stillmation
November 4th, 2009, 10:58 AM
Hi All,
Rob Mitchell, professional photographer based in Belgium.
I've stumbled on this software whilst on a booth search.. So far nothing really portable is on offer over here in Belgium, this looks like my dream come true.
I've had the demo running on my EEEPC and within a few moments had my Nikon D3 snapping away and printing. Fabulous.
Then the search started, a robust but relatively cheap solution that I can build and use at events where I'm already the photographer for the day.
So far I've been gathering info on all aspects of getting this thing prototyped.
Camera, I was hoping a nice cheap D40 or D50 would suffice, alas, the minimum I seem to be able to use is a D5000 or D90.
Computer, after some digging around and talking to my PC supplier, an EEEPC seems the most cost effective and compact way to go.
Controls, I've seen people using the stealth switch, looks good. However I think I'm going to go the plastic token route. A quick chat to a local game's machine supplier and a Token activator switch seems the way to go.
A call to the UK and a USB controller seems the ideal interface for the switch and software.
Why tokens? Wedding parties can get carried away.. give everyone a token or 2 as they come in and they'll all get a fair share in the both. I can just imagine the kids running around and hammering the trigger button otherwise ;)
Printer, seems like plenty of options here, still looking into that really.
Lighting, I think either some tubelight and ambient shooting or some beam flash units behind the main panel. More looking needed for that.
So.. once my backlog of other work is done, I'm going to be getting into this.
Exciting...
Regards,
Rob.
Rob Mitchell, professional photographer based in Belgium.
I've stumbled on this software whilst on a booth search.. So far nothing really portable is on offer over here in Belgium, this looks like my dream come true.
I've had the demo running on my EEEPC and within a few moments had my Nikon D3 snapping away and printing. Fabulous.
Then the search started, a robust but relatively cheap solution that I can build and use at events where I'm already the photographer for the day.
So far I've been gathering info on all aspects of getting this thing prototyped.
Camera, I was hoping a nice cheap D40 or D50 would suffice, alas, the minimum I seem to be able to use is a D5000 or D90.
Computer, after some digging around and talking to my PC supplier, an EEEPC seems the most cost effective and compact way to go.
Controls, I've seen people using the stealth switch, looks good. However I think I'm going to go the plastic token route. A quick chat to a local game's machine supplier and a Token activator switch seems the way to go.
A call to the UK and a USB controller seems the ideal interface for the switch and software.
Why tokens? Wedding parties can get carried away.. give everyone a token or 2 as they come in and they'll all get a fair share in the both. I can just imagine the kids running around and hammering the trigger button otherwise ;)
Printer, seems like plenty of options here, still looking into that really.
Lighting, I think either some tubelight and ambient shooting or some beam flash units behind the main panel. More looking needed for that.
So.. once my backlog of other work is done, I'm going to be getting into this.
Exciting...
Regards,
Rob.