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  • Page 1 MANUAL The information in this manual is furnished for information use only, is subject to change without notice, and not be construed as a commitment by Anything3D Corp. Anything3D Corp assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book.
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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    18. Product warranty ..........59 NIKON is a registered trademark of Nikon Corporation. Anything3D and Anything3D logo are registered trademarks of Anything3D Corporation. Photo3D and Photo3D logo are registered trademarks of Anything3D Corporation. MS Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 1. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Please, carefully read these instructions. 2. The turntable must be installed on a flat horizontal surface, otherwise it won’t work properly. Figure 1.1 3. Use AC power source indicated in the specification ONLY.
  • Page 5 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7. The total current consumed by all devices through the common outlet should not ex ceed its rated current. 8. Always turn off the turntable if the power cable or socket is damaged, if liquid has got inside the turntable or if the turntable works improperly.
  • Page 6 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 14. DO NOT perform maintenance and repair of the turntable yourself. In case of any trouble contact ANYTHING3D. 15. Make sure that during rotation the turnta ble spinning surface doesn’t contact with the external objects.
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  • Page 8: Introduction

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. INTRODUCTION ANYTHING3D XT 100 AND XT 350 MOTOR IZED TURNTABLES are intended for automa tion of 3D photography process. With 3D photography the objects you are taking pic tures of can be seen on the computer screen...
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  • Page 10 Internet. A series of 16 frames is a compromise between quality and file size. ANYTHING3D XT 100 AND XT 350 MOTOR IZED TURNTABLES render 3D photography as simple as 1,2,3! You may take pictures in...
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  • Page 12: Complete Set Of Equipment

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. COMPLETE SET OF EQUIPMENT 1. Turntable (XT 350 or XT 100) Figure 3.1 XT 350 XT 100 2. Power cable Figure 3.2 3. Remote control Figure 3.3...
  • Page 13 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Turntable sync cable (intended for con nection to the studio flash sync terminal through the splitter) Figure 3.4 5. Splitter (for connection to the studio flash sync terminal) Figure 3.5 6. 2 colored covers for the turntable rotating surface Figure 3.6 7.

  • Page 14: Description

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. DESCRIPTION The upper part of a turntable is a rotating disk (Fig. 4.1a) on which the photographed object is arranged. The disk can rotate in any direc tion (both clockwise and counter clockwise). Arranged on the turntable body are the con trol panel (Fig.
  • Page 15 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Figure 4.2 Figure 4.3 с Figure 4.4 to contents...

  • Page 16: Installation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. INSTALLATION Prior to photography locate the turntable on a flat, horizontal and steady surface in your photo studio or any other photography site at your option in order to get the most efficient position for photography.
  • Page 17 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Figure 5.2 IMPORTANT: In order to protect the turnta ble from damage DO NOT hold it by the rotat ing disk when moving about! For the device to operate properly its level should be adjusted by screwing the bottom legs in or out, each one in turn, until the rotat ing surface of the turntable acquires horizon tal position.

  • Page 18: Operating Controls

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6. OPERATING CONTROLS 6.1. The power panel located on the turn table body is intended for connecting the de vice to the power source, as well as for switching it on and off. Located on the power panel are ON/OFF (I/O) button (Fig.
  • Page 19 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6.2. The control panel (Fig.6.2) located on the turntable body is intended for operating modes control and indication, and also for remote control, studio flashes and camera connection to the turntable by means of special cables (included in the kit, optional).
  • Page 20 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Located on the control panel are: MODE button operating mode selection (Fig. 6.2.2a); FRAME button setting the number of the frames (Fig. 6.2.2b); Digital display indication of the frames number in «M» and «A» modes and the rota tion speed in «S»...
  • Page 21 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com the turntable sync cable socket (Fig. 6.2.2g); A camera remote control cable socket for the turntable operation in «Auto Mode» (Fig. 6.2.2h). 6.3. The sound control panel (XT 350 only) located on the turntable body is intend ed for the ON/OFF voice indication and vol ume control.
  • Page 22 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6.4. The remote control is intended for re mote start of photography, selection of the rotation direction, manual control of rotation and adjustment of its speed. The remote control is plugged into «R» sock et on the control panel.

  • Page 23: Preparing For Photography

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7. PREPARING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 7.1 C ONNECTING THE URNTABLE IMPORTANT: Plug in/out the connectors R, M and A only the power supply line is discon nected from the turntable! 1. Plug the remote control into the connector «R»...
  • Page 24 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3.For «Manual» mode only: plug the turntable sync cable into one of the splitter sockets and the other end of the sync cable into «M» socket on the control panel. Figure 7.1.3a Figure 7.1.3b...

