Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: thanks for the advice mike! my business owes exactly ZERO dollars. I don't even have debtors accounts with my labs. I am still too small to do that, and actually it is a really safe way to run things. If my customers disappeared tomorrow, I would owe

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
gone off babbling again, but i hope it all makes sense, and PLEASE correct me if i am wrong! lol. tan. - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 4:16 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field Hi, Tanya Mayer

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Mainly because to date, most of my work is locally, and as I explained yesterday, we are in drought and there is very little disposable income in these parts. This will change in the coming months when I really begin to travel on a regular basis as I can

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-06 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
, writing the code, uploading etc... tan. - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 9:22 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Mainly because to date, most of my work is locally

RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom, Do you tend to fill all the cards on 1 wedding? No. What would the average number of shots be? 1000. tv

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
per wedding?!!?!? are you kidding me?!!?!?!? I shoot 150-200 USUALLY, up to 300 if it is a HUGE celebration... tan. - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] per wedding?!!?!? are you kidding me?!!?!?!? I shoot 150-200 USUALLY, up to 300 if it is a HUGE celebration... You're probably too busy doing eveyone's makeup and washing the limo. You shoot 200 frames

Re[4]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Bruce Dayton
Haven't shot any on digital yet, but on film (67 camera) I would shoot in the neighborhood of 300 and deliver 200-250 as proofs. I would expect to shoot quite a bit more on digital, because there is not any real extra cost and I can work/shoot faster than with the 67. Bruce Thursday,

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
and interesting stuff... tan. - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] per wedding

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
... tan. - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] per wedding?!!?!? are you

RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tom, i will shoot around 200-230 and deliver average of 200, sometimes 150-180 if they're on a budget... of which, an average of 30-40 are then chosen for their album, and they get to keep the rest of

RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sooo, I guess, if you count the hours, it is an average of around 10 hours for a full wedding, and let me tell you, the smells of the yummy food at the reception make sure that I am generally STARVING by

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Thursday, Dec 4, 2003, at 06:41 America/New_York, Herb Chong wrote: there have been a few articles out now that basically say that digital cameras, once you keep good battery warming habits, are better for very cold weather shooting than film cameras because you don't have to worry about

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Thursday, Dec 4, 2003, at 06:42 America/New_York, Herb Chong wrote: i have one too. it doesn't hold enough cards and is larger than a soft case. I use a small Hakuba holder with a clamshell design. Each half of the clamshell holds a CF card (or other media depending on model) and there's a

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote (on Fri, 3 Oct 2003 04:25:11 +1000): snip indirect marketing and word of mouth are your best friends in a small town snip They are your best friends anywhere. It is because you are a small business. My company (five people) gets most of its custom from

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
]: card storage in the field -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes, I will get a really generous couple who *force* me to sit at one of their guests tables and eat a meal during the reception (which even though I am usually

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
things pan out, looks likes Stan might be shopping for me on that one!) tan. - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 5:29 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote (on Fri, 3 Oct

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Tanya Mayer Photography
Subject: RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field -Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Those are cool shots, I'll bet that she'll love them! BUT, I think it was Bruce(?) who posted about the different markets etc? I went and looked

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Hi Tom, I like your shots you posted here. Can you share the specifics so I can learn a little? Were these shots with the *istD? What lens/aperture? How did you do the lighting in this case, was it bounced or direct/semi-direct? What flash if any? Thanks, rg Hmm. I throw out 2/3 of

wedding shooting rates (was Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field)

2003-12-05 Thread Butch Black
per wedding?!!?!? are you kidding me?!!?!?!? I shoot 150-200 USUALLY, up to 300 if it is a HUGE celebration... tan. When I was doing weddings we would shoot 350-500 frames and probably cull 50 or so for obvious flaws. We also worked from bride prep to near the end of the reception for an 8-12

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Herb Chong
you spelled it right and that is what it is. Herb - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field what the bloody hell is a triptych?!?! It's a layout with 3 pics

