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Using turntables to add motion

Using turntables to add motion

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Using turntables to add motion

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- Hey Rich, I got one of those things that if you throw a baseball at it, I go into the dunk tank. - Oh okay. (laughs) - No, it's a turn table, Rob, but not the type you might be thinking of. It doesn't play records, for those of you old enough to know what a record is. - Right. For product shots, sometimes you want to see not just one angle of it. And often times it can be kind of a pain to reposition the object continuously, to reposition the camera around your setup, so a turntable is often a good choice for products. And what the turntable's going to allow you to do, as it's name implies, is turn the product around. - And these really come in two main varieties. One that's motorized, and one that's not. Now of course there's different price points within there. You might use a non-motorized one, just so you can reach over and turn the device to reposition the object, so you can see it from different angles. But if you needed to create something like, say, an award show, or a…

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