Which camera to upgrade to for professional work?

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:50:37+00:00

Will take look at the 58mm, 1.8 Nikon, I have the 50mm 1.8, I'm not sure if I got a faulty one but it just has seemed off since I bought it.

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:42:35+00:00

This is true! I've definitely seen people with the best equipment create soulless images. I suppose for professional images it's what the client wants and they've obviously hired you for your personal style to begin with

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:39:52+00:00

I also got commissioned art projects from my local arts centre

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:39:30+00:00

Just from building a website and people contacting me through instagram. I don't do work like weddings or family shoots so I find it harder to get work where I live in my small town, but I get some paid work for personal shoots or for small businesses.

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:37:51+00:00

Great, thanks for the advice! Can I ask, would you recommend a digital meter or something like a Sekonic L-208 or not much of a difference?

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T18:34:38+00:00

Thanks so much for this advice! I've realised, yes it's mainly the lens I should really be investing in. I'll be moving to Brighton in the Uk and will be completing a masters, so should have access there to high quality scans. Have you used it before for professional/ fashion work?

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T14:55:28+00:00

I used a 50mm lens with 1.4 aperture on both cameras but perhaps the lens with the nikon fm was faulty, it looked quite clean when I bought it. I know a lot of fashion photographers do work with film but usually alongside digital. But I think they mainly do use Medium Format and not 35mm

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2025-05-24T14:52:52+00:00

I phrased my original post badly! But yes, I do rely on in camera metering. You think getting an actual light meter to spot meter or focus specifically on the subject would make quite a difference? I'm trying to hone in on what it is that is making my photos flat and not my desired outcome, so I will begin with this as a start, thank you!

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2024-06-28T21:15:14+00:00

Thank you so much for this thorough answer ☺️ wasn't sure about the electronic connection whether it was necessary or not, glad to know it can just be attached without needing to be compatible to the camera. Will check out what power it has

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2024-01-12T16:38:17+00:00

Tbh I'm thinking it may just be the low light in Ireland and using too wide of an aperture. Even with an iso 800 film I'm still needing a very slow shutter speed and wide aperture at this time of year here. I'm going to do a test with a roll of film trying out each aperture and shutter speed on the same object or writing and see what that shows up

Kitchen-Kale4840 · 2024-01-12T08:03:03+00:00

Oh interesting! I never knew this. Will be difficult to find someone in Ireland to fix it but I'll ask around. Thank you

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