360 product photography

[photospherix]

360 photography is great, but the gear is crazy expensive.

Yes, that's true.

There are a few reasons why the gear is so expensive.
1 research and development
2 not many sold
3 tech support
4 technology changes out of the manufacturers control

These are just a few reasons why our designs for 360 rigs have never been moved to manufacture. Those and the fact that we are a photography company, not a product manufacturer.

The photography side of the equation is difficult and time consuming as well. As much as the Gear Guys try to make it seem easy, it takes time and patience to learn how to take 20 - 60 images in a rotation that are identical in lighting, and then remove all backgrounds to finish a 360 view. This process gets even more difficult when you add multiple rows into the 360 so that you can rotate up and down at the same time that you can rotate around the object.

My Opinion is... Let those that do it, do it well, and focus your attention on what you do well.