Best Nikon Equipment for Product Photography in my situation?

[fuzegraphics]

Let's start with the lighting. What size softboxes, what wattage per box, what Kelvin rating on the lights?

This link has all the info Spiral 5x 85watt Light Kit C - Broadcast Lighting

The softboxes are about 500 x 600mm, its equivalent to about 2000W (tungsten) per head and 5500k.

 

[fuzegraphics]

Just want to thank everyone that has contributed to this thread so far, really appreciate it.

 

[stmv]

for budget/quality -> Nikon D7000 or a bit more 7100

I like the idea of using 60mm macro would cover macros and more broader shots..

 

[riverside]

Excellent boxes. The quick solution is more diffusion on the softboxes with correspondingly slower shutter speeds to eliminate reflection. If that's not available try moving the boxes away from the product/turning off individual lamps (same for each box) until you still have enough light to shoot at 100 iso, f8, start at 1/60s shutter speed and keep going down until you get what you want. You can brighten in post.

Be patient. You won't get what you want without trial and error. Sometimes an infuriating amount of it. When you understand lighting and have your setup tuned, then think about new equipment. In product photography for high quality reproduction image quality and resolution requirements will dictate your equipment needs.

 

[Ijustwant1]

Well this thread is buzzing along , here is the light box I use

 

[fuzegraphics]

Well this thread is buzzing along , here is the light box I use View attachment 44965View attachment 44966

Thanks for sharing, so are you getting decent shots using that setup? What bulbs are you using?