What equipment to learn for digital tech'ing?

[GamutGirl]

After working as a photo assistant for several years, I'd like to make the transition into being a digital capture tech. Which digital backs should I learn and which MF bodies will I mainly encounter? What other skills should I learn? Is there a digital tech forum similar to this one?

Thanks!

[Doug Peterson]

After working as a photo assistant for several years, I'd like to make the transition into being a digital capture tech. Which digital backs should I learn and which MF bodies will I mainly encounter? What other skills should I learn? Is there a digital tech forum similar to this one?

Thanks!

Realworldworkflow.com

Doug Peterson,  Head of Technical Services
Capture Integration, Phase One Dealer  |  Personal Portfolio

[elitegroup]

After working as a photo assistant for several years, I'd like to make the transition into being a digital capture tech. Which digital backs should I learn and which MF bodies will I mainly encounter? What other skills should I learn? Is there a digital tech forum similar to this one?

Thanks!

Wooops! made a double post, sorry  

http://www.1prophoto.com/workshops.asp

[elitegroup]

[yaya]

After working as a photo assistant for several years, I'd like to make the transition into being a digital capture tech. Which digital backs should I learn and which MF bodies will I mainly encounter? What other skills should I learn? Is there a digital tech forum similar to this one?

Thanks!

In no particular order...

Leaf, Phase, Capture One, Leaf Capture, LightRoom, H1/H2, AFi, RZ, V-Series, Sinar P2, Linhof M679, Cambo Ultima 23D

US Leaf tech training

Good luck!!!

Yair

[Greg Hollmann]

After working as a photo assistant for several years, I'd like to make the transition into being a digital capture tech. Which digital backs should I learn and which MF bodies will I mainly encounter? What other skills should I learn? Is there a digital tech forum similar to this one?

Thanks!

Check out:

http://www.hasselbladusa.com/about-hasselb...university.aspx

This is a complete day of hands on training with the latest Hasselblad digital systems and software.  This class is going to be held in NYC on Dec. 4th, more classes are in the works.

Greg

[Doug Peterson]

We will be offering training on Capture One 4.5 Pro starting in around 2 weeks. You download sample files and a syllabus then log on to a private website and see our screen in real time then call into a conference number to hear us as well as the other members of the class. Classes will go from introduction all the way to more-advanced-than-almost-all-techs-go and class-only materials like shortcut-quick-reference-sheets will be distributed to help you remember and apply what you've learned.

PM if you're interested.

Doug Peterson,  Head of Technical Services
Capture Integration, Phase One Dealer  |  Personal Portfolio

[Dustbak]

In no particular order...

Leaf, Phase, Capture One, Leaf Capture, LightRoom, H1/H2, AFi, RZ, V-Series, Sinar P2, Linhof M679, Cambo Ultima 23D

US Leaf tech training

Good luck!!!

Yair

When reading this maybe I should start renting myself out as a digital tech instead of photographer

[Carsten W]

In no particular order...

Leaf, Phase, (more stuff, not backs)

In order, for backs:

Phase One, Leaf, Hasselblad, Sinar, ...

Reference: http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....e=show&st=0

This is likely the correct order for the States, but for Europe the order might well be different. Where are you?

[yaya]

Where are you?

Anywhere and everywhere  

Your order is likely the right one and the trends in Europe mostly follow the US

Yair

[Carsten W]

Anywhere and everywhere

I meant the OP

Your order is likely the right one and the trends in Europe mostly follow the US

I am not sure if Leaf, Hasselblad and Sinar switch order in Europe. Leaf is less visible here I think, and Sinar more so, compared to the States. It would not surprise me if the order here was Phase One, Hasselblad, Sinar, Leaf, but I don't have numbers.

Does anyone have hard data on sales for the States, Europe, and the world?

[yaya]

I meant the OP



I am not sure if Leaf, Hasselblad and Sinar switch order in Europe. Leaf is less visible here I think, and Sinar more so, compared to the States. It would not surprise me if the order here was Phase One, Hasselblad, Sinar, Leaf, but I don't have numbers.

Does anyone have hard data on sales for the States, Europe, and the world?

I thought we were talking rental?

[Carsten W]

I thought we were talking rental?

