thanks again, really appreciate all your time on this....the pic of the cowboy has that special 'thing' i speak of in the following.....
......weddings are NOT the only way we make money with a camera....its one way but I think it will be one of the most 'challenging' ways - cos of all the pressure shooting at a wedding entails, plus all the types of ambients we'll shoot in.....
......as a fact, we havent shot our first one yet but we have about 5 weddings booked now....people are booking us cos of our fashion and portrait work on
www.ulookfierce.com (please take a look if you can)
.....I'm trying to determine whether its a bit dumb to use a Hasselblad at weddings or whether it will give us that something extra other people cant give or not......I would still use the Nikon too though, needless to say.....the idea being to use the Nikon D300 plus a Hasselblad H3D-31 or a D700 or D3x.
.....Im a designer and I, more and more now, shoot my own stuff for my clients - company brochures,etc. etc. My main client being
www.gibraltar-stamps.com who I do all the design work for incl. the web site and actual stamps....one area they're getting more into now is Gibraltar coins so I'll have to shoot plenty of them soon enough too.....
......as an extra business to do something we both love, as I mentioned earlier, my wife and I created our
www.ulookfierce.com business (have a look through the site please, all shot on D300 except for the old stuff - square pics shot with Hasselblad 503CW and 80mm lens years ago)...
...again, the debate is IF we bought a Hasselblad would we have an advantage over the competition for that side of things.....could we offer that 'thing' that's so obviously better but people wont know why its better....if you know what I mean....
so, in current economic climate THE question is.....ex-demo H3D-31 (NOT the H3DII-31) with 50-110mm OR perhaps a 100mm + 50mm OR Nikon D3x OR D700 bringing it into the 'family' with the Nikon glass I already have....
....the Nikon option IS cheaper but will the latter not give us that 'thing' Im after to make things special.....
one thing....I use and make decisions on my shots based on what im seeing on the back of the camera....Nikons have the 3" screen and the Hassy 31 will have the smaller 2" screen as its not the generation II model...
.....is the screen good enough to use during a shoot....I normally use a Hasselblad magnifier over the Nikon camera screen to view things without being hindered by too much daylight.....its a very bright part of the world Im from after all....normally im fighting to dial things down as opposed to the other way round....too much sun....
