Editing Dead Sea Scrolls (section)

===Digitization project (2011–2016)===
In partnership with Google, the Museum of Jerusalem is working to photograph the Dead Sea Scrolls and make them available to the public digitally, albeit not in the [[public domain]].<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web | url=http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/project | title=Digital Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem – The Project | access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> The lead photographer of the project, Ardon Bar-Hama, and his team are utilizing the [[Alpa]] 12 MAX camera accompanied with a [[Leaf (Israeli company)|Leaf]] Aptus-II back to produce ultra-high resolution digital images of the scrolls and fragments.<ref name="idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com">{{cite web|url=http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/how-one-photographer-helped-google-digitize-the-dead-sea-scrolls.php |title=How One Photographer Helped Google Digitize The Dead Sea Scrolls|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111014825/http://idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/how-one-photographer-helped-google-digitize-the-dead-sea-scrolls.php |archive-date=11 January 2012}}</ref> With photos taken at 1,200 [[Pixel|megapixels]], the results are digital images that can be used to distinguish details that are invisible to the naked eye. In order to minimize damage to the scrolls and fragments, photographers are using a 1/4000th of a second [[Exposure (photography)|exposure]] time and UV-protected flash tubes.{{r|ReferenceC}} The digital photography project was estimated in 2011 to cost 3.5 million U.S. dollars.{{r|idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com}}