1. A method of imaging a 3-dimensional biometric object, said method comprising: providing a 3-dimensional biometric object, said object comprising a longitudinal axis; rotating a digital image recorder apparatus about said axis of said biometric object and periodically scanning at least a portion of said object surface, each said scan adjacent one to another and substantially perpendicular to said object surface, to provide a digital image of each said scan; and compiling said rotationally scanned digital images into a composite 2-dimensional image of said object surface.