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He does commercial photography. Here is a link to his website: http://www.martinlegeer.us/photo.php http://www.martinlegeer.us/photo.php No, this isn't for p

by blhack 14y ago

He does commercial photography. Here is a link to his website: http://www.martinlegeer.us/photo.php http://www.martinlegeer.us/photo.php No, this isn't for porn, it's probably for fashion photography. And to anybody who thinks this is a "lot" of money for fashion photo...a common camera for doing fashion photography costs $35,000+. This is a different niche, but in the same realm of dollar figures. (If you're curious what a truly "high end" digital camera looks like, google Hasselblad, Mamiya and Phase One.)

zalew 14y ago
> anybody who thinks this is a "lot" of money for fashion photo...a common camera for doing fashion photography costs $35,000+ the money spent on hi-end fashion shoots isn't in cameras. leased/bought equipment works for itself hundreds of times, and when you do the math for cost per shoot, the camera would probably be one of the cheapest items on the expense list after coffee. > No, this isn't for porn, it's probably for fashion photography. ummm, more like packshots.
- shiftpgdn 14y ago
  Why would you need a bullet time setup for packshots? The only scenario I could possibly think of would be if you were selling animals.
  - zalew 14y ago
    the only kind of studio photography that comes to my mind where you don't work with your legs, keep camera in a constant position and don't want any drop shadows is packshots. the setup is basically a huge light box with more cameras. probably for some crazy demos. I can't imagine why somebody would shoot people with 50 cameras constantly leveled up on the same height. maybe for one experimental project, but what next.
  - wtracy 14y ago
    Maybe they want something shot with the product falling in midair, or a model with a fan blowing his/her hair and clothing? Or it could be some appliance/machine that they want to capture in action (a popcorn popper would be a mundane example). Heck, maybe they just want to shoot a product sitting in the middle of a cloud from a fog machine.
sytelus 14y ago
I'm bit naive at cameras and thought best ones were being produced by Nikon or Cannon so this new brands are enlightning. I was just looking at one of the Hasselblad: http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datasheet_v11.pdf http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datashe.... This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames which have "only" 36x24 mm. That's 2.5 times bigger sensor than full frame! And that's 60 mega pixels. One thing that pops out is ISO which is listed only at 800 (vs Canikon's 32000) so I assume these cameras are designed for very bright light studios and to yield minimal amount of noise possible.
- zalew 14y ago
  high iso is for where people move - journalism and sports. model shots are low iso, because you use lighting anyway (natural or/and artificial) and the quality needs to be perfect. > This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames because it's a medium format camera which by definition is bigger than full frame.
- davidjohnstone 14y ago
  Indeed. There's the world of 35mm cameras, which is what full frame digital SLRs are (think Canon 1D X and 5D III, and Nikon D4 and D800, having a sensor fo 36x24mm). Many digital SLRs have cropped sensors — the Canon 7D, 60D and 600D have a sensor that is 1.6 times smaller than a full frame (22.2x15.8mm). More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR The next level of cameras is medium format, which are vastly more expensive and have much larger sensors. They're generally used for studio work, where light isn't a problem. They're popular for fashion and product photography. Then you move up to large format cameras with even larger sensors, although most of these still use film (but digital backs are available, and tend to have hundreds of megapixels). Large format cameras are still popular for landscape photography.

by blhack 14y ago

zalew 14y ago

> anybody who thinks this is a "lot" of money for fashion photo...a common camera for doing fashion photography costs $35,000+ the money spent on hi-end fashion shoots isn't in cameras. leased/bought equipment works for itself hundreds of times, and when you do the math for cost per shoot, the camera would probably be one of the cheapest items on the expense list after coffee. > No, this isn't for porn, it's probably for fashion photography. ummm, more like packshots.

shiftpgdn 14y ago
Why would you need a bullet time setup for packshots? The only scenario I could possibly think of would be if you were selling animals.
- zalew 14y ago
  the only kind of studio photography that comes to my mind where you don't work with your legs, keep camera in a constant position and don't want any drop shadows is packshots. the setup is basically a huge light box with more cameras. probably for some crazy demos. I can't imagine why somebody would shoot people with 50 cameras constantly leveled up on the same height. maybe for one experimental project, but what next.
- wtracy 14y ago
  Maybe they want something shot with the product falling in midair, or a model with a fan blowing his/her hair and clothing? Or it could be some appliance/machine that they want to capture in action (a popcorn popper would be a mundane example). Heck, maybe they just want to shoot a product sitting in the middle of a cloud from a fog machine.

sytelus 14y ago

I'm bit naive at cameras and thought best ones were being produced by Nikon or Cannon so this new brands are enlightning. I was just looking at one of the Hasselblad: http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datasheet_v11.pdf http://www.hasselbladusa.com/media/2081132/uk_h4d-60_datashe.... This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames which have "only" 36x24 mm. That's 2.5 times bigger sensor than full frame! And that's 60 mega pixels. One thing that pops out is ISO which is listed only at 800 (vs Canikon's 32000) so I assume these cameras are designed for very bright light studios and to yield minimal amount of noise possible.

zalew 14y ago
high iso is for where people move - journalism and sports. model shots are low iso, because you use lighting anyway (natural or/and artificial) and the quality needs to be perfect. > This thing has massive 54x40 mm sensor VS current full frames because it's a medium format camera which by definition is bigger than full frame.
davidjohnstone 14y ago
Indeed. There's the world of 35mm cameras, which is what full frame digital SLRs are (think Canon 1D X and 5D III, and Nikon D4 and D800, having a sensor fo 36x24mm). Many digital SLRs have cropped sensors — the Canon 7D, 60D and 600D have a sensor that is 1.6 times smaller than a full frame (22.2x15.8mm). More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-frame_digital_SLR The next level of cameras is medium format, which are vastly more expensive and have much larger sensors. They're generally used for studio work, where light isn't a problem. They're popular for fashion and product photography. Then you move up to large format cameras with even larger sensors, although most of these still use film (but digital backs are available, and tend to have hundreds of megapixels). Large format cameras are still popular for landscape photography.