Michael Carter
Veteran
So... the neighbor's cat came in for a visit and decided to play "climb the scrim". Scrim, cat & c-stand toppled over onto my tripod, knocking my D90 flat on its back and destroying a 28-70 2.8. (At least it was just a Tokina, nice lens though). D90 has had focus problems ever since.
Got a quick still shot gig this week, thought "I'll strip down my T2i and use a nice Nikon lens on it". But I hate taking that rig apart, so I just stuck it on the camera stand.
I gotta say - I really like the rig for product stills. Follow focus, loupe, matte box - all really handy. These were really pingy-contrasty beverage can shots, so the matte box was great for sliding some black cards in the filter slots as flare masks - LOVE that. I pretty much loathe the T2i's interface for stills and have only used it for video (D90 = fantastic, sensible interface), but the shots were killer.
before & after retouch - the left is right off the card:
Got a quick still shot gig this week, thought "I'll strip down my T2i and use a nice Nikon lens on it". But I hate taking that rig apart, so I just stuck it on the camera stand.
I gotta say - I really like the rig for product stills. Follow focus, loupe, matte box - all really handy. These were really pingy-contrasty beverage can shots, so the matte box was great for sliding some black cards in the filter slots as flare masks - LOVE that. I pretty much loathe the T2i's interface for stills and have only used it for video (D90 = fantastic, sensible interface), but the shots were killer.
before & after retouch - the left is right off the card: