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factum arte's work in the tombs of tutankhamun, nefertari and seti i

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In total 1951 shots were made us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> new lightweight equipment to cover <strong>the</strong> North Wall.Also on <strong>the</strong> 28th, 251 photographic shots were made to cover miss<strong>in</strong>g areas <strong>in</strong> South West corner on South wallas well as South West corner on West wall.April 29th to May 2nd:On April 29th <strong>the</strong> photographic equipment was set up for <strong>the</strong> East wall.Photography shoot<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> East wall at 800dpi.April 29th: 171 photography shotsApril 30th: 515 photography shotsMay 2nd: 302 photography shotsIn total 988 shots were made us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> new lightweight equipment to cover <strong>the</strong> East Wall.Also on April 29th as <strong>the</strong> lid <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Sarcophagus was uncovered (uncovered April 27th) we made 33 photographyshots <strong>of</strong> detail <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lid.The lid was covered aga<strong>in</strong> on 29th right after our shoot<strong>in</strong>g.May 4th:300 photographs were made <strong>of</strong> details, <strong>the</strong> floor <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> sarcophagus at a lower resolution (around 300dpi).Also between 25th <strong>and</strong> 30th <strong>of</strong> April photographs <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ceil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r details (doorway, bottom <strong>of</strong> wallsunreachable by photographic mach<strong>in</strong>e etc) were made by Naoko Fukumaru us<strong>in</strong>g a Canon G10 <strong>and</strong> a tripod.About 500 photos were taken <strong>in</strong> total.The total surface photographed at a resolution <strong>of</strong> 600 to 800dpi is 65 square meters for <strong>the</strong> walls <strong>and</strong> 10 squaremeters for <strong>the</strong> sarcophagus. This represents over 16000 files for a total <strong>of</strong> 300GB <strong>of</strong> data.The camera <strong>and</strong> lights mounted onto <strong>the</strong> specially madel<strong>in</strong>ear guide record<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> West Wall.Sett<strong>in</strong>g up <strong>the</strong> camera system <strong>and</strong> check<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> computerconnections that control <strong>the</strong> camera.The camera system with <strong>the</strong> modified reflectors (taped to<strong>the</strong> back <strong>of</strong> each light) dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>al checks.The photographic system record<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> East Wall.Check<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> emergency stop controls on <strong>the</strong> Seti scanner. Thesetypes <strong>of</strong> test<strong>in</strong>g are always done with <strong>the</strong> camera or scanner awayfrom <strong>the</strong> walls.Gregoire Dupond operat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> camera <strong>and</strong> Piers Wardlecontroll<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> position<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> camera.

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