DebP

I am not a photographer, that said, I need to purchase a camera for a special project. This forum was recommended to me by a friend who is an avid outdoor photographer, as she thought someone might have a good idea for the equipment necessary.

In this special project I will have to take a picture of the inside floor of a commercial poultry house. A poultry house is like a long barn (60' x 500') with one end that can open to let some natural light in (light would be from behind the photograph) - otherwise, there are just regular electrical bulbs in the ceiling placed every 10' or so. The air can also be pretty dusty. This is not a glamour shot, just have to capture the bedding, feed trays and water lines.

The end result of the floor picture will be to have it blown up into a 10' x 10' mat that will be used as the floor of our booth at a poultry conference. I want the floor of the booth to look just like you are walking on the floor of a poultry house. The company that will be printing the floor mat says that the blown up picture should be at least 100 dpi.

Given all of the above, my question is: What kind of digital camera could do this job?

Thanks for your advise and recommendations!

Photocraig

2 suggestions
Get a pro to do the photograph. Any camera that will deliver the results you want will have a learning cure, seemingly steep for a non photographer.

If you must do the photography, consider renting or borrowing one. For a non photographer, ending up with a camera and lens of the quality and complexity required will be something you will be unlikely to use often.

See the first suggestion--sources: The local Newspaper advertising or A photojournalist on staff. They Always need money. Look for an "Editorial" photographer.

tomvanb Loc: Anthem, AZ

Hi, if you are not into photography I would recommend getting a professional to look at it, it looks like a major project, tom

Japakomom Loc: Originally from the Last Frontier

I agree, hire a professional. It will be done right and you do not have to learn a new camera/software.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

What's your budget.

Math78 Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Cheapest: Get the friend to take the picture.
Moderate cost, low risk: Hire a pro.
Most expensive and highest risk of failure: Buy new camera and lens for a DIY one-off project.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Deb, welcome to the Hog!!
I suggest you just do what you know how to do best....., just build a 10x10 floor, throw some bedding on it, and then bring in a few chickens for an hour to give the bottom a of your shoes that authentic feel!!! :lol:
Way better than trying to hire a weirdo of a photographer at the newspaper...., and I'm sure WAY cheaper too!! :lol:
Deb, again, welcome.
SS

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Welcome to our forum!

You won't need a specialized camera for that shot, but since it's being blown up so large, you'll want something with a good sensor and lots of megapixels. Use a tripod. Is it worth the expense of buying a camera to take one picture? You could rent one for a fraction of the cost. Tell them you want to blow up a shot to 10' X 10'.

http://www.lensrentals.com/?gclid=Cj0KEQiAg7ayBRD8qqSGt-fj6uYBEiQAucjOwSv-rbr-0EJGR4WTsI8ZdgT7lhBd83TBQwHYbWnC1XsaApyl8P8HAQ

As for the 100 DPI comment, that refers to printing - dots-per-inch - not photography

ole sarg Loc: south florida

Get ready to spend about $3,000 to get a camera and lens to do what you want to produce

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

10' x 10' !!! Wow. This looks like several separate exposures taken with a shift lens to eliminate parallax and then stitched together to form one image (unless he can take aerial shots).
To be honest, this was what was going through my head and probably not a feasible idea, or is it?

Impressionist

Welcome to the club. Being handed a special project with lack of knowledge in the craft is no way to become acquainted with something that could otherwise provide you with a most enjoyable trip into our world here.

Buy your friend a great dinner and ask her if she would do you a favor. Hire a professional for the project. Perhaps work something out at a school. A school project with credits as reward.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

If you want the 10' x 10' floor of your booth to look just like the floor of a poultry house you will need a high resolution photograph of a 10' x 10' piece of the poultry house floor. That will require that the camera be pointed straight down in order to avoid distortion. I suggest you hire a professional architectural photographer to do this. He/she will have the knowledge and equipment needed to do it right. And it will be much cheaper than buying a camera and lens capable of this work. And probably much safer.

rayford2 Loc: New Bethlehem, PA

I just wonder if a person could take one shot of a chicken house floor, say a 1' x 1', and blend 100 of these together in a photo program like photo shop.
Most chicken house floors I've seen look like a chicken poo rug.
No, I've never visited any commercial chicken cities. They're probably a lot cleaner than the ones I've seen, but I don't think there would be enough variety in detail to justify photographing the entire original floor.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

That's what I was thinking. If the floor looks too realistic nobody will come in.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

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