XamayaX
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Location: Columbia SC, United States
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Pixi object VR manual turntable
Posted: 2 Mar 2010 at 15:49 GMT
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Guys, I have a brand new one of these manual turntables that are no longer sold. I'd like to sell it on ebay, but can find no one else who is selling one to compare prices with. Any idea how much I should ask for it?
thanks
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Smooth
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XamayaX
Posts: 33
Location: Columbia SC, United States
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Smooth
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Re: Pixi object VR manual turntable
Posted: 2 Mar 2010 at 17:10 GMT
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Basically it is the same turntable that is supplied with software from Anything3D
www.anything3d.com/product/software/builders.php3
Retail price with software is $59.95 + delivery.
So I would guess the selling price would be less than that. I don't doubt that Kaidan would have charge a lot more than this originally, but they were always overpriced in my opinion. You never know, someone on ebay may pay well over the odds!
Regards, Smooth 
www.smooth360.info
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XamayaX
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Paul Elton
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Location: European Union
Registered: 28 Apr 2009
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Re: Pixi object VR manual turntable
Posted: 9 Mar 2010 at 17:04 GMT
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Hi All,
Does anyone know where you can buy a Meridian MT-84 turntable or its equivalent?
Thanks
Paul.
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Dik2
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Location: Baltimore MD, United States
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Re: Pixi object VR manual turntable
Posted: 11 Mar 2010 at 13:49 GMT
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I've had great success with a homemade automated turntable.
I bought an AC powered display turntable online for $60.
I used an electronic darkroom enlarger timer, with a footswitch outlet.
I determined which 2 of the 3 wire connections are hot, and connected a flash slave trigger to those. The turntable is plugged into the enlarger outlet, of course.
Now I dial in the time I want the turntable to move between shots. My setup gives 109 steps per rotation at .4 seconds.
I use an on camera flash with an infrared filter on it so it emits no visilbe light, triggering my studio strobes.
There is a tiny delay between when the timer is triggered, and when the turntable starts moving. I think the delay is caused by the power relay in the timer, and it's enough for the flash exposure to complete before movement starts.
I shoot tethered, using Canon's EOS Utility Timer Shooting Tool, setting a generous 10-15 seconds between shots to prevent overheating my old Brownline Speedotrons.
The one drawback to this system that I see, is that the turntable does not index to precise positions. I compensate by shooting lots of images per rotation, so the movements are very small.
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