Re: Your Expertise Required

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> from Mike
contained the following:

>My new boss has asked me to research digital cameras before I start my
>job on the 1st Aug. We need a digital SLR camera which is ideal for
>taking photographs of furniture/interior decor in a prodominantly
>indoor studio enviroment (will less regularly be used to photograph
>pieces in a scene outdoors eg. focusing on furniture but with a
>landscape in background).  
>This is a professional interior design company so high quality
>photographs are essential. This will require a good camera and any
>other necessary studio photography equiptment like reflection and
>flash light devices.
>
>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.

I've read all the posts in this thread so I thought I'd get back to the
original and find out what was really required.  Nowhere does it say
anything about the expertise of the person taking the photographs (nor
indeed that it is the OP).

When I hear 'prodominantly indoor studio enviroment'(sic)  I'm thinking
room sets.  Seems to me, the camera is the least of your worries.  By
far the most im****tant aspect will be creativity and lighting.  The
recording device, providing it has the necessary controls and is of
reasonable quality, is secondary.

Better camera does not necessarily mean better pictures.  In fact, in
untrained hands a digital SLR will simply give you far more ways to cock
things up.

If there are any worries at all in this area, I'd spend the money on
training.

But if it were me, even though I know my way round an SLR and have a
design background, I'd still employ a professional.
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Regards,

Geoff Berrow
http://slipperyhill.co.uk