RE: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Tanya Mayer Photography [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] tom also said: I suspect at some point you're going to have to make some tough decisions. If you did 26 gigs this year, and have 18 lined up for next year, I would suspect you're on track for 45 or 50

RE: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Robert Gonzalez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Tom, I like your shots you posted here. Thanks. Can you share the specifics so I can learn a little? Were these shots with the *istD? No, 10D. What lens/aperture? 16-35/2.8 @ 16mm, manual, f/4, 1/8,

Re: Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-05 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
Thank you for the compliment. I must tell you though that almost all of them were done while I was second shooter/assistant. There is no stress of having to get THE SHOTS, so you can cherry pick. I wouldn't worry about how many shots you are currently taking to cover a wedding. You need enough

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Herb Chong
03, 2003 10:44 PM Subject: RE: card storage in the field Herb, the *ist D manual says to not use the camera in weather that cold.

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Herb Chong
i have one too. it doesn't hold enough cards and is larger than a soft case. Herb... - Original Message - From: John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:47 PM Subject: Re: card storage in the field I bought one of those little micro

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Herb Chong
computer. Herb... - Original Message - From: Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:01 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field I use 2 512 meg cards and an X-drive with 60 gig capacity. I keep one card in the camera and the other

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Herb Chong
one bag for both full and empty or one for each? Herb... - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:32 AM Subject: RE: card storage in the field I just use a ziploc. tv

RE: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread tom
, 2003 8:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: card storage in the field one bag for both full and empty or one for each? Herb... - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:32 AM Subject: RE: card storage

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Christian Skofteland
If you shoot RAW, how many images can you store on 16 card? Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: RE: card storage in the field Usually I try and bring 2 bags

RE: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Christian Skofteland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you shoot RAW, how many images can you store on 16 card? 1400 or 1500. tv

Re[2]: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Bruce Dayton
] Subject: Re: card storage in the field one bag for both full and empty or one for each? Herb... - Original Message - From: tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:32 AM Subject: RE: card storage in the field I just use a ziploc. tv

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-04 Thread Leon Altoff
that if the battery life on them isn't too much different from a portable computer, i would rather have a portable computer. Herb... - Original Message - From: Leon Altoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 2:01 AM Subject: Re: card storage in the field I use 2

card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Herb Chong
how do people transport their memory cards and keep them handy for replacement when one gets full? i have a 4G Microdrive in the camera now, a 1G and two 512M cards. i plan to get a second 4G MicroDrive and another 1G memory card because the MicroDrives really shouldn't be used in very cold

RE: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Len Paris
Herb, the *ist D manual says to not use the camera in weather that cold. Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 -Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: card storage in the field

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread John Francis
how do people transport their memory cards and keep them handy for replacement when one gets full? i have a 4G Microdrive in the camera now, a 1G and two 512M cards. i plan to get a second 4G MicroDrive and another 1G memory card because the MicroDrives really shouldn't be used in very cold

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Stan Halpin
on 12/03/03 9:12 PM, Herb Chong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how do people transport their memory cards and keep them handy for replacement when one gets full? i have a 4G Microdrive in the camera now, a 1G and two 512M cards. i plan to get a second 4G MicroDrive and another 1G memory card

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I've done likewise ... Sony made a nice brushed aluminum one for their memory sticks, and maybe they've got something similar for the CF or Micro drives now that they're using them. The one I have has compartments for the cards on either side, or, if needed, the compartment on one side can be

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Whoops! http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/case1.jpg http://home.earthlink.net/~scbelinkoff/case2.jpg

Re: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yes ... that's the other one I was thinking of, but couldn't recall the name. Stan Halpin wrote: I have a small aluminum sided flat box that holds four CF cards in padded slots, two on each side. Fits nicely in shirt pocket, back pocket, camera bag, whatever. Says Hakuba on the side. Maybe

RE: card storage in the field

2003-12-03 Thread tom
-Original Message- From: Herb Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] how do people transport their memory cards and keep them handy for replacement when one gets full? I just use a ziploc. tv