See also: Enhanced rotary table for ramped time lapse pans

and: A low cost track and dolly system

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A motorized rotary table is available that can be controlled by the Time Machine to move the camera a tiny amount between multiple exposures to result in pans of a time lapse scene. Click on one of the pictures below to see an example of this effect. The night sky was filmed by Javier Diez in Spain.

You can achieve incremental linear motion by using the rotary table to roll up a cable that drags a camera along a track.

You can also place objects on the rotary table and turn them around to be photographed from different angles.

The rotary table can be programmed to move in increments as small as .025 degrees or as large as 360 degrees between exposures. It comes with an AC adaptor for 120 volts, or it can be run on 12 volt batteries (or a car battery). It can be mounted to a tripod and the camera can mounted on top of it, as shown in the picture above.

The CNC Rotary Table kit consists the CNC rotary table, an aluminum plate to mount the rotary table on a photographic tripod, a computerized controller that lets you program the amount of motion for each expsoure, an AC adaptor, and an extension cable for the motor. An interface cable for the Time Machine is also included, which plugs into the flash jack of the Time Machine. Your camera plugs into the shutter jack of the Time Machine. You may also want to get the optional camera head for mounting a camera on top of the rotary table. This additional item can be seen in the picture above.

The rotary table is solid steel and weighs 9.5 pounds. It's strong enough for any photographic application. You can stand on it, and it will turn you around. 

You can order the CNC Rotary Table on the Time Machine order form.

 

Ramped panning version
We have an enhanced rotary table system for programmed time lapse panning similar to effects seen in the movie "Baraka". The new system moves in increments as small as .001 degrees, allowing you to create time lapse programs that start with no motion, ramp up to a pan, travel at speed, and then ramp down to still.

Shown at left is the enhanced rotary table system on location in Antarctica.

Click here to see a description of the Enhanced Rotary Table.