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Photographers / videographers your set up?
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Aside from thorough after-sales repair maintenance service, I need the dynamic range, high ISO capability and ability to use a 17L and 24L tilt shift, those gorgeous Canon 50/1.2 and 100Ls and my adapted Zeiss lenses on a full frame body. Good thing there's something for everyone's need / use base, eh?
How's the 50mm f/1.2L? I've been on the fence for one for a while now. The 1.8 is ok, through 1.4usm is flakey, first ones had took a minor spill to never focus right again, the second was DOA.
The L irks me due to it's notorious issues for it's price. There is always the 85 1.4l is with extender tubes I guess. But I'm missing a decent 50.
I just had a 70-200 f/2.8 is II come in yesterday that I've been waiting to pick up for years
I use the same setup in the studio, office and on location. It consists of a MBP mid '15 2.8/16/500, 27" Cinema Display, GTech Mini externals and use CaptureOne v11 and Adobe CC'18 to tether and process images.
The kind of Mac or PC that you need will depend on what kind of photography/video that you intend to work on with it. Almost any Mac can work with JPEG photos or small RAW files pretty well. 1080p video too. Performance only gets critical when you're using pro-level DSLRs and/or 4K/8K video.
Now... I'm primarily a 3D graphics guy, and while I do the odd traditional photo/video shoot (usually a wedding or sports event), most of my work these days involves photographically 3D Scanning objects that are intended for either printing, or use in a game. So my performance needs are quite a bit higher than most.
1) Cameras:
Nikon D750 and a Nikon D850. Plus associated lighting equipment, high-end ring-flash (for scanning), green/blue screens, tripods, and an external video recorder.
2) Lenses:
Nikon 20mm, 28mm, 50mm,and 105mm prime lenses. The only zoom lens that I use regularly is Nikon's newest 70-200 1:2.8.
3) Computers:
2017 MacBook Pro + LG 5K display.
Useful when on the road, but struggles a bit with the large RAW files that the above cameras generate due to only having 16GB of RAM. Primarily gets used by my kids for creative projects when I'm at home. Edits HD and 4K video just fine.
4) Home-built 4-Core i7 PC w/32GB of RAM, Twin GTX1080Ti cards. –This is the computer that I use for VR (HTC Vive), gaming, and the odd performance-hungry Windows app, such as 3D Studio Max.
5) An old Mac Mini –This is the dedicated machine that runs my two 3D Printers.
6) 10-Core iMac Pro w/1TB SSD, 16Gb Vega 64 GPU, and 128GB of RAM.
This is my primary work computer, and I need every bit of that RAM when I'm doing photogrammetry work. My last scan required it to process 160 separate 46-megapixel RAW photographs of a model, along with another 160 TIFF masks of the object made in After Effects from the green-screen backgrounds of those photos. PhotoScan (the app I use) hit 107GB of memory use on that run. My most memory-hogging scan to-date hit 170GB of RAM.
To the iMP, I've attached two external 5K monitors (one of which can be input-switched to the PC). I've also attached an external GPU box with an RX580 inside. This runs my 27" Wacom Cintiq, which I use for photo retouching and painting in Photoshop, or for the cleaning/editing of 3D scans in ZBrush. It also helps the iMP's Vega GPU with computations in PhotoScan.
In addition, I've got a 41" LG 4K TV mounted above my workstation, so that clients/guests who aren't wearing the PC's VR headset can still spectate.
Data storage is starting to be a problem as my number of Photogrammetry jobs increase. I'm currently using 12GB of external Hard Drives, but will soon need to move to a proper RAID array. Anybody know of a quiet one?
Now... I'm primarily a 3D graphics guy, and while I do the odd traditional photo/video shoot (usually a wedding or sports event), most of my work these days involves photographically 3D Scanning objects that are intended for either printing, or use in a game. So my performance needs are quite a bit higher than most.
1) Cameras:
Nikon D750 and a Nikon D850. Plus associated lighting equipment, high-end ring-flash (for scanning), green/blue screens, tripods, and an external video recorder.
2) Lenses:
Nikon 20mm, 28mm, 50mm,and 105mm prime lenses. The only zoom lens that I use regularly is Nikon's newest 70-200 1:2.8.
3) Computers:
2017 MacBook Pro + LG 5K display.
Useful when on the road, but struggles a bit with the large RAW files that the above cameras generate due to only having 16GB of RAM. Primarily gets used by my kids for creative projects when I'm at home. Edits HD and 4K video just fine.
4) Home-built 4-Core i7 PC w/32GB of RAM, Twin GTX1080Ti cards. –This is the computer that I use for VR (HTC Vive), gaming, and the odd performance-hungry Windows app, such as 3D Studio Max.
5) An old Mac Mini –This is the dedicated machine that runs my two 3D Printers.
6) 10-Core iMac Pro w/1TB SSD, 16Gb Vega 64 GPU, and 128GB of RAM.
This is my primary work computer, and I need every bit of that RAM when I'm doing photogrammetry work. My last scan required it to process 160 separate 46-megapixel RAW photographs of a model, along with another 160 TIFF masks of the object made in After Effects from the green-screen backgrounds of those photos. PhotoScan (the app I use) hit 107GB of memory use on that run. My most memory-hogging scan to-date hit 170GB of RAM.
To the iMP, I've attached two external 5K monitors (one of which can be input-switched to the PC). I've also attached an external GPU box with an RX580 inside. This runs my 27" Wacom Cintiq, which I use for photo retouching and painting in Photoshop, or for the cleaning/editing of 3D scans in ZBrush. It also helps the iMP's Vega GPU with computations in PhotoScan.
In addition, I've got a 41" LG 4K TV mounted above my workstation, so that clients/guests who aren't wearing the PC's VR headset can still spectate.
Data storage is starting to be a problem as my number of Photogrammetry jobs increase. I'm currently using 12GB of external Hard Drives, but will soon need to move to a proper RAID array. Anybody know of a quiet one?
One of my favourite lenses and a big reason (other than my wife being an ardent Canon-only shooter, she always hated my D800Es) why I made the switch to Canon to consolidate our studio hardware.
It’s fantastic in every way other than AF not being lightning quick. Hands down my most used lens, for portraits, interiors, food, whatever.
Updated my stuff a few months back . Still have the machine in post 7. Still runs great , but I decided to consolidate the PC I use for the part time consulting nonsense I'm involved in with something I can use for photo editing and will be reasonably up to date for a while . Sure would have liked an upgradable Mac , like an updated cheese grater , but Cook,Ive & Co. are too busy innovating to produce one , so I ended up with a HP Z240 ... i7 6700k , 32 Gb ram , 960Gb 960EVO , 3TB , 4TB document and photo backups via bvckup ,WX3100 graphics , optical (!) , firewire (!)(got a couple of FW externals),Logitech wired backlit keyboard , internal SD reader , lots of ports , Z30i 30" monitor . Same software as the machine in post 7 . Win 7 just because I'm using some Autodesk stuff that's not supported under Win 10 . Still have an Air and a 2013 rMBP set up to do light edits for when I travel .
Just a hobbyist here, but I use a base 2017 5K iMac, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, with an external HDD for backups. I use Lightroom 6 and work with 20MP RAW from my D5300. No complaints for my casual use. The big display is great for not having to zoom in and out like I did before with my cMP and 21" monitor.
Moving office over the summer so will post some pics of our studio computer setup once the concrete’s been poured and the LAN cables lain!