‘Which Dental Camera Should I Buy’? – GF006

This is THE most common question I get - 'Jaz, can you just tell me which camera to buy for dental photography, I am so confused!' I'm no mug when it comes to Dental photography, but I wanted to get a real expert to help answer this important question. I present to you Alessandro Devigus from Switzerland who owns the @dentist.camera Instagram page (which I love). https://youtu.be/q3VkbMLhsn8 Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! I was shocked that he recommended a Mirrorless set up - but I totally understand his rationale. Here are the links to the products he mentions: Budget Setup Nikon Z50 Mirrorless Camera Body - ensure the kit comes with a FTZ Nikon adaptor so it works with the lensNikon 85mm Macro Dx LensMieke Ring Flash for NikonBudget setup for excellent Dental Photography The 'Posh' Setup A Canon or Nikon Full Frame camera, with a 100mm macro lens and 2 x flashes mounted on a bracket - pick your favourite brand eg Nikon or Canon. It's all good! If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy the IMPORTANCE of taking photos in your Dental Journey, check it out! Click below for full episode transcript: Opening Snippet: Hello Protruserati. I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome to another group function. Today’s mission is to help you figure out, which camera to buy? Like I am absolutely inundated with messages and one of the messages I get is, “Jaz can just tell me which camera I should buy?” Like people we don't want to do all the homework and the research and why should you right? Jaz’s Introduction: Nowadays there’s too much variety there’s Sonys, there’s Nikons, there’s Canons, there’s a lot of variety and it can get very confusing to know which setup is for you especially when some gurus will recommend a 60 millimeter lens and others will recommend a 110 millimeter lens or something and a different ring flash and a bracket system. It can get really confusing especially if you’re buying your first camera.So I got an expert Dr Alessandro Devigus who owns the instagram page dentist.camera which is just brilliant right? Because what he shares is every dentist who’s passionate about photography they share their setup, what are they using on that instagram page. So definitely check that one out. The question I’m answering for you today guys is if you’re on a budget, you’re a new grad and you’re going to buy your first camera, which camera does Alessandro think you should buy and then also he’s answering the question if you are an established dentist in the sense that you’ve got a bit more money and you’re maybe looking to upgrade your set which is the bells and whistles one that he would advocate.Now bear in mind that Alessandro is team Nikon and I’m team Canon, so obviously he’s going to recommend Nikon right? So it’s totally cool honestly. When you get a Nikon or a Canon, it’s not going to make a world of difference at all. I would probably go with the setup that he recommends which I’ll keep in as a suspense for you obviously. The thing that people will probably also want to know is what is my setup, what am I using.Well I’m using a very old model. I bought this like eight years ago right? I’m using a canon 60d if I was getting my setup all over again if I was a new grad and instead of getting the 60d which was pretty good back then I’d probably now get the canon 850d, I’d get the 100 millimeter macro lens which is still the same one I have today and I’d get a ring flash. Now I know you can get twin flashes and you get the sexy line angles and stuff but I think when you’re starting out in photography you want consistency and you want to be able to take effective occlusal shots and you don’t have to faff around too much.So I think start with the ring flash. It was designed for this kind of stuff, it’s brilliant and it’s going to get you a lot of good shots and you cannot, you can even be artistic with it. You can actually detach the ring flash part and sort of p...