--- In selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com, "BobC" <bobclsf@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Fred,
> I have shot the last of my film up and used my last prepaid proccesing mailers and looking for a digi camera for continuing my stock shooting that will produce images of a size and quality acceptible to publishers and my main agence. I have 7 mp camera but dont feel it is up to par.
>
> SO, i would like to know what point-and-shoot cameras
> you use for your stock production.
>
> thanks,
>
> Robert Clay
Robert, I am in a rather unique situation in that I both have a stock photo website (not really an agency) that licenses photos at high prices but I make most of my income marketing clip art images, which is where the point-and-shoot images come in handy. These two are a study in contrasts so what I do may have little to do with you, but my answer is that I use a Nikon S6000 as my point-and-shoot but go through these cameras like crazy and tend to have a different model every 3-6 months.
I really like the S6000 for it's color, which is the most important aspect of a point-and-shoot, IMO. I say that because those photos need to come off the camera ready to use; I don't want to spend any time adjusting RAW files or tweaking the color. Those images don't have to be perfect just interesting and pleasing.
With the Nikon S6000 I find that the captured image usually has more tonal range than I expected and that's a big plus. With some of my past Point-and-shoot cameras I often would be disappointed by the results once viewed on the computer, not so with the S6000.
I keep my point-and-shoot images separate from my DSLR images because I will not market my point-and-shoot photos the same way. I won't interpolate them up because of the small sensor and in-camera sharpening. I shoot JPEG's at the highest quality but quality is not job one with these photos, getting a wide variety of interesting and pleasing photos is.
I am very tempted by the Leica M9 or some of the other rangefinder-type cameras that are appearing these days but I really like the idea that with the point-and-shoot I have serious limitations. This keeps me from getting too caught up in trying to capture the perfect image and means I'm likely to get a larger quantity and variety of photos and enjoy the travel experience more.
There's one other big advantage to a point-and-shoot: when shooting editorial-style photos people ignore these cameras because they are everywhere and I end up with more natural looking photos.
Fred Voetsch
Group Moderator - Selling Stock Photography
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selling_stock_photography/
Owner - Acclaim Images, LLC
http://www.acclaimimages.com/
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