Hello folks. I am somewhat embarrassed to be writing this posts as I feel I am being like many I have tried to help in my area's of interest. To be completely honest I really have no great interest in photography other than my very select needs. I find that the images I am getting with my point and shoot are not bringing out the richness I desire and the color's never really seem to match. As the photo's I take are mostly business related and it is ALL about the image I find that I must up my game. Please do understand I by no means mean any offence or dispassion toward photography as I do take many thousands of pictures. My subjects are just very limited and my knowledge is non existent!!
I generally am very much a researcher and am an avid user of search functions on website. I however have no starting point or even point of reference as to what and where I should be researching. Hence my embarrassment in asking for help without dedicating the weeks of research I would normally dedicate to anything I do.
My needs are VERY limited. I take pictures of razor's. LOTS of pictures of razor's. The greater majority of them are of straight razor's and of ones I make myself. I run a razor restoration business online and the quality of the images I post are what draws my clients in. As I am unsure on the correct questions I should be asking I will simply state what comes to mind. Please don't mind my ignorance...
1. The objects I take pictures of are very close. I would not say "macro" close but close none the less.
2. The objects I take pictures of are often very high gloss with very rich detail in wood grains and color.
3. The objects I take pictures of ALL have metal's that are polished to a high shine.
4. MUST be simple to use and intuitive enough for a base line beginner.
Ok those are my "needs" In reality I understand that my wife will wish to use it for her needs as well. They are also basic. pic's of flowers and such. It would be nice if we could use it as well for night sky viewing as we are both astronomers. So I am guessing that the ability to swap an optic or two would be useful.
I am hoping for a budget of between $250 and $500 for everything. I understand additional optics are rather costly (some of our eyepieces for our scopes are well over the 1k price range) but feel that is something we could move toward should the need arise in the future.
Here are some of the razor's I have pic's of online at the moment. I have a bit of a light box that I will be using as well tho at this point I have little to no knowledge on it's us as well. I however am a fan of the right tool for the job before frustration set's in.
sorry for the long winded post. I hope I gave a bit of info that is useful and I am truly sorry if I have missed a thread that covers my needs as I really dont wish to be a bother in the least.
(I hope posting links is ok on this forum).
I generally am very much a researcher and am an avid user of search functions on website. I however have no starting point or even point of reference as to what and where I should be researching. Hence my embarrassment in asking for help without dedicating the weeks of research I would normally dedicate to anything I do.
My needs are VERY limited. I take pictures of razor's. LOTS of pictures of razor's. The greater majority of them are of straight razor's and of ones I make myself. I run a razor restoration business online and the quality of the images I post are what draws my clients in. As I am unsure on the correct questions I should be asking I will simply state what comes to mind. Please don't mind my ignorance...
1. The objects I take pictures of are very close. I would not say "macro" close but close none the less.
2. The objects I take pictures of are often very high gloss with very rich detail in wood grains and color.
3. The objects I take pictures of ALL have metal's that are polished to a high shine.
4. MUST be simple to use and intuitive enough for a base line beginner.
Ok those are my "needs" In reality I understand that my wife will wish to use it for her needs as well. They are also basic. pic's of flowers and such. It would be nice if we could use it as well for night sky viewing as we are both astronomers. So I am guessing that the ability to swap an optic or two would be useful.
I am hoping for a budget of between $250 and $500 for everything. I understand additional optics are rather costly (some of our eyepieces for our scopes are well over the 1k price range) but feel that is something we could move toward should the need arise in the future.
Here are some of the razor's I have pic's of online at the moment. I have a bit of a light box that I will be using as well tho at this point I have little to no knowledge on it's us as well. I however am a fan of the right tool for the job before frustration set's in.
sorry for the long winded post. I hope I gave a bit of info that is useful and I am truly sorry if I have missed a thread that covers my needs as I really dont wish to be a bother in the least.
(I hope posting links is ok on this forum).