents. There is also a specialist product that uses multi-spectral capture for art conservators to view information, hidden beneath the surface of paintings or for forensic scientists studying criminal evidence.
Fully integrated digitisation suite
MICROBOX - Microbox have been developing cameras and scanning systems since 1958. More than 20,000 installations in over 40 countries and 3800 libraries, archives, and museums speak for themselves about their position in the digitisation technology market. Customised scanning solutions for all areas, from A3 self-service scanners to the A0 large format systems with the highest resolution M150 (152MP) camera, there is never a compromise on quality and accuracy. Their solutions do not stop at paper-based collections but can be used in a variety of ways for the conservation-friendly digitisation of museum collections, whether coins, film, glass negatives, herbaria or fossils.
Modular reproduction kit components
Cameras
Hasselblad - X2D-100C and 907x w/CFV 100C - Hasselblad cameras offer supreme resolution and detail, setting a truly high bar in the camera world. For those wanting an integrated mirrorless design, there's the X2D-100C X System, with the quality, style and efficiency of a contemporary camera. This also applies to their medium format 907X V System, which offers a modular design for a flexible, creative workflow; simply choose the high-resolution lenses, viewfinder, and digital back combination that fit your shooting application the best.
Lenses
- Hasselblad - XCD Lenses are some of the finest optics available on the market today. These lenses, which are all designed in Sweden, have all gone through rigorous development, testing and production processes to ensure they satisfy the demands of high-end mirrorless digital capture and high-resolution sensors. Ideal lenses for Cultural Heritage applications are the XCD 38mm f2.5, XCD 55mm f2.5 and XCD 120mm f3.5 MACRO | V lenses in combination with the Hasselblad X 9mm Extension Tube.
- Sigma - Designed with a focus on sophisticated optical performance and tremendous expressive power, the Art line delivers high-level artistic quality. Ideal lenses for Cultural Heritage applications are the 35mm F1.4 DG DN | A and 105mm F2.8 DG DN MACRO | A lenses.
Negative Supply Film Scanning
This film scanning method utilises a digital camera (mirrorless or DSLR) to photograph rolls, strips or individual negatives or positives. The process allows you to capture frames with a greater dynamic range and faster operation than flatbed or strip film scanners, has easy to use software options, while film is held flatter with the Negative Supply film holders.
Accessory Cases
HPRC - From medical and hi-tech (measurement, laser etc) to industrial and electronics, military and Government police law enforcement, nautical, outdoor, imaging, broadcasting and many more, HPRC cases provide total protection to the equipment carried.
Colour Management
Calibrite - Professional photographers know that having a calibrated workflow from capture through editing to printing, saves them time and leads to more accurate results. The first step is calibrating and profiling your monitor with ColorChecker calibration solutions from Calibrite. Adding ColorChecker targets to your workflow at capture gives you complete control over exposure, white/neutral balance, and allows you to create custom camera profiles, so that matching multiple cameras in your raw workflow is simple.
Printers
Canon Wide Format - The Canon imagePRO GRAF PRO series is built to achieve the best quality for the graphic arts market. This includes photography and fine art reproductions – for photographers, photo studios, archives and professional print services.
Print Media
Ilford - Ilford inkjet papers are a range of high-quality photographic papers specifically designed for professional and creative printing applications. The range offers a wide variety of surface finish options from resin coated papers for vibrant high contrast images to cotton art papers for more subtle images.
