Buying a Dome

[A_Siatou]

Dear all, 

I''m looking for Dome manufacturers. To my understanding in most case studies the Domes are custom build, but I was wondering if there is someone, most preferably in Europe, that manufactures domes. 

Thank you in advance

 

[leszekp]

There's a company called Truvis based in Europe that sells a dome. $24,000 dollars, a terrible design, and proprietary software. Check this post for more details and links.

 

 

Build your own - it will be a lot cheaper.

[Dave Martin]

A_Siatou,

Suggest you look at the systems built by Kirk Martinez (who contributes here but may be too polite to promote his own products) and colleagues at the University of Southampton:
https://custom-imaging.co.uk/ 
https://custom-imaging.co.uk/geodesic-rti-dome/

Dave

[Aaron]

Does anyone know this people? I found them googling around.

https://www.rti-dome.com/

 

[A_Siatou]

Dear All, 

 

thank you so much for the information. I will look into it. 

 

all the best 

 

Amalia 

[cdschroer]

Thanks for posting the RTI-dome.com - We're not familiar with them.  It appears to be a small dome for insects and other very small subjects. 

Carla

[Albert_S]

Hi

We manufacture and sell professional lighting systems used for photometric measurements, 3D mesh and texture generation and cultural heritage preservation techniques such RTI. We also build custom domes and multi-camera trigger and power solutions.

For more information please visit https://www.esperhq.com/lightcage

Best

Albert

[Tom]

I built a simple dome back in 2009 when I worked for Wessex Archaeology. You can see the build process here:

If you have a few spare days, and are handy with a soldering iron, you could build your own relatively cheaply.

I shared my methods and what I learned building it with the University of Southampton project which seemed to inform some of the features of the domes that are being made today.

[kirkmartinez]

Hi - we're making our 13th dome - so happy to help! and certainly not $24k!!

see custom-imaging.co.uk

[kirkmartinez]

On 10/15/2019 at 10:25 AM, Dave Martin said:

A_Siatou,

Suggest you look at the systems built by Kirk Martinez (who contributes here but may be too polite to promote his own products) and colleagues at the University of Southampton:
https://custom-imaging.co.uk/ 
https://custom-imaging.co.uk/geodesic-rti-dome/

Dave

and thanks for the mention Dave - I didn't see it until today sorry!

[Tomasz]

Hi Amalia,

if you're still interested - we're building RTI domes with some extra UV/IR LEDs for analytical photography.

Best,

Tomasz

https://lojewski4.wixsite.com/lojewski-agh/rti-ptm

[RTIdome.com]

In case people in the thread are interested, we are the team behind RTI-dome.com, and we've been building domes for 4 years now, shipped all around the world.
We aim to provide portable, autonomous, easy-to-use, robust and versatile RTI Domes.

The project started as a weekend project in a fablab around friends at the Museum of Natural History in Paris and we ended up creating a small company to support researchers everywhere and make this imaging technique more accessible.

We build domes of varying sizes (30cm - 50cm - 90cm are classics, but we can fit other needs) with lighting options like RGB, White light, UV/IR and other special needs, for prices starting in the 2k€ range.

Don't hesitate to contact us through our website to discuss your project.

Best !