----- Original Message ----- From: "Axel Belinfante"
> of course, that studio usage may have been only a small part of > the total polaroid usage. Polaroid backs are rather big, clunky and inconvenient. They really only worked well in studio use, where lighting tends to not change until someone changes it. Remember that it is at least a minute from the time the exposure is taken until the picture was viewable. Even the istD was faster than that. The nice thing about Polaroids is that you get a relatively full sized picture. I used Polaroids quite a bit when I was doing product photography for a local agricultural instrument manufacturer, and I did find them quite useful in this application, since sometimes, no matter how good your plan is, you need to know you have it right since you often won't have the chance to do it again due to publication deadlines, and the art directors and layout people liked the prints for their layouts. Quite often I would have a set up in my studio and I would be sending Polaroids via courier to the client for their perusal prior to shooting the 4x5 inch chromes that would be sent to the printer. Now I'd just email them a jpeg. I don't think the review screen is as useful a tool as Polaroids, it's just too easy to miss stuff on the smallish screen. It's really no better than the viewfinder in many respects. I'm taking the files to the 21" desktop screen for review rather than depending on the camera review screen now when I'm shooting product. > and with digital you get the immediate feedback but (in general, > I guess) still not the immediate print. > I noticed that the passport photos that used to be made using > polaroids now also just come out of a printer these days. > The quickie studios are using digicams and dye subs. The studio I am working at right now is using Nikon D200s, and I set up a Photoshop action to create a correctly sized file which can be sent to the Noritsu printer. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
