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<b>"...For a while the 5D was available well below $2000. Why would people pay $3000 for a D700?..."</b>
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Better - almost legendary Nikon ergonomics. A much better auto ISO feature. Much better performance at high ISO (6400) as well as extended high ISO settings. Live view feature. Faster - more frames per second. A much better (and larger) LCD screen. A much better and more accurate flash system. Much more accurate auto white balance performance.
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There is more - but you get the idea.
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I have owned the F4 - but upgraded to the F5 for it's AWESOME focusing speed.
I really wanted to love the F4, but it tend to hunt when it was trying to focus. For landscapes it would have been fine, but working with people it was just way too slow.
The F5 on the other hand actually focuses all of Nikon's D lenses FASTER the the D3. Put the 50mm f/1.8 or the 85mm f/1.8 on the F5 and it is truly incredible!
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Use your first names - something like "Jonathan and ______ Photography".
It is simple, unique, and very personal.
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Additionally - you set your own prices and can decide what products to offer your customers. For example - we only allow our customers to purchase the "Lustre" finish on all the prints. IMHO - a much nicer finish than either matte or glossy.
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(The following post actually combines two different ongoing threads here on photo.net.)
I'm actually surprised that more "natural light" (no flash) photographers have not switched to either of the latest and greatest digital offerings from Canon and Nikon.
The Nikon D3 (for example) can give you outstanding clean images at ISO 6400. I am not aware of ANY film formulation that can deliver that type of performance. I know that the top end Canon has very good high ISO performance as well although I cannot comment personally on that body since I have not used it.
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<b>"...Color points in Nx will be a hell of a job for all pictures...."</b>
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How many images are in this sequence/series? 5, 10, or more?
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Every sequence will require a different adjustment and I have not found any software that can automatically do the best adjustment on any series of images. I trust my eyes on my calibrated monitor over any batch processing of white balance.
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We do use batch processing - but only for the batch conversion of NEF into JPEG and renaming of files. Since the vast majority of our images require no adjustments of all - I can't imagine having to "correct" a large number of them in any parameter - white balance or any other area.
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<b>"...i can't remember off the top of my head but i'm not sure how well the sb800's work with non dx sensors..."</b>
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The SB800 works just as well with the D3 as it does with the D300. It also works very well with the F5.
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Cheryl,
I checked out your website. Very nice.
But I don't see any any wedding work displayed.
All of your comments would carry additional weight and credibility if you actually had experience and photographic examples of your wedding experience.
You may do very well in other areas of photography, but wedding photography is a different animal that is NOT in the direct control of the photographer. You need to capture what is happening at the time in the light that is available at that particular moment.
If the available light will give you no image or a bad image - a professional photographer will augment the available light with flash or other added (artificial) light.
Bottom line - an image captured with flash is much better than an image that was not captured because it was too dark for a "natural light candid shooter".
And another quick question - Is "natural light" only light from the sun? Do you only shoot if you have sunlight or light from the sun coming in a window? No disrespect intended - just curious as to what your definition of "natural light" is.
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<b>"...but your photography will be Altered by the presence of another competing visual media...."</b>
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So - you suggest making excuses before you even shoot the event?
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IMHO - this entire thread seems to be such a non-issue and will ultimately just plant doubts about your professional competence in a prospective customer's mind more than anything else.
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Be the professional photographer and work with the situation. We run into videographers all the time at weddings and our photography has never "suffered" in anyway. We do talk to them before hand and work out a "gameplan" of who will be standing where during the ceremony and other important shots - garter toss, bouquet toss, etc.
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<b>"...Obviously the only format you accept is FX. Fine...."</b>
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Wrong again. We use the D200, D300, and the D3 in our wedding photography business.
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<b>"...No matter if professionals or amateur photographers, both have to admit that even the D300 delivers a better IQ than any 24x36 film slr..."</b>
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And every photographer will admit that a D700 and D3 will allow a much better image to be captured at low light levels.
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Your point?
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<b>"...Is it for an amateur really so important to use the best of the best of the newest, no matter what it costs? I don't think so...."</b>
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Every amateur and/or professional will make that choice for themselves. They certainly don't need some "forum nanny" like yourself to tell them what they should or shouldn't buy. Perhaps you should just go out and shoot some images with whatever camera body that you own rather than trying to preach to someone else.
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If your own means limit you for some reason to what you can afford - don't try to tell anyone else what they should buy or not buy.
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The 85mm f/1.8 is an outstanding lens for portrait use.
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Literally - one of my favorite all-time lenses!
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<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/2556010370_c54c138a73.jpg?v=0">
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<b>"...Learn to Use Flash then Learn to Not use it ... that's the correct order, imo, for beginners to learn wedding photography."</b>
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Unfortunately - there are many beginners who want to avoid having to learn how to properly use flash and still shoot weddings.
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I do wish the best for the customers that hire these "photographers" and expect the best results.
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Every PC that I have ever owned treated an external card reader exactly the same as the one built into the computer. Just another drive.
The only risk that your computer may erase or reformat your card is in the software that you use to download the files. Photoshop Elements (for example) has a box that you can check to erase the disc after you download the files. Just be sure never to check that box and you won't have any problems.
We use the built in card reader on our computer and use Adobe Bridge to download and organize the files.
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I don't know of ANYONE who will purchase a DSLR based upon it's performance ONLY in bright sunlight and mounted on a tripod.
The many other features and performance of a camera body contribute much more to the buyer's decision.
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<b>"...For a pro, the price difference between the D300 and D700 is not significant considering all the advantages the D700 will give a photographer and his/her clients."</b>
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For a real professional - even the price of a D3 is well worth the investment for what it is capable of doing compared to the D300. (We own and use both bodies.)
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IMHO - be the professional photographer - not a teacher.
Have a short list of professional videographers that you can recommend if a client asks you - but don't try to "teach" them anything. They are hiring you to be the photographer - not the wedding planner.
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<b>"...OR use my flash anyway (I usually bounce my flash anyway, so it's not as distracting). I would rather not have to argue with the church but I feel that this is not normal considering the church is not historic...."</b>
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We never use flash during any indoor ceremonies.
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Personally, I am not aware of any professional wedding photographer that does use a flash during the ceremony.
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The best way to get banned permanently from a church (and possibly other churches in the area) is to go against the wishes of the minister/priest/officiant and rules of the church.
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Sometimes you can get the effect straight out of the camera if the aperture and lighting is just right.
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Here is one from last Friday's wedding. A guest took a shot at the same time that I shot my shot and here is the
result:
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<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2754911265_8ca03a772d.jpg?v=0">
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Nikon D3 with 24-70 f/2.8 lens.
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We tell all of our customers that all of their final, edited images will be posted online in 7 to 10 days. Usually, I have them finished and posted in 4 to 5 days.
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We use the D200, D300, and D3 in our wedding work.
The D300 has a much more accurate Auto white balance and a sharper image than the D200.
Moving up to the D3 increases the white balance accuracy from the D300, but the sharpness seems to be the same as the D300.
D200 tends to underexpose slightly compared to the D300 and D3. Both of the newer models seem to be very accurate in the metering department.
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<b>"...but that's too heavy for travel..."</b>
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<b>"...originally thought of getting an F100 but it's somewhat heavy..."</b>
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If those two camera bodies are "too heavy" for you - you really need to spend some time at a gym and develop some basic muscle mass before someone kicks sand in your face on the beach!
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Seriously - the F100 is a GREAT body that weighs almost nothing for anyone older than a 10 year old girl.
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My 13 year old daughter uses my Nikon F5 and D3 on a regular basis with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens and gets outstanding results and she never complains about how much it weighs.
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