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<blockquote data-quote="riverside" data-source="post: 175541" data-attributes="member: 14054">Or more. With the exception of low resolution requirements the big stuff in product photography is pretty much owned by medium format. It also owns the high end portrait and other such markets. Big capital outlay but from what I understand with a skilled photographer post processing compared to DSLR is minor. Ask any wedding/portrait specialist who uses DSLRs how much time is spent on post and you're going to hear 2-4 times actual shooting presence dependent on experience and equipment. I do small product photography in a controlled studio environment with the D7000 (before that an Olympus DSLR, before that Nikon film) and if any degree of post processing is required there's no money in it. For internet stuff a point&amp;shoot with some manual controls and good (consistent) lighting could be used but not if its going to be reproduced on anything other than newsprint. When it comes to quality reproduction resolution is right there with composition and colors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="riverside, post: 175541, member: 14054"] Or more. With the exception of low resolution requirements the big stuff in product photography is pretty much owned by medium format. It also owns the high end portrait and other such markets. Big capital outlay but from what I understand with a skilled photographer post processing compared to DSLR is minor. Ask any wedding/portrait specialist who uses DSLRs how much time is spent on post and you're going to hear 2-4 times actual shooting presence dependent on experience and equipment. I do small product photography in a controlled studio environment with the D7000 (before that an Olympus DSLR, before that Nikon film) and if any degree of post processing is required there's no money in it. For internet stuff a point&shoot with some manual controls and good (consistent) lighting could be used but not if its going to be reproduced on anything other than newsprint. When it comes to quality reproduction resolution is right there with composition and colors. [/QUOTE]

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