Re: High speed camera vs. HD video

"AKA gray asphalt" <benvhoff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Ken Hart" <kwhart1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "AKA gray asphalt" <benvhoff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Burgerman" <burgerman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Yes. Its a point and shoot! Noisy, low image quality, does not
compare 
>>>> to a real Digital SLR. Great for snaps. Unusable for printing high 
>>>> quality 20x30 prints unless you are very easily pleased!
>>>
>>> That's not what the reviews say. You obviously
>>> haven't used one. They haven't even been
>>> available until last week in the US. So I know you
>>> are bsing. Who wants 20x30 prints for wedding
>>> photos?
>>>
>>>
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>> Not many of my past wedding customers wanted 2030 wall prints, except
for 
>> the really upscale ones, but a 16x20, matted and framed of the bride
and 
>> groom was purchased about 90% of the time. In many cases, three were 
>> purchased (I gave a discount for that), one for the couple and one for 
>> each parent. I suspect tht I would have solf far fewer of them if I 
>> hadn't been shooting 6x7 negatives.
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> I imagine that there are quite a few 16 x 20s requested but
> that is a little more than half the size of the 20 x 30. You may
> be right about the large format negs but there is a huge market,
> at least in my city for people who might not even have photos
> at the price that most 'wedding photo pros' charge. It's the
> memory and not the high resolution, perfectly posed and
> somewhat typical and unremarkable prints that I see, that is
> important.
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>


Only to you. If they are only interested in low quality images for
memories 
then they can do what you propose for themselves with cheap film or
digital 
cameras as and when they wish already. And they already do. A pro wedding 
photographer is used precicely BECAUSE they want better quality images to 
keep print and show later rather than the technically inferior shots the 
guests took. Of course a GOOD wedding photographer is much more than a guy

with a fancy camera because its easy to take bad shots and boring photos 
with all cameras..