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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Carbon
Carbon Custom Elemental Hexagon Cards
3D3D
Custom Elemental Hexagon Cards.
Source: Calyxa
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 March, 2008
Text Updated: 8 March, 2008
Price: $45
Size: 3"
Composition: CHO
Carbon
Carbon Elemental Hexagon Cards
3D3D
Elemental Hexagon Cards.
Source: Calyxa
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 March, 2008
Text Updated: 8 March, 2008
Price: $30
Size: 3"
Composition: CHO
Carbon
Carbon Rubber penguin from Oliver Sacks
3D3D
Rubber penguin from Oliver Sacks.
Source: Oliver Sacks
Contributor: Oliver Sacks
Acquired: 8 July, 2003
Text Updated: 21 November, 2007
Price: Donated
Size: 4"
Composition: CHO
Carbon
Carbon Pine tree
3D3D
Pine tree.
Source: Theodore Gray
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 20 January, 2007
Text Updated: 21 January, 2007
Price: Priceless
Size: 4"
Composition: C(H2O)
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Winekeeper tank
3D3D
Winekeeper tank.
Source: eBay seller djkemme
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 6 September, 2002
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: $10
Size: 9"
Purity: 100%
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Toy Anhydrous Ammonia tank
3D3D
Toy Anhydrous Ammonia tank.
Source: Farm & Fleet
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 25 April, 2003
Text Updated: 28 February, 2009
Price: $25
Size: 12"
Purity: 0%
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Nitrogen pressurized golf club
3D3D
Nitrogen pressurized golf club.
Source: eBay seller psainvestments
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 25 April, 2003
Price: $21
Size: 6"
Purity: 99%
Sample Group: Golf Equipment
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Liquid nitrogen
3D3D
Liquid nitrogen.
Source: Claudin Welding Supply
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 15 July, 2005
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: $5
Size: 6"
Purity: 99%
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Nitroglycerin pills
3D3D
Nitroglycerin pills.
Source: Nathan Giguere
Contributor: Nathan Giguere
Acquired: 12 May, 2007
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: Donated
Size: 1/4"
Purity: <10%
Sample Group: Medical
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Beer foaming ball
3D3D
Beer foaming ball.
Source: Nick Mann
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 February, 2009
Text Updated: 1 March, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Purity: 78%
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Nitroglycerin tablets
3D3D
Nitroglycerin tablets.
Source: Max Whitby of RGB
Contributor: Max Whitby of RGB
Acquired: 28 June, 2009
Text Updated: 29 June, 2009
Price: Donated
Size: 2"
Purity: <5%
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Silicon nitride ball bearings
3D3D
Silicon nitride ball bearings.
Source: eBay seller irvineman
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 28 March, 2009
Text Updated: 29 March, 2009
Price: $4/each
Size: 0.375"
Composition: Si3N4
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Silicon nitride skateboard bearing
3D3D
Silicon nitride skateboard bearing.
Source: eBay seller irvineman
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 March, 2009
Text Updated: 25 March, 2009
Price: $60
Size: 0.75"
Composition: Si3N4
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Nitratine from Jensan Set
3D3D
Nitratine from Jensan Set.
Source: Jensan Scientifics
Contributor: Jensan Scientifics
Acquired: 17 March, 2003
Price: Donated
Size: 1"
Composition: NaNO3
Nitrogen
Nitrogen Silicon nitride milling bit insert
3D3D
Silicon nitride milling bit insert.
Source: eBay seller dixielandemporium
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 March, 2009
Text Updated: 25 March, 2009
Price: $9
Size: 0.5"
Composition: Si3N4
Oxygen
Oxygen Mini welding gas cylinder
3D3D
Mini welding gas cylinder.
Source: Hardware Store
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 5 August, 2002
Text Updated: 20 November, 2008
Price: $5
Size: 12"
Purity: >95%
Oxygen
Oxygen Aircraft emergency oxygen system
3D3D
Aircraft emergency oxygen system.
Source: eBay seller rustnstuf
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 23 March, 2004
Text Updated: 11 March, 2007
Price: $20
Size: 9"
Purity: 90%
Sample Group: Medical
Oxygen
Oxygen Portable oxygen tank
3D3D
Portable oxygen tank.
Source: eBay seller waveles
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 7 November, 2004
Text Updated: 11 March, 2007
Price: $51.50
Size: 12"
Purity: >0%
Sample Group: Medical
Oxygen
Oxygen Mounted arc tube
3D3D
Mounted arc tube.
Source: Special Effects Neon
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 22 November, 2002
Price: $35
Size: 2.5"
Purity: >90%
Oxygen
Oxygen Portable oxygen bar
3D3D
Portable oxygen bar.
Source: oxygenpartybar
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 8 February, 2009
Text Updated: 8 February, 2009
Price: $15
Size: 8"
Purity: 80%
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