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Hi Kory,

the only numbers I could find on the backing plate where '1580416'

but i bought the lens in august 09, barley used :( only reason why i put it at this price is because of the price of grey imports on ebay, its absurd!

However I've now decided to put all my gear up for sale for the time being to help the financial strain of starting a family :closedeyes:

Just cant justify having it all sitting there and I have barely touched it in the last 12 months, literally :down:

http://www.nissansilvia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=478328

Yeah i can imagine the strain it puts on you mate! At least you know it will hold it's value :)

It should have a code on the rear of the lens (on the polished mountining metal) just above where the back of the glass is there should be a number that says for e.g. UVXXXX or something like that. The second letter of that is the date code of the lens be it 2008/09/10 etc... :)

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OK peoples, who has done any kind of product photography before?

I've been asked to do some photography to showcase a new range of jewellery, and have no idea how much to quote for the job. I know that there are approximately 15 pieces to shoot, and it's scheduled for this Sunday afternoon. Any clues, people?

Also, I'll be taking two flashes, plenty of batteries, my camera (obviously), my laptop (so we can see results straight away), a tripod, and lenses (a nifty fifty, a 100mm f/2.8 Macro, and the 17-55mm f/2.8 - but I'll probably just shoot everything with the 100mm Macro). What else should I take along?

Any tips, too???

Thanks in advance!

Get some perspex for reflection underneath, get a light tent. You will need diffusion and a lot of it. Bounce the flashes. The hardest part will be reflections e.g. hotspots.

Don't expect it to be easy, it will be hard! Make sure focus is spot on, use a tripod and make sure you keep your shutter speed up around 1/125th on the tripod. Positioning the jewelery will be key too!

Don't underquote the job nick!

If you don't have a light tent you can make one from paper. Don't directly flash the jewellery. Don't position the flash where it's reflected on the jewellery. i've shot a few rings for a friend ages ago and it was painful. good luck.

Yep, I was planning to use either white cardboard or paper and bouncing flashes around to reduce shadows. Some of the shots will be straight product shots using the background, and some will be modelled by my cousin's wife, so it'll be mixed up a bit in that regard.

Kory, the problem with underquoting is that I'm not even sure what to base the pricing on, so should I quote based on a percentage of what the "professionals" quote at? I've seen pricing anywhere between $33 and $120 an hour from a bit of net research.

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Phew, managed to get those photos of jewellery sorted, and the person who I did the photos for is happy! It took a bit of PP work, but I learnt a fair bit from it, so it was a win-win situation.

It ended up being a shoot with all the jewellery being worn, and the "model" was my cousin's wife, who was responsible in getting me the job in the first place.

Just a side question for you. Wouldnt it have been better to show the models face? Show her expression wearing it. Wouldnt that be better for marketing also and sales I guess.

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Just a side question for you. Wouldnt it have been better to show the models face? Show her expression wearing it. Wouldnt that be better for marketing also and sales I guess.

LOL, Sidd I only posted those photos because I know the other guys are waiting for photos of my cousin's wife...

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