Oh? I thought the OP wanted to know which equipment to learn, for the sake of being able to assist?

[yaya]

Oh? I thought the OP wanted to know which equipment to learn, for the sake of being able to assist?

OP wanted to become a tech. Most techs are in the rental business

[Carsten W]

OP wanted to become a tech. Most techs are in the rental business

Ah, okay. I have never been on a big production. I read an article yesterday describing one guy who was both digi-tech and retoucher, and his description of his job was assisting on the set, not renting. I thought that it was generally that way.

http://photo.net/learn/digital-photography...on-photography/

[yaya]

Ah, okay. I have never been on a big production. I read an article yesterday describing one guy who was both digi-tech and retoucher, and his description of his job was assisting on the set, not renting. I thought that it was generally that way.

http://photo.net/learn/digital-photography...on-photography/

Nice article, only camera mentioned is a Canon, though.

Some techs offer equipment but most of the independent ones are hired for their skill set while the camera comes from the studio or from a rental house

You can google for rental studios and rental houses in NYC, London, Paris, Milan, LA, Barcelona, Cape-Town and Buenos Aires it'll give you an insight of the equipment and the service that is offered. Wet hire = with a tech, dry hire = kit only, you bring your tech etc.)
just One example


Yair

[BlasR]

We will be offering training on Capture One 4.5 Pro starting in around 2 weeks. You download sample files and a syllabus then log on to a private website and see our screen in real time then call into a conference number to hear us as well as the other members of the class. Classes will go from introduction all the way to more-advanced-than-almost-all-techs-go and class-only materials like shortcut-quick-reference-sheets will be distributed to help you remember and apply what you've learned.

PM if you're interested.

Doug Peterson,  Head of Technical Services
Capture Integration, Phase One Dealer  |  Personal Portfolio

Doug,

how that work?   will be from my own house?

Thaks

BlasR

[FlashDB]

Hi GamutGirl  

In regards to software I think Lightroom is the most commonly used at the moment, it does a good job so I would go for learning that.
Capture One has as well and works nice, but I believe they lost a lot of users due to their two year delay with the pro software and instability issues lately.
The hasselblad software phocus performs quality wise very well, but is for hasselblad cameras and backs only.
I own both phase and hasselblad equipment and therefore use both software for my work. I do not know how many uses leaf capture.

Good luck!  

David

[Doug Peterson]

Doug,

how that work?   will be from my own house?

Thaks

BlasR

You sign up and pay a deposit by CC. A week before the training I contact you to do a quick test run to make sure everything will work from a technical point of view; we use a corporate screen sharing program which is highly cross compatible so it's really fool-proof, but we want to check in advance to ensure smooth sailing. We email the participants to get a list of topics and questions to add to our generic syllabus. We'll also send a link to download a few example files. Then on the day of the training we send you a username/password and you log in to a website. Then you see our computer screen. Then you call into a phone number to hear us on a conference call with the other trainees. I'll show you features/tips/tricks according to the syllabus we send before hand coupled with the questions submitted. We'll take several breaks and stop for Q&A several times. Then we adjurn and I send you a outline of what we covered.

If you're interested just sign up for our newsletter and you'll hear when we've finalized schedules/pricing.

Doug Peterson,  Head of Technical Services
Capture Integration, Phase One & Canon Dealer  |  Personal Portfolio

[BlasR]

You sign up and pay a deposit by CC. A week before the training I contact you to do a quick test run to make sure everything will work from a technical point of view; we use a corporate screen sharing program which is highly cross compatible so it's really fool-proof, but we want to check in advance to ensure smooth sailing. We email the participants to get a list of topics and questions to add to our generic syllabus. We'll also send a link to download a few example files. Then on the day of the training we send you a username/password and you log in to a website. Then you see our computer screen. Then you call into a phone number to hear us on a conference call with the other trainees. I'll show you features/tips/tricks according to the syllabus we send before hand coupled with the questions submitted. We'll take several breaks and stop for Q&A several times. Then we adjurn and I send you a outline of what we covered.

If you're interested just sign up for our newsletter and you'll hear when we've finalized schedules/pricing.

Doug Peterson,  Head of Technical Services
Capture Integration, Phase One & Canon Dealer  |  Personal Portfolio

Thank you

I sign up

BlasR