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Best Nikon Equipment for Product Photography in my situation?
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<blockquote data-quote="riverside" data-source="post: 175797" data-attributes="member: 14054"><p>How far away are your light boxes from the product (I can see reflections of two on the product), what are you using to defuse the light and what is your background material?</p><p></p><p>Are you lighting the entire product in an equalized manner such as a box on each front/side and one on top? Without the top light (I use a boom), which also provides backlighting, WB can make one crazy with post processing.</p><p></p><p>ISO 100 is fine, F8-11 is fine dependent on lighting, what exposure time and more important which lens? </p><p></p><p>Every lighting setup/camera/lens is different and it takes in some cases a lot of practice before you arrive at the optimum combination of lighting, background, and camera settings for reducing post processing to crop and if necessary minor tweaks for color enhancement. Your objective is a controlled environment which will provide consistency. </p><p></p><p>My advice would be conquering image quality/lighting with your existing setup before changing camera equipment. That'll put you way ahead of the game rather than having to learn lighting and a new camera. </p><p></p><p>I'm not a fan of light tents due to constantly having to move the camera/tripod, dropping the front to change products and the hassle of replacing backgrounds, all time consumers. Get a table or bench of comfortable height/width/length (which will also allow product top shots) and place a backdrop stand immediately behind it. The stand will allow you to drape background of choice, paper or cloth, over the table (don't forget lots of clamps), quick backdrop changes and lightbox placement as required.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="riverside, post: 175797, member: 14054"] How far away are your light boxes from the product (I can see reflections of two on the product), what are you using to defuse the light and what is your background material? Are you lighting the entire product in an equalized manner such as a box on each front/side and one on top? Without the top light (I use a boom), which also provides backlighting, WB can make one crazy with post processing. ISO 100 is fine, F8-11 is fine dependent on lighting, what exposure time and more important which lens? Every lighting setup/camera/lens is different and it takes in some cases a lot of practice before you arrive at the optimum combination of lighting, background, and camera settings for reducing post processing to crop and if necessary minor tweaks for color enhancement. Your objective is a controlled environment which will provide consistency. My advice would be conquering image quality/lighting with your existing setup before changing camera equipment. That'll put you way ahead of the game rather than having to learn lighting and a new camera. I'm not a fan of light tents due to constantly having to move the camera/tripod, dropping the front to change products and the hassle of replacing backgrounds, all time consumers. Get a table or bench of comfortable height/width/length (which will also allow product top shots) and place a backdrop stand immediately behind it. The stand will allow you to drape background of choice, paper or cloth, over the table (don't forget lots of clamps), quick backdrop changes and lightbox placement as required. [/QUOTE]
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