I am currently working on a project that requires taking a lot of measurements of very, VERY, small things, specifically insect body parts. The problem is that what I have been doing so far, taking measurements from photographs, is prone to error – from distortion during stacking (caused by the macro lens), mismeasurements due to specimen origination, and general error caused by the scale bar and specimen being on different levels. I thought a way around this might be to produce a 3D scan of the specimen(s) using photogrammety. The thought being that I could then measure the parts from the scan and avoid a lot of the sources of error. I have seen papers by other entomologists using this method to digitise collections but was wondering if anyone know the limits of this method (in terms of resolution/specimen size) and how prone it is to distortion. Are there perhaps any other (better) methods to producing these scans? We don’t necessarily require colour (as it is mostly for measurements data.
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