RTI Highlight Capture Starter Kit
Your starter kit for using Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) is designed to get you up and running quickly. It contains the parts you need to get started capturing images for RTI using the highlight process.
How to Order RTI Kits
The cost of each kit is $350.00 plus $11 to $18 for UPS ground shipping in the US, depending on the destination. To determine international shipping and handling costs, contact us at rti-kit@c-h-i.org. We charge sales tax for kits shipped within California. We can accept credit cards, Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT), and checks. If you choose to pay by credit card, we will send you an invoice that includes a link to enter your credit card information using a secure server. At that time you can pay with any major credit card or with a PayPal account. Please let us know what you prefer.
If you have any questions about the kit, please send an email to rti-kit@c-h-i.org and include your location. If you need to have your department information and/or a purchase order number included on your invoice, please send us that information, and we will email an invoice back to you. We will ship the kit once we have received payment from you or a p.o. number from your institution.
Kit Contents
The kit contains a set of reflective spheres of various sizes, mounting hardware for the spheres, parts that you need to create a light wand, and miscellaneous items you will find useful in setting up and using your image-capture system. The parts are contained in a durable Tuff storage box for easy transport and safekeeping.
Contents of the RTI Highlight Capture Starter Kit
| Reflective Sphere Parts | ||
| Spheres | 2.25" (57.15mm) | tapped and threaded to fit 1/4x20 |
| 1" (25.4mm) | tapped and threaded to fit 1/4x20 | |
| 1/2" (12.7mm) | ceramic ball bearings | |
| 1/4" (6.35mm) | ||
| 1/8" (3.175mm) | ||
| 1/16" (1.588mm) | ||
| 1/32" (0.79375mm) | ||
| Finish washers | variety of sizes, for holding spheres | |
| 12" and 3" threaded rods (2 each) | 1/4x20 format to fit 2.25" and 1" spheres | |
| Coupler nuts (2) | 1/4x20 | |
| Light Wand Parts | ||
| Strobe assembly handle | umbrella adapter with hot shoe mount | |
| Minipod | handle for strobe assembly | |
| matched with coupler to mount umbrella adapter | ||
| Brass fittings (pair) | coupler adapters 1/4" and 3/8" female | |
| Threaded stems | taped 1/4x20 bolts, to hold radio trigger or to secure string | |
| OP-3 | UV-filtering acrylic, cut to fit speedlight | |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| String, white | for measuring a fixed distance from target to light source | |
| Bongo ties (8) | for cable management | |
| Bubble level | cold shoe bubble level, fits in hot shoe of SLR | |
Note: Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) is furnishing this item “as is.” This RTI kit is provided by CHI without any representation or warranty whatsoever, whether express, implied, or statutory, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty or condition of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, satisfactory quality or accuracy of informational content, and all implied warranties are hereby expressly disclaimed by CHI.
