Orangemonkie Foldio360 Smart Turntable | Digital Camera World

Product photography is a big deal for self-promoters. Since companies like eBay and Amazon have pretty strict rules about image quality and clarity, taking an isolated and isometric photo of your product is more important than you might think at first. Sure, there’s the easy option of placing an item on a surface, creating a path around it, and editing the background, but there’s nothing like a sharp, clean image taken specifically for that purpose.

Orangemonkie Foldio360 Smart Turntable

Since the goal is to capture your product from all angles, you can change the frequency of the photos taken in the app, which will allow for more angles, as well as a smoother rotation to the final image. Once your product is level, set up your camera. A tripod is recommended. To help, the app uses the camera’s gyro sensors, showing horizon lines, as well as a grid to center the product. (Photo source: Future)

Orangemonkie Foldio360 Smart Turntable

The Foldio’s key feature is that it offers both DSLR and app control. This is great because not everyone wants to use their smartphone to take photos, but also because it makes it easier to get the right angle for your product. You can change the white balance, crop, and brightness in the app. Once you’re happy, upload the photos to spinzam.com to do the final editing and create a 360° rotation image. (Photo source: Future)

The additional editing features built into the app itself are also helpful, although of course there’s no comparison to using Photoshop and editing RAW photos taken with a camera. But if you’re just trying to edit an image to post to Instagram or send a rotating set to a client and need everything done quickly, this is a powerful app. You can adjust the brightness of images, fix the white balance, and crop the image.