Re: High speed camera vs. HD video

"flaming-o" <fac_187@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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>I pity your clients if you are hiring yourself out as a professional 
>photographer and do not already know the answer to this.
> Manufacturers have in the works HD video cameras that will have 5 or 6 
> megapixel sensors and will be better optimized for still images as well
as 
> HD video.
> However these multi megapixel sensors will be quite small, so that large

> range zoom lenses will not have to be massive and massively expensive.
> Supposedly the noise levels in these sensors will be able to compete
with 
> mid-range P&S cameras but they will not compare to dSLR quality.
>
>

Additionally, there is substantially more to professional wedding 
photography than just having a camera. You need to know posing, dealing
with 
crowds of people, putting yourself in charge of a trainwreck, convincing 
people who may not like each other to stand beside each other and smile. 
Then there is the presentation of your finished work: putting together an 
attractive package of portraits into a durable holder of some sort that's 
worth the money you are charging.

I've shot hundreds of weddings over the years before I decided that it 
wasn't worth my time, the cost of liability insurance, and the
aggravation.

I pity the person who thinks he can shoot weddings without knwing exactly 
what kind of camera would be best. Further I pity his clients.

(By the way, in my opinion, the best camera was a medium format
rangefinder, 
such as my Koni Omega Rapid M. Nice big negative for sharp, detailed 
pictures, fast to operate, dependable, and not _too_ heavy.)