A Festool Branded Camera and Tripod/light kit

[nickao]

I think A festool camera might be neat.

A high Quality Festool Branded  Camera and Tripod/light kit . The Kit can include everything you would need to take professional looking pictures of  woodworking and carpentry and designed with simplicity and ruggedness for a job site. Like a Festool, tough, but with Finesse.

I do not know what the "wish list" for the camera and other equipment would be. I am sure many of you can rattle some minimum specs required for a camera and the accessories to make up a nice starting kit for an amateur.

I am on this photography kick now, thanks vteknical.

Nickao

 

[Frank Pellow]

This would be a bad  move.  A big reason that Festool has been a success, is that they have stuck to the core competence and expanded upon it -not into wild unknowns like this.  And I would not want to see them slapping their "brand" unto items like this which would have to be made by other -T shirts and mugs are OK, but not photography.

But, maybe you are just joking with this suggestion.  ???

 

[mastercabman]

get a "leica"!  it's german!!

 

[Eli]

Yeah, there's a ton of good sh1t out there.

 

[johnny t]

yes, there is already a festool of cameras,
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/leicam8/

although you would have to sell your entire festool collection to buy it...

 

[vteknical]

Nick,
Happy to hear you are looking to give the pieces you create photographic justice!

Careful though, this can be a very expensive venture.  If you are looking to take good pictures you really don't need to spend a fortune.    PM if you are looking for local resources.

+Stay away from GRAY market stuff. 
+Buy from a credible dealer.

As for Leica, yes they are or were the Festool of camera's, I shot many pictures on my old M3.

 

[nickao]

Boy I got laughed at for this thread and you bring it back now!

Just for the people that laughed at me(which is why a lot of people are afraid to post in the first place) Panasonic makes what I think are the best cordless drills made, IMHO and all kinds of top of the line electrical equipment and proabaly some of the best plasma TV's made as well. SO a company can branch out and keep the quality. I was not joking, just throwing an idea out there and got slaughtered for it.

If photography for woodworking is as important as so many people here say, why wouldn't some top notch tool company come up with some other items designed specifically for woodworking pics. I see a huge market. As Victor says it is expensive and one could easily get overwhelmed and spend a lot of unnecessary money. Someone should put together a package(lighting set, camera, tripod, etc) to take pictures of furniture and small woodworking porojects, designed for the woodworker. Durable for a shop not a camera I ma afraid to bring in a dusty environment, etc. I see nothing wrong with it.

I am not going to be afraid to post passing thoughts  thinking they are a joke, so think what you want I thought it and wrote it down. Ever hear of the "pet rock" now that is a stupid idea. The guy only made 100 million dollars off of it.

Nickao

 

[turbogeezer]

nickao -

I second what underused said: "One thing I rely on the most is some sort of photoshop software".

I recommend Photoshop Elements (or Photoshop CS, if you have a Festool-level software budget).
Photoshop Elements is kind of Photoshop Lite - it has about 80% of the functionality at a small fraction of the cost of the Big Guy.
No matter what camera, what lighting - this $80 program can still do wonders to either fix flaws or just make things look better.

 

[monte]

Nick, your actually spot on.

The elements that would suspend backdrops could be intergrated with the mft tables to lock them in.

There would be a sustainer with the lighting elements with the plug-it cords

A sustainer with all the backdrop support extentions & tripods.

A sustainer with different backdrops and fold up umbrellas to reflect the light.

and so on...........

 

[monte]

opps,

lurking behind anything to do with an electrical connection is that.......

U L  A P P R O V A L   

 

[vteknical]

Nick,
I suspect many individuals that are members of this forum will buy the upper end of photo equipment anyway.  Compromising is not in this Forum's DNA. The object for a newbie to any new endevour is to quickly get through the learning curve of purchasing critical items only once.  Tough really because as a newbie you don't realize what's important until you commit and start using the equipment. 

Lucky for you there is a local resource that will help upfit you with equipment for your needs.
www.calumetphoto.com  or
for reasonably priced flash units www.alienbees.com

 

[Bob Swenson]

Nickao,
I think that this is a golly good Idea.

Perhaps Festool could also sell spray cans of Festool green paint
that we can use on all our Festool jigs.
Green is in.  :

And Festool green pea soup.

On cold days woodworkers would cry for it.

The list goes on.

Bob

 

[Michael Kellough]

Nick,
I suspect many individuals that are members of this forum will buy the upper end of photo equipment anyway.  Compromising is not in this Forum's DNA. The object for a newbie to any new endevour is to quickly get through the learning curve of purchasing critical items only once.  Tough really because as a newbie you don't realize what's important until you commit and start using the equipment. 

Lucky for you there is a local resource that will help upfit you with equipment for your needs.
www.calumetphoto.com  or
for reasonably priced flash units www.alienbees.com

Then why do so many continue to use PC's?  ;D
Sorry Nick et all, couldn't resist.

 

[Per Swenson]

I jes can't help myself

 

[nickao]

Still making fun  :'(

 

[Amateur]

Nick,
If you want the warmth of the wood to come out in the picture, you have to take the picture in natural light with a Leica. There is no finer lens that a lens made with Leica glass.