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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samjimmy, post: 185718, member: 3813&quot;]The prints are certainly on the high side (to say the least) but note that high end digital equipment is anything but inexpensive.&nbsp; It&#039;s come down, in the last 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=12334" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=12334" rel="nofollow">digital back</a>.&nbsp; That&#039;s the cost of the *back* of the camera, not the camera itself, nor the lens.&nbsp; For redundancy, you should get two.&nbsp; Non-digital camera backs run ~$1,000 (and you need at least 3 if you have a quick assistant who can load and unload film as they&#039;re good for 12 shots).&nbsp; Here&#039;s a few <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=5517" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=5517" rel="nofollow">camera and some camera and lens packages</a> and just some <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=5518" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=NavBar&amp;A=search&amp;Q=&amp;ci=5518" rel="nofollow">lenses</a>.&nbsp; You need at least two cameras (at least) and <a href="http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CE1445.html?type=F3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CE1445.html?type=F3" rel="nofollow">some small lights</a> for traveling portrait shoots (monolights have their limits and while they are pretty versitile, but far from the end-all-be-all of lighting needs).&nbsp; Tripods, backgrounds, it never ends. And of course, that&#039;s just &quot;the stuff&quot; -there&#039;s a technical and artistic side to it (meaning all that stuff doesn&#039;t produce fantastic photographs by itself).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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