Lord_Vader
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They typically use Nikon entry level or slightly above equipment in the parks due to the extremely high volume of photographs they take and the expected life of a shutter on a DSLR as well as the wear on lenses. In general I find the photos a step or two below my old camera (Canon 50D) and way below what my current camera (Canon 70D) are capable of but I don't have to carry my 2lb camera and 5lb lens around with me all day, add flashes, tripods, etc. into the mix and I am in the photos to boot.
Overall I believe based on my experiences the price is worth the photos you get, local studios charge $250 for a photo-CD using slightly better equipment and semi-professional photographers plus sitting fees to get 20-30 shots in a studio, whereas I get Disney vacation photos of the entire family for up to two weeks for $169 and includes attraction photos.
I agree with you completely though, if they hired photographers that enjoy being photographers, provided better equipment the results would be substantially improved. We have run into great photographers during our visits, namely AK and HS that take their jobs seriously and go out of their way to take great shots and NEVER use a tripod except in low-light situations. These photographers make all the difference with the shots they take, the extra time they give each guest always makes it worth waiting the extra few minutes it may take to get our turn. The average PP+ photographer on Main St. USA seems to be simply going through the motions much of the time and I attribute that to the extremely high volume of customers they see in a given shift, they just want to keep the lines down.
I am personally hoping they have the MB issues resolved when we get there in December, they were not working in August and we had to backtrack a few times when my son would ride an attraction without us or we would split up so we could have them added.
