luke_cobrae

<p>Alot of responses for this, it looks like there are two clear sides to the story. I happen to be on Steve Smith's side:</p>

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<p>The images are being created for the benefit of the paying customer, not for the photographer.</p>

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<p>I would probably be classified as the photographer who doesn't have the right gear, and advertises on Craigslist. We have to start somewhere right? I personally don't feel like I own the images I take, like they are my property, I fee like the quote above, I was hired to take the pictures and provide them to the paying customer. I DO however stipulate that I have the right to use the pictures for my business in the means of Advertising. In a day an age where law is so "Grey' and everyone is looking to cover their assets, you have to sign your life away to be on TV, because they "OWN" that image of you. I don't think a wedding Photographer should take a picture of someone, and turn it around and sell it as a Stock Photo, because the the subject of the Photo has rights. When we got married, we hired a photojournalist, it was a new unheard of trend at the time, and everyone said where is the traditional photographer? He did exactly what your issue was, he took pictures, 2,600 of them to be exact, between him and another partner, and two cameras each. We have all 2,600 pictures, in Tiff format. We own them, and are free to print them. But I did see my wife on the front page of his website for many years after-wards. I as a customer have NO problem with that, he benefited, we did too. He did offer printing services as well, but we didn't have the money to do that.</p>

<p>I gleaned alot from him, I don't think that it's fair to judge someone by the equipment they have, or lack of. Each person is an artist, and while yes, I don't have a D3, D700, or a D300 I do have an artistic eye that customers like, and while I don't make my living off of wedding photography (not by a long shot) I love to do it, and when the time comes to up my prices, and get better equipment I will.</p>

<p>If everyone looked down at the guy with the used stuff, we wouldn't have revolutionary artists. People who picked up their dad's cameras, or used an old one, vs the New top of the line equipment. Like what a lot of people said before, times change, you have a choice, change with them, or don't. But I think that any business that doesn't adapt to the market around them will not be successful at all.</p>

<p>Regarding one of the posts above, I don't think that you will need to worry about the mirror slap on the camera making your images blurry. It was designed to be used on and off a tripod. While you can take extra precaution it may not be necessary. Here is a video on youtube that shows just how violent the mirror slap is on a 500.<br>

<p>I cleaned it, no problems, I didn't scrub it but just ran it under warm water with some diluted dish soap and blotted and left it to air dry. It was dirty from the previous owner who sold it to me. I, frequently maintain my equipment.<br>

Thanks for all the info!<br>

Luke</p>

<p>I have a bronica SQ-ai, and it can be removed with tweesers, I was just leery about touching it before I found out some opinions.</p>

<p>Thanks!<br>

Luke</p>

<p>My glass in my WLF is driving me nuts! I've tried the brush, the blower and have had no luck. I had heard you really shouldn't touch the glass, but is this really true? Anyone have any recommendations of cleaning the Ground Glass on this camera? I have specks, spots, oil spots from finger prints etc. <br>

Thanks,<br /> Luke</p>

<p>Yeah, I figured it was some sort of custom rig. David, I do remember seeing some sort of scanner on it as well. I work at a venue that typically does alot of events, and it would be nice to collect images from in-house photographers as they happen.</p>

<p>Does anyone know what Disneyland/World uses to transfer their photos wirelessly? I know they use D200's, if you've ever seen the "Picture People" walking around they have a sling that is connected to their camera, about the size of a graphing calculator. I suspect that is what is transferring their photos to a server. <br /> I know its done wirelessly, I was at a hotel, where we sat next to where they take pictures, and the photographer NEVER left his post, but some other guy came and delivered our pictures to our table to "proof."<br /> <br /> Any ideas? I've looked at the Nikon WT-1-4 series and that's not what they're using.</p>

<p>Thanks,<br /> Luke</p>