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Hello I have big size area rugs (5x7 to 9x12 feet etc). I want to take
top view photo's of them. Please suggest equipment & cameras:

A tripod etc that I can have a digital camera hoisted on in the top
view position. And be able to view/focus to take photo remotely from
below.

Thanks

How are you going to get high enough to see the whole thing?
An 8 foot ceiling as found in most homes will require a wide angle
lens. If you stand in the middle you'll have the tripod legs to deal
with. If you shoot from the side your rug will look like a trapezoid
instead of a rectangle.
Is it possible to move the rug? I shoot my wife's quilts by hanging
them on a clothes line. Rugs are probably too heavy for this, but there
are other ways to support them vertically. Then all your problems go
away.

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Robert D Feinman
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