12.4 OBJECT PHOTOGRAPHY Object photography is the opposite of panoramic photography. Instead of standing in one place and rotating to see a 360-degree view, object photography rotates an object for you so you can see all of its sides.
To create a rotational object, you start with a series of images showing the object from various angles. Images courtesy of Peace River Studios.
To accurately capture the series of images, you use an object rig. This rig allows you to mount the object to be photographed on a turntable and positions the camera. As the object is then rotated a precise number of degrees between shots, the series of images is captured. The Portable Object Maker is designed to capture views of objects up to 6 feet in diameter, at precise, user definable intervals. The captured images with the use of Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Tools Suite, can be made into a navigable object movie. The mechanical functions of this machine are accomplished through the use of an indexable swing arm and an indexable turntable. Image courtesy of Peace River Studios.
The Kaidan Meridan C60 The object being photographed rests on a turntable Object Rig is used to mount the that is then incremented between shots.Image camera and object being courtesy of Kaidan. photographed. Image courtesy of Kaidan.