Doug -
Don't fall over yourself making excuses. They're not biases. They are reference points of relevant information. Everyone understands where you work and what you do. And the information you provide to this forum has been valuable for many members. Of course..... I am biased.
Steve Hendrix
Steve,
Take what I said as sort of a joke, because we know Doug, you and most dealers are very pro their own brands. You guys mention Leaf/Phase, another dealer mentions Leica and we all know what you guys sell, regardless of what the signature says.
I don't expect Doug to mention that the Hasselblad has a removable prism, or true focus any more than I expect you to say it's taken Phase 3 to 4 years to get the Mamiya with just a right angle grip like the Contax.
Regardless, your information is appreciated, but I don't think it takes into account the changes professional image making is facing.
The point I'm making, if there is a point, is from my view and only my view professional image making has gone through a major shift of what clients expect.
We just came back from a month's project shooting mostly digital motion and stills.
Though this was a large, well budgeted project it definitely would not have come my way had we not offered high end motion as well as high end still imagery.
The previous large project we shot was still based, but the agency/client requested motion imagery. Two years ago the still imagery would have received 75% of the attention and 75% of the post production work, but in this case it flipped 180 degrees, to the point two months later we are still cutting video's from the project and the retouched still imagery was delivered two weeks after the project.
That's a huge shift in our industry.
I'll admit on the plus side both of you guys give good information regarding the brands you represent, but as you and I know the idea is to sell your brand . . . nothing wrong about that. I sell our studio's brand everyday.
The only thing I see in this forum and most of your related posts is it's not a complete reflection of the changes in the professional industry.
The equipment (cameras) we used (RED) were very close in price to the top of the line digital backs though did a lot more, shooting motion, sound, movement all with continuous lights. Those parameters of the project don't always fall in line with medium format still cameras, especially using continuous lights and the need for high iso in the still imagery to match the motion sessions.
Maybe you can relate this information to the respective manufacturers you represent, because as I go forward to buying new equipment, I'd love to know if Phase, Leaf, Hasselblad plan on a cmos based, live view medium format camera and/or back.
That would go a long way to helping decide where I and others plan to place our expenditures, because moving to motion has changed where we place our money and how we make our overall plans.
In regards to information, I know the representative makers of cameras don't want to tip their hand to the competition, but sometimes the lack of future transparency works against them because I won't spend money today if everything is going to change tomorrow?
IMO
BC