  • Page 25: Sync Terminal

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 4. Plug the studio flash sync cable which is not included in the complete set of the turntable equipment; but supplied togeth er with the flash) into the second splitter socket and its other end into the camera sync terminal.
  • Page 26 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. The owners of the digital cameras with an interface for Remote Control may take pic tures in Auto Mode. In order to use Auto Mode you will have to apply Optional Adapter (Fig.7.1.5a) and Remote Control Cable (Fig.
  • Page 27 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6. Plug optional camera remote control adapter into the camera special remote terminal and connect the optional remote control cable to the adapter pin jack. Plug the other end of the remote control cable into «A»...

  • Page 28: Figure 7.1.8

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7. Plug the power cable into the corre sponding socket on the power panel and then connect it to the AC supply line. Figure 7.1.8...

  • Page 29: Starting The Turntable

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 7.2. S TARTING THE URNTABLE 1. Depress the ON/OFF button (I/O) on the power panel to switch on the turntable. The indicators «M» and «32» on the control panel will go on and digit «1» on the digital display panel will also be displayed.
  • Page 30 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. To set the frames number in one series (32, 16 or 8) for full turn press the «Frame» button on the control panel. While rotation the turntable will make the corresponding number of stops for taking pictures. You may also use the mode in which the turn table makes a whole turn without any stops by setting the light indicator «1»...

  • Page 31: Operating Modes

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 8. OPERATING MODES The turntable has different operating modes, namely: «S» mode (Rotation Speed Adjustment Mode) where the turntable rotation speed is set by remote control. Figure 8.1 «М» mode has two versions – Manual mode and Slave mode that differ in the method of the turntable rotation control.
  • Page 32 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com position of the object (e. g. in case you desire to demonstrate the moving parts of the ob ject or smoothly change the model’s atti tude), return back and make the bad frame once more.
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com selecting the direction of rotation on the re mote control and further on all the operations in making the 3D series will be performed au tomatically requiring no participation of the photographer. Prior to starting the turntable in any mode the required quantity of frames in a series should be set.
  • Page 34 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Additional information: 1. Voice message always duplicates the indi cation (if the sound indication is ON); 2. Pressing the «Mode» button always caus es the turntable to stop and the digital display to reset; 3.

  • Page 35: Rotation Speed Adjustment Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 9. ROTATION SPEED ADJUSTMENT MODE The rotation speed of the turntable should be shosen prior to photography. It will depend on the photo equipment abilities: the time re quired for the flashbulbs charging between the pulses and also the time required for en tering the information into the computer or recording it on the flash card in the digital...
  • Page 36 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Choose the required quantity of the frames (8, 16, 32) by pressing «Frame» button. Figure 9.3 4. Press a button determining the rotation di rection on the remote control ( will in crease the speed and will decrease it).
  • Page 37 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. In «S» mode the digits indicate the number of seconds required for the turn table to move from one frame to another; e. g. «8» means that it takes 8 seconds for the turntable to move from one frame to the next one.
  • Page 38 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com The minimal rotation speed is set when the turntable is switched on for the first time. The turntable will maintain the set speed of rotation after it is turned off. IMPORTANT: In «S» mode the continuous rotation of the turntable should not exceed 10 minutes.

  • Page 39: Manual Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 10. MANUAL MODE In this mode to create a 3D series the turnta ble with an object on it should rotate after each shot by means of the remote control. The turntable may rotate both clockwise and counter clockwise at your option.
  • Page 40 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Choose the required quantity of frames (8, 16, 32) by pressing the «Frame» button. Figure 10.3 4. Take the first picture with the camera. Figure 10.4 5. Press one of the buttons on the remote control to set the direction of rotation.
  • Page 41 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com that the rotating surface of the turntable will move to the next frame. Indication of the digital display located on the control panel will increase by one. 6.If required the bad shot may be taken again.

  • Page 42: Slave Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 11. SLAVE MODE Slave Mode is a semi automatic mode. Op erated in this mode the turntable rotates till the point of making the next frame after pressing the camera shutter release. The mode is more convenient as there is no need to use remote control for the turntable rota tion, i.
  • Page 43 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2.Choose «M» mode by means of the «Mode» button . Figure 11.3 3. Set the quantity of frames points (8 16 32) by means of «Frame» mode. Figure 11.4 4. Take a picture by pressing the camera re lease.
  • Page 44 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 5. Take the next picture when the table has stopped. 6. Take pictures in each point of photography till the turn is completed. The digital display on the control panel shows the frame number. The moment of photogra phy of each frame is accompanied with sound indication (XT 350 only).

