Equipment For the Portrait Studio

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Equipment For the Portrait Studio

• Jerry Schmidt CMSU

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Start Up Equipment for a Portrait Studio

• Cameras
• Stands
• Lighting
• Backgrounds
• Darkroom
• Office

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Cameras

• Portrait photographers would find good use for
  both 35mm and medium format cameras.
• 35mm
• Candid work in journalistic style wedding
• Model portfolios
• Medium Format
• Larger negs produce improved quality and ease of
  handling
• Leaf type shutters
• Interchangeable film backs

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Cameras

• Mamiya
• RB 67
• RZ 67
• Mamiya Super 6x4.5
• Mamiya 6
• Mamiya C330

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Cameras

• Bronica
• ETRSI
• SQ AI
• SQ B
• GS-1

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Cameras

• Hasselblad
• 500C
• 500CM
• 501CM
• 501CW
• 500ELX
• 553ELX

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Cameras

• Fuji
• GA 645 ZI
• GX680 III
• GW670 III
• Pentax
• 6x7
• 6x4.5

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Lenses

• Wide Angle
• Normal
• Telephoto
• Long telephoto

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Meters

• Convenient incident metering
• Reflective meter for placing background density
• Flash and continous light
• Minolta, Sekonic, Gossen, Polaris

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Shades and Filters

• Lindal Bell-o-shade
• Nikon Soft 1
• Tallyn

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Lighting

• Photogenic
• Novotron
• Speedotron
• Norman
• White Lighting
• Calumet

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Light Modifying

• Photoflex
• Soft Box
• Reflectors
• Grid Spots
• Umbrellas

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Stands

• Tripods and camera stands
• Bogan
• Gitzo
• Arkay
• Cambo
• Light stands
• Photogenic
• Bogan
• Calumet
• Mathews
• Background System

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Backgrounds

• Pierce Backgrounds 612-884-1991
• Denny Backgrounds 800-235-7012
• Studio Dynamics 213-595-4273
• Omni 800-444-6771
• Owens Originals
• Off The Wall

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Vendors

• Calumet Photo 800- calumet
• Shillers
• IPAS
• Tallyn
• Abby Camera

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Other Sources

• Shutterbug
• Ebay