michael przewrocki
Posts: 660
Location: basel, Switzerland
Registered: 19 Nov 2004
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Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 6:30 GMT
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looking for cheap turntable solutions. eighter continious shooting( i know of a french solution costing 200 euro) or stop shoot go(VR). electronically driven. maybe also from aerosolutions if that works on tripod.
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Rosauro
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Location: Toronto, Canada
Registered: 15 Dec 2006
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 6:37 GMT
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"Lazy Susan"... cheap!
Depends on what you're shooting...
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gus
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Location: United Kingdom
Registered: 19 Jun 2007
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 9:08 GMT
updated: 26 Apr 2008 at 9:09 GMT
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I was thinking of buying an electronic one, but came to the conclusion that its much cheaper to use a sculpture or pottery turntable like this one for $20.
tinyurl.com/43j4xz
I marked the side of the turntable into 36 increments, and cellotaped a paper pointer to the base that points up the numbers.
With my wireless remote, im able to take 36 shots as quick, if not quicker, than an electronic turntable, as I can stand next to the light-tent and turn the table to the next number after each shot. 30-45 seconds for 36 shots.Some turntables have concentric rings eminating from the centre so its easy to centre your object. I cut a white circle out of glossy photopaper to place on top of the turntable which gives nice shadows.
What other benefit does an electronic turntable offer that a manual one cant?
gus
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Macro
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Location: Korea, Republic of
Registered: 5 Sep 2006
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 12:22 GMT
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gus,
How did you arrive at 36 for the number of images? Does this provide a smooth animation?
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Ormart
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Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Registered: 11 Mar 2006
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 13:57 GMT
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Marco,
36 images will give you relatively smooth animation in framerate 7-8 frames/sec. If your object is large horizontally the movement can feel too fast. By increasing number of shots you can make the movement slower in same framerate.
Here www.ormar.info/klaas/klaas.html two upper ones made from 72 photos, three lower ones from 36.
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michael przewrocki
Posts: 660
Location: basel, Switzerland
Registered: 19 Nov 2004
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 13:58 GMT
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electronically driven. i already have the 20 chf-pearl.de-turntable. 12cm-diameter with camera-adapter(2-nodalpoint-positions). the 20-stops are so soft and imprecise. the latter does not matter to me but you need a good feeling to sense them. markers help. clicking bearly hearable. ok, this manually driven one helps for one task but the continously electronically driven one for the other. coolpix p50 has continious shoot but: evr(electronic antishake) is only working in single mode...depending rotating speed result is blurr.
who can deliver electronic lightweight/small turntables? btw: i have another one-for displaying. check pearl.de. it rather a joke and turning 2.5 rpm 3.5 rpm- but i need between 1 to 2rpm for one task. a flexible one is needed where i can change speeds. thank you very much.
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Macro
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Location: Korea, Republic of
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 26 Apr 2008 at 14:35 GMT
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Ormar,
Impressive work! 72 is much smoother, especially while dragging. This gives me a starting point for a large ceramic jar project. But first I must work on the lighting.
David
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michael przewrocki
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Ormart
Posts: 45
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Registered: 11 Mar 2006
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Re: nothing is turning
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 7:28 GMT
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Hi Michael,
Do you click on NAME of image as written there? This should open small window with swf.
If yes, and they still refuse to work, what is your setup?
On my PC tested with Firefox, Opera, Safari, IE and working same way with all. Maybe it's your popup blocker? What you use?
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Macro
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Location: Korea, Republic of
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Re: nothing is turning
Posted: 28 Apr 2008 at 11:52 GMT
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They work fine for me with Firefox, Opera, and IE7.
David
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Glen Do
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Registered: 26 Mar 2008
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 29 Apr 2008 at 3:39 GMT
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finally something i can contribute back to this community. i've created on that can support up to 150KG and is very slim.
similar to this,
www.leevalley.com/hardware/page.aspx?c=1&cat=3,44013&p=44014
you can use whatever hardware as a top platform, plastic, wood, etc.
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Matt Rogers
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Location: Oxford UK, United Kingdom
Registered: 16 Jun 2005
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Re: Turntable
Posted: 29 Apr 2008 at 7:22 GMT
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You can always use an Absolute base and just attach a wooden top. The Absolute base can easily handle a few hundred kgs. The Absolute base is full ball raced and has changeable detents.
Matt
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Macro
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michael przewrocki
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