Comments on: [Video] Nikon D800 BTS Studio Shoot

By: Martinvh

Martinvh — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:14:00 +0000

@Ken, that’s just technical improvement,.. things devellop,… And like nicolas “it just might come in handy”
I used to shoot with the D700, but one of my custumers demanded 20mp or more res,… I tried to explain to him that that was not realy what he needed for his purpose,.. But guess what he said,… Well, i don’t need it now, but i might just need it later on when I want to have a detail from one of these photo’s or when I want to print it realy big.
This unfortunaly was last summer, and since the D800 kept getting delayed, i was sort of forced to make “the” switch,… I sold the D700 and baught the 5D II,…. Biggest mistake i ever made ! I had no clue of how much i was used to the Nikon buttens and menu’s when i ditched the D700,… Well let me say it like this,…. I can’t wait for the D800 to hit the stores ;)

By: Nicolas Guilbert

Nicolas Guilbert — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:45:00 +0000

Ken, it happens many times that you have to crop very much in this business. An AD can choose a full body picture and ask for a crop from waist to top.

By: Ken Yee

Ken Yee — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:34:00 +0000

Beauty/makeup shots need the 36MP images??? What are they being used for? And do you really need to see that much pore detail? For the typical ads you see in stores, 16MP is plenty IMHO. I don’t see ads being blown up to a 6′ wall. And then you’d have to retouch them to clean up all the peach fuzz and skin issues you’d see w/ that much detail if you want to print them that large…

By: D B

D B — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000

Not a high end professional here, but I believe a large part of being a top professional is the ability to deliver every time.
That means, you better be safe than sorry, hence all the extras to make sure the job is done.

By: Jacques

Jacques — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:00 +0000

I feel the same Javi. Especially having so many assistants with him. Discounting the building of a set and keeping that ‘serval’ calm and make-up, I could do those shots alone and as you say, with a D700.

I suppose having such a production is part of the marketing and selling process, otherwise companies would shoot you down if you are a ‘one-man-show’.

By: Javi

Javi — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000

Dont mean to be a
party popper, but with all that great light I dont see anything on those images that make them go BOOM! seems like we could accomplish the same with a D700

By: Ian Ameche

Ian Ameche — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:00 +0000

hey thats my instructor!

By: Zan Nakari

Zan Nakari — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:23:00 +0000

D800 seems like a great camera, but is it me? or do they need better images to sell what this camera can do? Some of the sample images are not impressive at all. Specs aside (and I hope this will come in time), give us better eye candy .. and please stop with the MF comparisons. Nothing I’ve seen so far can remotely come close to the depth/detail/dynamic range of MF.

By: Corey Melton

Corey Melton — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:47:00 +0000

done

By: Corey

Corey — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:51:40 +0000

I did yesterday morning. Hopefully I’m in the early batch of deliveries so I can crank out some images for everyone!