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Why I just invested on a 24mm Tilt-Shift Lens
Brasilnut:
Hey all, quick update here on my stock business! I’ve recently invested on a tilt-shift lens, more precisely a Samyang 24mm f3.5 T-S Lens Tilt & Shift ED AS UMC Manual Focus – Nikon Fit and in this blog post I’ll outline why I thought it was a good decision and perhaps it’s a niche piece of gear that you’ll also consider investing.
https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2022/07/12/why-i-just-invested-on-a-24mm-tilt-shift-lens/
Alex
cobalt:
Looks interesting. But is this effect not something you can create in photoshop?
Maybe it is a stupid question, architecture is not my forte.
cascoly:
--- Quote from: cobalt on July 12, 2022, 16:22 ---Looks interesting. But is this effect not something you can create in photoshop?
Maybe it is a stupid question, architecture is not my forte.
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true, but it takes more time, and often leads to distortion elsewhere.
as an aside, this kind of distortion (esp'ly with rows of columns, etc) is what wirestock rejects as 'composition errors' (even tho accepted by the major agencies
f8:
Respectfully, investing in gear is not worth it today. For example, I went to do a shoot for two days in a town near me, I know there is demand for content. My gas bill alone for two days in a campervan was $120. This does not include my time for photography X2 days or post production, metadata etc X2-3 hours. Even assuming a RPD of 0.50c that requires 240 downloads just to break even on gas alone. Food for thought.
Roscoe:
--- Quote from: CantFixStupid on July 12, 2022, 20:58 ---Respectfully, investing in gear is not worth it today. For example, I went to do a shoot for two days in a town near me, I know there is demand for content. My gas bill alone for two days in a campervan was $120. This does not include my time for photography X2 days or post production, metadata etc X2-3 hours. Even assuming a RPD of 0.50c that requires 240 downloads just to break even on gas alone. Food for thought.
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True, with an investment like that, you gotta sell a lot of images before start making profit. And it's even not that big of an investment.
On the other hand
-> New gear often triggers renewed enthusiasm which makes you shoot more and different subjects or compositions. And for most of us, microstock is a numbers game.
-> Most of us, and definitely in the travel/editorial part of the market where the Alex is very active in, shoot with rather versatile, popular multi-purpose lenses. A lot of people are doing the same thing. Having a niche gear specifically fit for what you are shooting improves the quality of your shot, and/or it opens up more creative options which can drastically increase the chance of having your shot noticed in very competitive parts of the market.
Is that enough for justifying the investment?
Maybe not, but I'm sure there's also a lot of fun involved here, and it keeps you going.
Do we really need all the gear we have? Food for thought. ;-)
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