David Schneider
New member
I'm slowly doing my homework on getting back to mf, this time on the digital end. But I think I maybe overlooking some obvious things so could use some direction.
The bulk of my intended use is in-studio. A significant part of my business is high school seniors during a concentrated 3 month period using Canon 5d series bodies. I'd say now 70+% of images are taken with 70-200mm, 25% with 24-105mm, and less than 5% with 17-40mm. Obviously, zoom lenses help with some speed issues as sessions are time sensitive, often back to back to back, and the more variety the better the sales for me. Additionally, most sessions include moving body and 70-200mm lens onto tripod and talking a very short walk around side of studio building for some outdoor images.
I'm having a bit of trouble understanding which systems work best in this kind of portrait environment. (It seems any system will work better for family and group portraits than current dslr system and I don't really care about a system that will do landscapes.)
To make matters more difficult, I'm looking more at the level of a used P25+ and body and couple of lenses, or level of used HD3ii-31 and couple of lenses, rather than P40+ or H4D-40 level.
So.....if you are a studio-people-fashion photographer, why one system over another?
The bulk of my intended use is in-studio. A significant part of my business is high school seniors during a concentrated 3 month period using Canon 5d series bodies. I'd say now 70+% of images are taken with 70-200mm, 25% with 24-105mm, and less than 5% with 17-40mm. Obviously, zoom lenses help with some speed issues as sessions are time sensitive, often back to back to back, and the more variety the better the sales for me. Additionally, most sessions include moving body and 70-200mm lens onto tripod and talking a very short walk around side of studio building for some outdoor images.
I'm having a bit of trouble understanding which systems work best in this kind of portrait environment. (It seems any system will work better for family and group portraits than current dslr system and I don't really care about a system that will do landscapes.)
To make matters more difficult, I'm looking more at the level of a used P25+ and body and couple of lenses, or level of used HD3ii-31 and couple of lenses, rather than P40+ or H4D-40 level.
So.....if you are a studio-people-fashion photographer, why one system over another?