Your contemptuous remarks about professionals are strange given that you described the person as your client and claimed this client was a high end professional.

The point I am making is that it is ironic that a guy whose business is based on high-end professionalism in a field that is dominated by DIY folks and part timers is not applying the same logic to his needs for photos.

My neighbor, who is a high end carpenter, does not care if I cut a board. But to promote his work he wants the best possible images and hires a professional photographer. (Not me, by the way, I am an amateur. But I know photographers who specialize in that sort of work.) My mechanic doesn't care if I change my own oil, either.

Beyond that, it might be a smart business decision to bring in a pro rather than spend money and time buying and learning to use photographic equipment.

Why not pass on my suggestion to your friend and let him decide whether or not my commentary was useless?

Mike

I've got a client that is in the Landscaping business. Not a mow-and-blow guy, rather high end commercial design, installation and maintenance. I'd like to use photos of his actual work for his web site and marketing materials, but everything he sent me, and all he has, was shot with his iPhone, complete with dirty lense.

He's asked me what kind of camera to purchase for better shots I can use. I was originally thinking of having him grab a Rebel kit, but even that is likely more complicated than he's going to spend time figuring out.

I do want him to be able to shoot RAW+JPG so I can correct the exposure and white balance of the photos he takes. The photos will mainly be used for his web site, blog articles and email campaigns. I doubt large prints will be an issue, he can hire a local pro for that level.

So, I'm thinking:

Something that shoots RAW+JPG
Moderate optical zoom
Behaves decently on "Auto" but offer aperture priority mode.
Tough enough travel with him, though I don't think weather sealing is a big issue.

I shoot Canon, but am brand-agnostic for this application.

We haven't discussed budget, but I know he likes to do things "right" rather than skimp and I told him it could cost $500 to $1000 and he wasn't taken aback by that.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

-Ed G.

I've got a client that is in the Landscaping business. Not a mow-and-blow guy, rather high end commercial design, installation and maintenance. I'd like to use photos of his actual work for his web site and marketing materials, but everything he sent me, and all he has, was shot with his iPhone, complete with dirty lense.

He's asked me what kind of camera to purchase for better shots I can use. I was originally thinking of having him grab a Rebel kit, but even that is likely more complicated than he's going to spend time figuring out.

I do want him to be able to shoot RAW+JPG so I can correct the exposure and white balance of the photos he takes. The photos will mainly be used for his web site, blog articles and email campaigns. I doubt large prints will be an issue, he can hire a local pro for that level.

So, I'm thinking:

Something that shoots RAW+JPG
Moderate optical zoom
Behaves decently on "Auto" but offer aperture priority mode.
Tough enough travel with him, though I don't think weather sealing is a big issue.

I shoot Canon, but am brand-agnostic for this application.

We haven't discussed budget, but I know he likes to do things "right" rather than skimp and I told him it could cost $500 to $1000 and he wasn't taken aback by that.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

-Ed G.

Captain,

The TG-5 shoots JPEG+RAW and does it well. More importantly, for your situation, it has an incredibly good full automatic setting. For mine, I bought the accessory that adds the ability to screw on a protective filter. The TG-5 is rugged, but a lens is a lens. I can clean the filter with a shirtsleeve and I can lose the lens cap. When I scratch the filter I can screw on a new one.

Regarding "quality", the small TG-5 sensor with the camera's brains will do more than enough for websites and brochures.

Here are some sample TG-5 full automatic to RAW with Lightroom post processing images: https://adobe.ly/2ETIedP

I've got a client that is in the Landscaping business. Not a mow-and-blow guy, rather high end commercial design, installation and maintenance. I'd like to use photos of his actual work for his web site and marketing materials, but everything he sent me, and all he has, was shot with his iPhone, complete with dirty lense.

He's asked me what kind of camera to purchase for better shots I can use. I was originally thinking of having him grab a Rebel kit, but even that is likely more complicated than he's going to spend time figuring out.

I do want him to be able to shoot RAW+JPG so I can correct the exposure and white balance of the photos he takes. The photos will mainly be used for his web site, blog articles and email campaigns. I doubt large prints will be an issue, he can hire a local pro for that level.

So, I'm thinking:

Something that shoots RAW+JPG
Moderate optical zoom
Behaves decently on "Auto" but offer aperture priority mode.
Tough enough travel with him, though I don't think weather sealing is a big issue.

I shoot Canon, but am brand-agnostic for this application.

We haven't discussed budget, but I know he likes to do things "right" rather than skimp and I told him it could cost $500 to $1000 and he wasn't taken aback by that.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

-Ed G.

Landscaping is a tough business and a camera may spend a lot of time in the glovebox of a Ford F150.
So get an Olympus Tough TG-5.
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