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A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:25 pm
by Matt Menghini
So, I am blessed that my three sons are all tech wizards (one of them designs Call of Duty, so you know what I mean). One of them got the idea that there might be a way to photograph cans in a fashion where the entire can could be seen in a rotational field. So he got with some company who had the technology and sure enough, they came up with something pretty cool. The three links below will show you what I mean.

One drawback - my son spent some time with eBay trying to figure out if eBay's tech platform would support such a presentation. For the moment, it will not. But regardless, pretty cool stuff I think. Matt

https://bevelpix.com/creations/5c2e7358b0af2910abfc0768
https://bevelpix.com/creations/5c2e4a582e3ffa129bb690ae
https://matterandform.net/blog/how-i-go ... an-pop-can

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:42 pm
by idigrust
ok, wow !

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:34 pm
by Leon
That's Cool. BUT, You can still do it the old fashion way where you'd just roll the can on the scanner as the scanner moved. That old less tech method would show all sides of the can in one picture. LEON.

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:10 pm
by oldmoneytexan
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2019 9:38 pm
by Sea Monkey
Crazy to think of the technology that could be possible!

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 5:56 am
by CrustyRusty
Pretty cool,but it doesn't show the the top and bottom lids....

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 6:40 am
by Uncle Jackson
$750 for the scanner. That’s a little steep. Great idea though.

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:39 am
by menke
We'll need totes!

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:03 am
by JustJoe
Amazing technology, wonder how big the files are for each can ?

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:28 am
by Mark (expired)
Very cool... wondering how much time from having can in hand and being ready to start to when it is ready for primetime presentation?

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 9:54 am
by jeffHurley
Very cool, loved how you can rotate thru and dimensions, zoom in and out

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Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:16 am
by VNV
Yup, cool.

I have seen something similar done with just a couple of pictures and actually programming the rotation in code.
One of my collector friends developed this about 9-10 years ago here: https://www.cokecollection.com/index.ph ... &pageid=64

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 10:59 am
by Diamond State Boy
This is amazeballs! From the replies here it sounds like some folks are viewing this on flip phones or something.
Touch the can and flip it all around. You can tumble the can in any direction. If you're not seeing the lids you're missing 90% of the awesome.

Re: A New Cool Way To Photograph Cans

Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:38 am
by DaveNH
Very cool technology. Maybe one day it'll be available for the masses at a reasonable price. FYI, It does show the top and bottom of the can if you grab the image and move your cursor around 360.