  • Page 45: Optional Auto Mode

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 12. OPTIONAL AUTO MODE In Auto Mode during the process of photog raphy the turntable makes one complete turn without any stops. It makes the time of pho tography shorter and gives the opportunity to improve the 3D series quality when taking pictures of the photo models.
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2. Set «A» mode by pressing the «Mode» button. Figure 12.2 3. Set the required quantity of frames (8, 16, 32) by pressing the «Frame» button. Figure 12.3 4. Now, by pressing one of the buttons on the remote control the turntable will be caused to start its rotation in the prescribed direc tion, and the camera will take pictures at...
  • Page 47 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com each stop of the turntable in any point of photography. A complete series of pictures will be obtained in this manner. The digital display on the control panel shows the frame number. The moment of photogra phy of each frame is accompanied with sound indication (XT 350 only).

  • Page 48: Frequently Asked Questions

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 13. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Question 1: What is to be done if the camera does not possess a synch contact for the flash bulb synch cable ? Answer: There is a number of solutions to this problem : 1.
  • Page 49 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com synch cable intended for the turntable con nection to synch pin jack of the camera and that intended for connecting the camera to the flash. to contents...

  • Page 50: Recommendations For Use

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 14. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USE 1. Always place the turntable on a firm sur face which will not get dented and use special devices if the turntable requires levelling. Figure 14.1 2. Arrange the equipment connecting cables so that nobody touches them when moving around the studio.
  • Page 51 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com by your photographic equipment for a se ries of images. 5. Use mainly auto mode («A» mode) when you take photos of the static objects to save your time. 6. Slave or Manual Modes («M» mode) are more suitable when you take the photos of people;...
  • Page 52 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com highest point by the 13th frame and the model fixes her hair. Starting from the 18th frame the hand moves down and acquires the initial position by the 30th frame. 9. When working in the Manual or Semi Auto matic Modes you can make the animated 3D series of the objects.
  • Page 53 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com tion (about the number of the frame) by means of the voice indication. The interja cent positions of the lid may be fixed with the help of anything you have at hand, ten sion members, for example.
  • Page 54 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 11. Use white background as much as you can and adjust the object illumination (steadily N) so that the background and the turntable surface blend. It will simplify further processing of the series by the im age editor.

  • Page 55: Trouble Shooting

    Frame 1. You have violated Contact numbers are the instruction and Anything3D. changed on photographed the digital objects or people indication whose weight was panel but the greater than maximal turntable permissible one.
  • Page 56 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Malfunction Possible Cause Remedy Studio flash 1. Unreliable contact 1. Make sure won't work in in camera sync that camera slave or auto terminal or studio sync terminal is mode. flash. operable and its contact with 2.

  • Page 57: Maintenance

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 16. MAINTENANCE 1. In order to replace the fuse proceed as fol lows : a. Disconnect the power supply wire from the AC power supply line; Figure 16.1 b. Screw out the cap with the fuse by turn ing it counter clockwise ;...
  • Page 58 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 3. Flannel the turntable rotating surface as it gets soiled. 4. Do not use solvents, petrol etc. for clean ing the turntable. 5. Do not allow liquids to get inside the turn table. to contents...

  • Page 59: Specification

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 17. SPECIFICATION 1. Rotation surface diameter: • 40 inches (XT 350); • 20 inches (XT 100). 2. Rotation speed: • min 1 turn / 168 sec; • max 1 turn / 72 sec. 3.
  • Page 60 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com • discrete rotation turntable is stopped at each photography point and then is started again. 9. Maximal permissible weight of the object placed on the turntable: • 350 pounds (XT 350); • 100 pounds (XT 100). 10.

  • Page 61: Product Warranty

    Anything3D Corp., at its op tion, will either repair or replace the product, and such action on the part of Anything3D Corp. shall be the full extent of Anything3D Corp. liability, and the Customer’s sole and exclusive remedy.
  • Page 62 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com quality to the product, as well as failure to maintain the environmental conditions speci fied by the Anything3D. This warranty is ex tended only to the original purchaser. Any breach of this warranty shall be waived un less the customer notifies Anything3D Corp.
  • Page 63 STRICT LIABILITY OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY. RODUCT WARRANTY REGISTRATION In order to validate the warranty on your product, Anything3D Corp. must receive a completed Product Warranty Registration Card for each unit. Please, complete the form below and immediately mail it to our Service Center: Anything3D Corporation, 901 Sneath Ln.
  • Page 64 To obtain warranty service on your unit, take or send the product, postage paid, with a copy of your sales receipt to our service cent er, Anything3D Corporation at the address noted above. All merchandise must be fully insured with the correct postage: Anything3D...

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