>Hopelessly retro old tech Jan ;)
>
>I recently supplied some bikes for a photoshoot that Worth magazine
>(part of Robb Report?) did and that studio was using cameras that had a
>wireless digital hookup to their computers and Photoshop. Megabucks but
>the results were astonding and instantaneous.
>
>Of course with a magazine art director involved, when the photos wind up
>in the magazine... well.. we'll see...
>
>Chuck Schmidt 3/4
>South Pasadena, Southern California
>
>.
The cost of a top digital camera rental would have been more than
all the film, development and scanning of the medium-format one...
about $ 10,000 for 10 days! Also, it was hard enough to get a good
power source for the flash lights in the various sheds, barns and
garages where we set up the studio... let alone a computer. So we
went with the tried and true, especially since the photographer has
25 years of experience of photographing motorbikes with this
equipment.
As Mick Butler pointed out, outdoor action shots are a different
thing altogether. You don't expect to see every detail of the crank's
engraving in an atmospheric shot of a racer zooming by!
--
Jan Heine, Seattle
Editor/Publisher
Vintage Bicycle Quarterly
c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles
140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C
Seattle WA 98122
http://www.mindspring.com/