What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products. Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera? Thanks

Ah yes...looking for a camera that will take great photos.

It's the photographer who takes the photo...hire one...he or she will supply
the camera.

So....do you need these for Ebay or the web....2 mp will be fine. Depending
on the size of your products you might want a lens that will do macros. You
will want a tripod and a remote cable release. You will want a shooting tent
and a couple of lights.

You will want some experience....get some or hire some.



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Thanks,
Gene Palmiter
visit my photo gallery at http://palmiter.dotphoto.com
freebridge design group

"OttawaTrade" wrote in message
...
What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products.
Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit
is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever
available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?
Thanks

In article US_rf.677$L53.168@trndny07,
"Gene Palmiter" wrote:

Ah yes...looking for a camera that will take great photos.


So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?
Thanks

Once upon a time photographer know his **** before buying expensive
piece of equipment to make life easier. Now money supersedes knowledge
and industry is willing to convince you can buy the talent needed to
make the top notch client happy. I guess nothing ever changes.
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Would thou choose to meet a rat eating dragon, or
a dragon, eating rat? The answer of: I am somewhere
in the middle. "Me who is part taoist and part Christian".

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:57:08 -0500, OttawaTrade wrote:

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products. Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

Even that Nikon equipment might not produce good results. For
you. If you want to spend less money, you'll need to learn what's
required. If you can get to a good camera or book store, you might
find a good book that you can learn from. Then it's up to you to
decide what kind of equipment to get. DSLRs would make the job
easier, but almost any halfway decent P&S could probably also
satisfy your requirements if you learn what their limitations are
and how to compensate. But if it's a P&S you get, try to get one
with a flash hot shoe and be prepared to get a tripod and learn
about using multiple light sources. The lighting equipment doesn't
even have to be expensive. As the subjects will be stationary you
could even use cheap halogen lights (better brush up on "white
balance") instead of multiple flashes. If you go with flashes and
don't connect them with cables, you'll have to know which remote
slave units won't be fooled by your camera's "pre-flash". No matter
how much money you end up spending, whether under or over $1000, you
don't want to be in the position after buying the equipment where
you then learn that your necessary spending has just started.


So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?

Most people want to get good prices, but you seem to be fixating
too much on it. Ever hear the phrase "penny smart and pound
foolish"? (see http://www.fairlygoodpractices.com/poundsmart.htm )
You business goal should be do what it takes to increase revenue and
profits. If you save a little money up front by getting equipment
that either can't do as good a job, or that makes it more difficult,
requiring much more time and effort, in the long run you'll lose.
People that want to be able to produce similar shots just as a hobby
or for the fun of it can afford to be more frugal.

"OttawaTrade" wrote in message
...
What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products.
Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit
is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever
available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?
Thanks

The other poster is right in that if you are shooting for eBay or anything
on the Web you don't need a lot of megapixels. 2 will do fine. What you do
need is a camera that will take sharp pictures, and most decent point and
shoot cameras will when used with a tripod. The other thing I would be
looking for is a camera which has aperture priority and maybe manual
exposure settings. When shooting watches and such you will need to deal
with depth of field to make sure everything you want in focus is actually in
focus, and a camera that will shoot close-ups without extra lenses or
equipment would be nice.

Most of all you need good lighting and backgrounds for your items, which is
probably more important than the camera. Many of the great product shots
you see on eBay are often shot with rather elaborate setups, some of which
can be faked with reflectors made of all kinds of things, and tents made
from sheets and translucent gallon plastic bottles. Just watch your color
balance.

OttawaTrade wrote:
What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I
use a Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the
products. Maybe because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a
better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the
kit is too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something
simple, good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots
of products, like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture
must
show the details including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths.
I find whoever available without any professional makeup or
lighting.
I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that
Camera?
Thanks

Nikon 990 or 995 will get out of your way and make plenty good
pictures, given appropriate background and lighting. They are out of
production but durable and inexpensive.

It's more a learning and practice thing than an equipment thing.

--
Frank ess

If you want cheap many little digicams have macro mode, allowing you to get
within a couple of centimeters of the object you are shooting. Because you
can preview the image on the LCD screen you really don't need a reflex like
the D70, and since the CCD chip is small (and the lens focal length short to
match) you get tremendous depth of field. Check the minimum focus distance
in macro mode, since it varies by model.

You certainly will want a small tripod--this will both keep the pictures
sharp by eliminating camera shake and allow for fine adjustments in framing.

This should be more than adequate for what you seem to need technically.
Past that you will need to think a bit about lighting the products, which is
really the secret to good product photography.

Toby
"OttawaTrade" wrote in message
...
What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products.
Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit
is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever
available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?
Thanks

"Little Green Eyed Dragon" wrote in
message
...

Once upon a time photographer know his **** before buying expensive
piece of equipment to make life easier. Now money supersedes knowledge
and industry is willing to convince you can buy the talent needed to
make the top notch client happy. I guess nothing ever changes.

I've put a lot of $$$ into my equipment - but I'm still finding that those
with more experience are taking better photos.

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 17:57:08 -0500, "OttawaTrade"
wrote:

What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products. Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

Try a tripod. Much cheaper than a new camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

B&H will sell a Nikon D50 kit for about $700US. New.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera? Thanks

Cameras take photographs.
Good photographers take good photographs.
Garbage in, garbage out.
It sounds like you need to learn how to take the photos you need,
rather than find a camera that will take them for you, since that
camera doesn't exist.
Taking product photos can be very difficult, depending on the product
and the market (why are you taking them?).
Good luck!

--
Bill Funk
Replace "g" with "a"
funktionality.blogspot.com

What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?

I sell electronic products and cloths. Most buyers require photos. I use a
Canon 2M IXUS. The pictures can not show any details of the products.
Maybe
because my hands are shaking, or maybe I need a better Camera.

I saw some pictures taken from Nikon D70, they professional, but the kit
is
too expensive - $1000 for used set or $1500 for new set.

I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple,
good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products,
like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details
including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever
available
without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good.

So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera?
Thanks




It is not the camera, its the lighting. for the camera you can use just
about any advanced point and shoot that lets you adjust the exposure and
focus manually. You don't need a high pixel count either, you usually end
up reducing the res down to a large thumbnail anyway. Look at a canon
powershot G2 or 3. 4 or 5 mega pixels, but you can select all the regular
program modes OR shoot manually, you can find a G2 for about $200

you can do anything you could with a manual film camera.

then search ebay for ezcube, you will probably need a 3 foot one.

you would also want a tripod.

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