For the record, the SOLE reason that I post anything here is that I hope that maybe there is a company R&D representative reading this forum, and maybe, just maybe, there might be someone taking notes on what an advertising photographer needs, in terms of camera features.
I am in the middle of a five-day job right now, and I simply refused to shoot tethered -- I'm forcing the AD to simply look at the back of the camera. He hates it, and I know he hates it, but I simply don't care. Even with this 1ds3 nice LCD, it's still way too small, but it is what it is. I just hope that someone at Canon (or any MF company) could attend an advertising shoot, where the photographer needs to show an AD the setup, but without the ball-and-chain of a tethering setup. I wish they'd design a plug-in external screen that the AD could hold, something along the size of an iphone screen.
So, to be clear, I'm hoping to talk to company R&D people -- not to other photographers.
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I think the manufacturers know what we say and what we want. I am just not sure that what is mentioned on this forum translates to their actual buyer.
It's kind of a catch 22.
On one hand if they don't put their resources into higher megapixel backs the point spread between medium format and the dslrs is not that big.
So, whether any of us like it or not, I believe size matters.
I've done it, I've said "yea that's a 30mpx back" to somewhat quiet any doubts an AD or production guy might have. Maybe someday I'll have to say yea, that's a 50 mpx back.
And let's be realistic. For a lot of what the backs are used for the lighting is fixed and abundant, the AD's do want to see the digital polaroid on a 30" screen and the retouchers want the largest file possible to work with.
For me, I think some of this is overkill, or actually not really needed, but I'm not talking about what I want, I talking about what my clients may want, or my client's retoucher, or the production department.
Now the catch 22 is if Leaf, or Phase made a 22mpx back that went to high iso and had a great lcd (and some kind of small wireless preview), would they sell more backs and if they sell a lot more backs, would the prices get lower?
I don't know. I'd like to think it would, but the reality may be that most people that buy in the Canon 1ds3 price range might not see the point of spending 3 or 4k more just for a different camera.
Still, I would love a seperate device that is small, like an Iphone for a digital polaroid.
This week we are packing for two projects.
The cases total 14. Of the 14, 5 cases are cameras, computers and monitors. Maybe 5 out of 14 isn't that big of a deal, until you think about setting up all of those computers and screens, mostly just to give us a polaroid, it really does make you wish there was a portable viewing device dedicated for our use.
JR
