FilmRoll is a lightweight carousel that focuses on one item, centering it in the view:
It supports large and small items, external buttons, swipe movement, full screen, and more:
If the content is smaller than the container, it does not rotate:
<script src="js/jquery.film_roll.js"></script>
<div id="film_roll"> <div> <a href="..."><img src="..."> </a> </div> <div> <a href="..."><img src="..."> </a> </div> </div>
<script> $(function() { fr = new FilmRoll({ container: '#film_roll', height: 330 }); }); </script>
<script src="js/jquery.touchSwipe.min.js"></script>
Strangely enough, I could not find a jQuery carousel plugin that centered the selected item on the page, especially when all of the items had varying widths. So here you go.
(Yes, I know there are album cover flippers, but that was not what I needed.)