Hi Kathryn,

We recently did some work for a client using a Gigapan robotic head - I can
recommend it. The software comes with the head.
http://www.gigapan.com/cms/shop/store 

The only issue is depth of field - we used a Canon 5D with an aperture of 45
and it was still an issue to get everything in focus; obviously this depends
on the size and shape of the object and how you're doing the photography.

A sample is here
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/d16543dda35c936248d8e5ee5f53c55a - these are
5 second exposures, note that you can see transitions between the images,
but it is quite possible to compensate for this.

Best
Maris



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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] 360 degree photography

We are thinking about purchasing a hardware and software system to do
360 degree or even spherical object photography, and I'm wondering if anyone
could recommend a system they have used.  We need a system that minimally
includes the photo arm, turntable, and software to stitch the images
together, and it has to be capable of doing large format objects. At this
stage of information gathering we are not limiting ourselves to a particular
budget.

Thanks in advance,
Kathryn Murano
Registrar
Rochester Museum & Science Center

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