Portrait studio camera/equipment Q's

Some studio portrait photography questions: Do the current ~6 MP DSLRs
(Nikon D70, Canon DReb/10D) offer enough quality to get decent 16x20
photographs?

Also, I would like to be able to send photos directly to a computer/monitor
for the subject/customer to view immediately so that they can OK the shots.
Do any of the cameras have this capability, either with a wired
configuration, or with a wireless (bluetooth?) option or add-on?

And I guess that would also bring up the question of what software apps are
available to handle the transfer of the photo to the computer.

Thanks!, Michael

"Michael" wrote in message

Some studio portrait photography questions: Do the current ~6 MP DSLRs
(Nikon D70, Canon DReb/10D) offer enough quality to get decent 16x20
photographs?

IMO, yes. You will have to resize and interpolate the image, but I've
printed up to 24x30 off the D60. You will be told that if you do this you
will have to view the image from the distance of a football field, but you
don't.

Also, I would like to be able to send photos directly to a
computer/monitor for the subject/customer to view immediately so that
they can OK the shots. Do any of the cameras have this capability,
either with a wired configuration, or with a wireless (bluetooth?)
option or add-on?

Some do. The Canons can using USB connection to the camera. I hook the
camera to a 13" TV for this purpose when the customer needs to make an
immediate selection. We've found it's best to schedule the customer back for
an order appointment and take time to sell the images.

And I guess that would also bring up the question of what software
apps are available to handle the transfer of the photo to the
computer.

Lots, but I use ACDSee to copy the files from the CF card to the computer.
The files are then renamed and rotated. I have 2 friends that use ACDSee to
sell the images as well. 3 1/2 years with no film. :-)
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Some studio portrait photography questions: Do the current ~6 MP DSLRs
(Nikon D70, Canon DReb/10D) offer enough quality to get decent 16x20
photographs?

yes



Also, I would like to be able to send photos directly to a
computer/monitor
for the subject/customer to view immediately so that they can OK the
shots.
Do any of the cameras have this capability, either with a wired
configuration, or with a wireless (bluetooth?) option or add-on?

with big bucks you can get a blue tooth enabled camera, but I don't know how
that works, direct to a monitor. I'm pretty sure that you can plug a
firewire to some cameras and view the images as shot just like they appear
on the back lcd.

Oh, check out express photo, its a package for event shooters and that's
what they do. shoot and it gets wired right to a laptop where the subjects
can view it and order the package.

for regular shooting I'd rather swap out a CF card. I don't want a subject
bouncing that much from focusing on communicating with the camera and then
breaking pose to look at the monitor.

Instant feedback is a great and powerful tool, I loved that about my old
medium format and polaroid. You'd shoot one, look at it, ask the subject
how they felt about it, offered some suggestions about adjusting the pose or
the mood. It made the subject a collabrative partner in the creative
process and that made them want, no, NEED to own the image and that sold as
many wall portraits as the projectors did.



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