360 degree Product Photography - DPChallenge Forums

02/17/2014 05:11:32 PM · #1

Has anyone done any 360Â° product photography? Would you use a turntable / Lazy Susan (no offense,

Snaffles) and rotate X degrees per shot and then just make an animated GIF or is there some software or app or what? I have a client that is interested in this.

Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX Aspherical DG HSM for Nikon

02/17/2014 05:13:28 PM · #2

Wow. No thread title. It was 360Â° Product Photography. Can SC make it 360 degree Product Photography assuming it choked on that symbol.

eta: Gracias!

Message edited by author 2014-02-17 17:17:39.

bohemka

Nikon D700

02/17/2014 05:13:51 PM · #3

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

I have a client that is interested in this.

Keanu Reeves?

Bear_Music

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Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

02/17/2014 05:17:39 PM · #4

Thread title fixed :-) Rapid-response SC at your service...

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

02/17/2014 05:18:31 PM · #5

Originally posted by Bear_Music:

Thread title fixed :-) Rapid-response SC at your service...

Careful - You're making all your comrades look lazy. :P

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

02/17/2014 05:22:35 PM · #6

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Thread title fixed :-) Rapid-response SC at your service...

Careful - You're making all your comrades look lazy. :P

THEY all have jobs. I'M watching the Olympics and hanging out at DPC. So I happen to be "on duty" as it were :-)

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

02/17/2014 05:22:37 PM · #7

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Thread title fixed :-) Rapid-response SC at your service...

Careful - You're making all your comrades look lazy. :P

They'll probably take him out back and beat him like a bear-skin rug later... ;)

Alex_Petrini

Sony Alpha a7R III

Sony FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

02/17/2014 05:35:03 PM · #8

I don't know if this can be helpful :)

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02/17/2014 05:49:10 PM · #9

Originally posted by Alexkc:

I don't know if this can be helpful :)

Thanks Alessandro - that's pretty much the way I would do it. I'm wondering if there is some software that allows user control of the rotation - like those panoramic real estate apps. I'll just have to start googling.

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

02/17/2014 06:14:12 PM · #10

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Alexkc:
I don't know if this can be helpful :)

Thanks Alessandro - that's pretty much the way I would do it. I'm wondering if there is some software that allows user control of the rotation - like those panoramic real estate apps. I'll just have to start googling.

Meh, why not just mark out some degrees on the edge of the turn table? Seems a hell of a lot simpler

GeneralE

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Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

02/17/2014 06:16:47 PM · #11

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Rather than a constantly rotating animattion/GIF, I think one which allows the viewer to control rotation/panning in both directions would be preferable. I'm wondering if something like what is used to move around GigaPan images would work.

I'd like to try this with some macros of rocks/crystals. I'm thinking of setting up the rotating turntable usling a Lego Mindstorms unit.

Since most animations are made from fairly small files, I wonder how it would work to set up the subject on a regular record-player turntable and shoot in movie mode, then extract the appropriate frames.

Message edited by author 2014-02-17 18:21:05.

02/17/2014 06:17:21 PM · #12

Originally posted by Cory:

Originally posted by Art Roflmao:

Originally posted by Alexkc:
I don't know if this can be helpful :)

Thanks Alessandro - that's pretty much the way I would do it. I'm wondering if there is some software that allows user control of the rotation - like those panoramic real estate apps. I'll just have to start googling.

Meh, why not just mark out some degrees on the edge of the turn table? Seems a hell of a lot simpler

That's essentially what the linked instructions are saying and I can do / have done that and created animated GIFs, but I am looking for something more robust on the end-user side - some interactive plugin for a website.