Re: Your Expertise Required

On 2008-07-18, Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In message <q005l5-vnh.ln1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, savvo 
><spam.goes.here@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>On 2008-07-17, Mike <magnetteza@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> My new boss has asked me to research digital cameras before I start my
>>>
>>> The budget is ?1600-?2000 but this will have to cover the cost of all
>>> equiptment. My new boss  already has 2x Calumet light stands so lights
>>> will need to be compatible with these. He also has paper rolls and a
>>> tripod but nothing else.
>>
>>A good two-head lighting set will set you back ~?1000.
>
> No it won't
> Calumet are doing some kits that are not expensive

Read the whole sentence. I said a _good_ two-head lighting set. Yes, you
can get a cheap Interfit set for £3-400. It _will_ fall apart after 3-4
location shoots.

>
>>> I have got the latest issue of Which camera which recommends a Nikon
>>> digital SLR but apart from that I don't know where to start.
>>Seriously. If your having to look in "Which Camera" for your research
>>you really need to forget the idea and hire a photographer.
>
> Possibly.  But it is where I started looking at the market.

Yes. It's a good way to get up-to-speed with what's on the market and
what some journalist thinks of it. But if it's your first ****t of call
on a research project to set up a professional photographic studio,
you'll save a lot of time, money and frustration by hiring someone to do
take your photographs for you.

>
>>> The camera and equiptment will be used by my boss   but more commonly
>>> me so it needs to be simple enough for us to learn how to use.
>>
>>I think I've made my point. You won't produce any results that will
>>reflect the professionalism of your interior design work without using a
>>professional photographer.
>
> Not true.

You know, if I didn't have years of knowing, from the embedded fora,
that you're quite a reasonable, intelligent chap, your recent
photographic postings would be leading me to the opinion that you really
are an ignorant, arrogant arse.

>            You have no idea who good the OP will be when he gets his 
> hands on a camera.

No. But I have a fair idea of what is actually involved in producing
acceptable photographic images of location interiors in an acceptable
timescale. Having a flair for composition is only the start of a very
big job.

>
> Try a Nikon D300 if you are leaning to Nikon. I am sure some one will 
> suggest the Cannon equivalent.
>

Or a D200, D80, EOS30D for several hundred pounds less. The choice of
camera, as long as it's rugged enough to stand a bit of travelling
without crapping out at the most inop****tune moment, is the least of the
problems at hand.

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savvo                                                      orig. invib.
man