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New Camera? D800 - D750 - D500
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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 621707" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>For family portraits and any high res applications the D800 is hard to beat. The D810 is about 4 db lower in level, measurable but hardly noticeable in sound level. But the two have a different sound and for most people the sound seems softer, less mechanical. For studio, shutter is not an issue. </p><p>The ART 50 and the 85 1.8G are your go to lenses, both very competent. If you don't have flash controllers, folding soft-boxes, grids, snoots, multiple flashes or strobes, C stand, light stands maybe background, a large silver/gold reflector, gels, and other very reasonably priced items that is where the best return on investment is You can get nice 9 foot stands for $25/ea, 80x80c collapsing soft-boxes for $50 from GODOX(great for location shooting folds downs to a small cash the size of a woman's purse, a strip box with grid for about $100, a flash controller for $50, transceivers for $49 each, and some dumb non-TTL flash units for $80-90 each or used SB-28s for $25, various clamps and adapters.</p><p>That would be a good portable studio so you can shoot in their homes or outdoors. Backgrounds should be simple and white is the most flexible, easy to use for seamless, High Key, and easy to tint in post processing and much preferred for product or catalog sessions. Pure white background works best for web catalogs</p><p> If you go with studio strobes, ever the low cost Alien Bees, like the 800 watt, it is less portable and power source becomes a problem outdoors. A couple speedlights can generate enough light to balance a setting sun and are surprisingly powerful. I use 6 with Yongnuo YN-622n transceivers and YN-622 TX LCD display controller that have proven to be reliable and cheap. I hardly ever use my strobes now. </p><p>I would encourage you to invest just a few hundred first in versatile lighting and if you still want to buy a camera, the D800 (and D810) are the best portrait cameras Nikon has ever made.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 621707, member: 43545"] For family portraits and any high res applications the D800 is hard to beat. The D810 is about 4 db lower in level, measurable but hardly noticeable in sound level. But the two have a different sound and for most people the sound seems softer, less mechanical. For studio, shutter is not an issue. The ART 50 and the 85 1.8G are your go to lenses, both very competent. If you don't have flash controllers, folding soft-boxes, grids, snoots, multiple flashes or strobes, C stand, light stands maybe background, a large silver/gold reflector, gels, and other very reasonably priced items that is where the best return on investment is You can get nice 9 foot stands for $25/ea, 80x80c collapsing soft-boxes for $50 from GODOX(great for location shooting folds downs to a small cash the size of a woman's purse, a strip box with grid for about $100, a flash controller for $50, transceivers for $49 each, and some dumb non-TTL flash units for $80-90 each or used SB-28s for $25, various clamps and adapters. That would be a good portable studio so you can shoot in their homes or outdoors. Backgrounds should be simple and white is the most flexible, easy to use for seamless, High Key, and easy to tint in post processing and much preferred for product or catalog sessions. Pure white background works best for web catalogs If you go with studio strobes, ever the low cost Alien Bees, like the 800 watt, it is less portable and power source becomes a problem outdoors. A couple speedlights can generate enough light to balance a setting sun and are surprisingly powerful. I use 6 with Yongnuo YN-622n transceivers and YN-622 TX LCD display controller that have proven to be reliable and cheap. I hardly ever use my strobes now. I would encourage you to invest just a few hundred first in versatile lighting and if you still want to buy a camera, the D800 (and D810) are the best portrait cameras Nikon has ever made. [/QUOTE]
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