Samples with Rotatable Images (1485)

These are samples that have QuickTimeVR 3D and JavaScript stereoscopic rotatable images associated with one or more samples. You can download the latest version of QuickTime for Macintosh or Windows from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. To make these files I first used a "VR Micro Studio", which consisted of an up-side-down panorama head, a three-axis adjustable tripod mount, and a 1000W halogen light. The camera was covered with tinfoil to keep it from burning up under the hot light. After making about 130 3D images (almost 10,000 individual photographs) I got a fiber optic illumination system and my studio looked like this. It was much more flexible, and doesn't get hot at all. Light really is the key to photographing small things: You need a lot of it close in. Then after another 50 or so I finally got an automatic turntable. Commercial stepper-motor systems are available, but they are very expensive and I've found they all vibrate, which disturbs delicate arrangements. I instead use a cheap surplus turntable with a 5 revolution per hour timing motor, combined with a time lapse control set to take a picture every 10 seconds. That works out to 72 images in one 12-minute revolution. If you do the math, the motion blur is less than one pixel even at a 1/15 second exposure, so a stepper motor that starts and stops is really not necessary. That was good, but in preparing for a Discovery Channel film project, I needed to upgrade to 360 steps instead of 72, and I wanted to be able to handle all sizes from nearly microscopic to a couple hundred pounds. The solution was a pair of custom-machined (by me, of course) turntables, cast iron mounts and a slate base for everything (because of vibrations, which are a big problem for samples less than about 5mm across). In late 2004 the studio looks like this.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
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Titanium
Titanium Titanium nitride razor blade
3D3D
Titanium nitride razor blade.
Source: Walmart
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 1 December, 2008
Text Updated: 17 March, 2009
Price: $30
Size: 2"
Purity: <1%
Titanium
Titanium Extremely small scissors
3D3D
Extremely small scissors.
Source: Nick Mann
Contributor: Nick Mann
Acquired: 8 February, 2009
Text Updated: 22 April, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 6"
Purity: >90%
Titanium
Titanium Fake titanium golf club
3D3D
Fake titanium golf club.
Source: Dick's Sporting Goods
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 March, 2009
Text Updated: 24 March, 2009
Price: $40
Size: 5"
Purity: 0%
Titanium
Titanium Titanium headphone speaker cone
3D3D
Titanium headphone speaker cone.
Source: Radio Shack
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 March, 2009
Text Updated: 24 March, 2009
Price: $40
Size: 2"
Purity: 94%
Titanium
Titanium Razor foil
3D3D
Razor foil.
Source: Farm & Fleet
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 April, 2009
Text Updated: 9 April, 2009
Price: $30
Size: 2"
Purity: <1%
Titanium
Titanium Titanium white paint
3D3D
Titanium white paint.
Source: eBay seller charltonmills
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 16 April, 2009
Text Updated: 17 April, 2009
Price: $6
Size: 1"
Purity: <30%
Titanium
Titanium Museum-grade sample
3D3D
Museum-grade sample.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 21 April, 2009
Text Updated: 21 April, 2009
Price: See Listing
Size: 6"
Purity: >99.99%
Sample Group: RGB Samples
Titanium
Titanium Museum-grade sample
3D3D
Museum-grade sample.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 21 April, 2009
Text Updated: 21 April, 2009
Price: See Listing
Size: 6"
Purity: >99.99%
Sample Group: RGB Samples
Titanium
Titanium Lovely necklace
3D3D
Lovely necklace.
Source: Dan Klarmann
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 21 April, 2009
Text Updated: 23 April, 2009
Price: Anonymous
Size: 6"
Purity: >99%
Titanium
Titanium Dental implants
3D3D
Dental implants.
Source: Dan Klarmann
Contributor: Dan Klarmann
Acquired: 17 October, 2009
Text Updated: 18 October, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: >99%
Titanium
Titanium Gas phase titanium crystals
3D3D
Gas phase titanium crystals.
Source: Ethan Currens
Contributor: Ethan Currens
Acquired: 17 October, 2009
Text Updated: 29 October, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 0.5"
Purity: 99.99%
Titanium
Titanium Earrings with rutile
3D3D
Earrings with rutile.
Source: Dan Klarmann
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 21 April, 2009
Text Updated: 18 October, 2009
Price: Anonymous
Size: 1"
Purity: >99%
Titanium
Titanium Schick Quattro Titanium blade
3D3D
Schick Quattro Titanium blade.
Source: Walmart
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 31 October, 2009
Text Updated: 31 October, 2009
Price: $2
Size: 2"
Purity: <1%
Titanium
Titanium Expensive pen
3D3D
Expensive pen.
Source: Matt D Tactical
Contributor:
Acquired: 13 January, 2010
Text Updated: 13 January, 2010
Price: $237
Size: "
Purity: >94%
Titanium
Titanium Wedding ring
3D
Wedding ring. (External Sample)
Location: Jeff's Finger
Photographed: 15 July, 2003
Size: 0.8"
Purity: 99%
Titanium
Titanium Titanium dental implant 1
3D3D
Titanium dental implant 1. (External Sample)
Location: Jake Scott
Photographed: 26 September, 2008
Text Updated: 28 September, 2008
Size: 0.3"
Purity: 99%
Titanium
Titanium Titanium dental implant 2
3D3D
Titanium dental implant 2. (External Sample)
Location: Jake Scott
Photographed: 26 September, 2008
Text Updated: 28 September, 2008
Size: 0.3"
Purity: 99%
Titanium
Titanium Titanium dental implant 3
3D3D
Titanium dental implant 3. (External Sample)
Location: Jake Scott
Photographed: 26 September, 2008
Text Updated: 28 September, 2008
Size: 0.3"
Purity: 99%
Titanium
Titanium Brookite
3D3D
Brookite.
Source: eBay seller crystaldigger
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 20 September, 2005
Price: $29
Size: 2.2"
Composition: TiO2
Titanium
Titanium Ilmenite.
3D3D
Ilmenite.
Source: Jensan Scientifics
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 March, 2009
Text Updated: 29 March, 2009
Price: Anonymous
Size: 0.125"
Composition: FeTiO3
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