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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 |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
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. -- 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 $1500 for new set. I need to make a decision from a business viewpoint, - something simple, good quality and not too expensive. I mean take still shots of products, like a watch, a CPU, in a room setting. The picture must show the details including the fine prints. I sometimes sell cloths. I find whoever available without any professional makeup or lighting. I hope those cloth look good. So, what Camera do I need? where to find a good price on that Camera? Thanks |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
In article US_rf.677$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. -- 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". |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
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. |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
"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. |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
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 |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
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 |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
"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. |
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What is a good deal camera for product catalog shooting?
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 |
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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 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. this reply is echoed to the z-prophoto mailing list at yahoogroups.com |
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