Today was “picture day” at work, where a photographer came in and took our pictures (separately, and as a group), supposedly for the website or something. But, I had to wear a suit today, so that was a bit of a bummer.
During the small talk that photographers seem to do, I asked him whether he was using an F5 (I saw its Nikon badge, so that helped narrow it down). However, it turns out that he was using a digital camera! Granted, this was no ordinary digicam, but Nikon’s D1X, a digital SLR. At $6,000 for the body alone (lenses are extra), the D1X is a very capable camera.
Interestingly enough, the D1X doesn’t have a huge resolution. It “only” has 5.33 Megapixels, and there are other 5 Megapixel cameras available from Nikon at less than a fifth of the price. Of course, the big difference is in confiigurability and picture quality. And, in many ways, I can relate to that sentiment. I’m also starting to look over digital cameras and, though I don’t typically need ultra-high resolution, I would like optimum picture quality.
Anyhow, the photographer had the camera setup with wireless triggers for external flash-stands (the flash hotshoe on the camera just had a box with an antenna). It was really quite a fascinating setup. And, I had wanted to talk to him more about his equipment, but when I came back after I thought all the photographs were completed, he had already left.
i’m surprised you guys just dont use those stock pictures of employees/groups that you’d see in computer currents or whatever the local computer magazine is nowndays.