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 WGAN FanClub Member Buffalo, New York |
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| My primary function is that of a 3D virtual tour photographer. however I don't have a DSLR or full-frame camera but my question today is about lenses to use best for Real estate photography. from my understanding I should be looking at a 13 to 16 mm lens??! As a Matterport Pro2 3D user, it's been my primary source of images, and it's just that time that I step up my game. What lens should I be looking at? I might also want to start creating panoramas from my future camera, and what lens should I be looking at? By the way thank you Dan Smigrod for your help in your gallery of items to purchase, you did a fantastic job curating a ton of great products, however I need a little bit of close guidance on this one. |
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 WGAN FanCLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| My Sony a6400 I use a 10-18mm Our Panasonic’s we use the 7-14mm My Sony a6400 is my daily for stills these days |
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WGAN Fan Club Member Buffalo, New York |
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| @lilnitsch so what am I getting at the very low spectrum of that millimeter range? | ||
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| A wider view point ideally you wan a quality rectilinear lens which keeps lines tidy and straight | ||
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| For the most part anything can be fixed in post but, if you can get it right out of the camera it will save you a whole lot of time | ||
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| I have yet to graduate to a Full Frame sensor yet | ||
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 WGAN StandardMember Greenville, South Carolina |
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| I use a 10mm-16mm on my crop sensor which gives me 16mm-25.6mm to work with. | ||
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| I'm canon user. I hear and see a ton of great things on Sony A6400 & A7III (especially for video). Don't let the word crop sensor being a cheaper camera get to you. All about the photographer skill. A 12-18mm should be fine on a crop sensor camera. I've had some wall lines bulge at 11 and below. 8" fisheye lens is good for 360's later if you want to stitch images together. If you go full frame your glass would usually be around an 18mm plus. Could widen down to 15mm. Might want a kit lens(16–50mm) that's sold with Sony for some community shots if you need to focus in and hide some kids or focus in on a jungle gym or walking path. I dunno how you last this long with all the sun spray my Matterport exterior shots have been getting.  Compare Full Frame VS APS-C Crop Cameras (Sony A7II vs A6400) |
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WGAN Fan CLUB Member Coeur d'Alene, Idaho |
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| @VTLV Agreed Even a budget a6000 series would be a great inexpensive stills camera My first recommendation is always do the best with what you got where you’re at. Then, just continue to learn and expand your skillset |
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| Nikon D750 Full Frame with the 14-24mm lens - using this set up for YEARS - yields beautiful photos imo Now that there is a newer version of this camera - you can find the D750'S for great prices - even new, but esp used. |
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| I came from canon 1Dx’s to Fuji and could not be happier. https://pickchuck.smugmug.com/Real-Estate I shoot an 8-16 Fuji Zoom on A Fuji X H1. Prior to that lens I had a Fuji 10-25 and traded it. I Actually miss that lens. It might have been that perfect lens at a good price point. The 8-16mm is pretty pricey. I tend to shoot at an effective 21 mm (14mm on APS-C). So with that said a prime at 21mm FF or 14mm APS-C might be a good choice. I see so many photographers shoot too wide and it looks artificial. Chuck |
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| I'm probably one of the odd ones out here, but I shoot a Canon EOS R with 16-35mm lens. For 360, I use the Canon EF 8-15mm fish eye |
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| I'm totally in sync with Lambda_Photography: Canon EOS R but I use a Tokina 16-24mm; Rokinon 12mm fisheye for 360. Fujifilm X-T20 with Samyang 8mm; Fujinon 18-35mm for video (the video on this camera is superior to the Canon). | ||
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| 16-35mm is the only lens you need. Make sure to shoot full frame |
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| I agree with Jeff and use a 10-18mm lens. | ||
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 WGANStandard Member Bon Secour, Alabama |
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| Agree w Pixelray. The full frame D750 coupled with one of the best wide angle zooms ever made ( the Nikkor 14-24 mm ) is about unbeatable for quality and versatility. Keith |
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| A couple practical questions: What's your budget? Total. For body and lens? How do you OK with clean used stuff, or do you feel better paying more and buying new? |
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WGAN Fan Club Member Buffalo, New York |
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| @Expertise used is not out of the question. Up to $1500 | ||
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| Earlier in this thread some wanted to know how aps-c related to full frame. Canon's APS-C sensors are a 1.6 crop factor Fuji'x APS-C sensors are 1.5 crop factor Sony's APS-C sensors are 1.5 crop factor Pentax APS-C Sensors are 1.5 crop factor Panasonic APS-C Sensors are 1.5 crop factor Lens mm X crop factor = effective lens mm  |
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| I'd go with the Sony A7ii new (sells now for $900). An excellent full frame camera. Pick up a used Sony 10-18 lens used for around $500. Great lens. Set it up to shoot brackets of 5 at 2 stops apart. Quote: Originally Posted by GETMYVR |
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| if you like canon, I'd go refurbished 80D for $920 and a 10-22 for $400. The Canon refurbished stuff has warranty and Canon is easy to learn on. | ||
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WGAN Fan Club Member Buffalo, New York |
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| Do any of you use a light meter? Is it a requirement? And if you do, how does it benefit my images. | ||
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WGAN Standard Member Bon Secour, Alabama |
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| On-board light meter only, and that as a guide only. I shoot ambient HDR, so it’s not critical to be super-exact. | ||
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| I use a Nikon Z6 with a 14-24mm F2.8 lens. | ||
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| For Real Estate business the Tilt Shift lenses are the best the and only lenses to go for serious photographers, the results are amazing and the payoff are better too. I personally use the Canon 17MM TS with a 5D MIII and I'm getting a 24MM TS soon. | ||
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WGAN Fan Club Member Buffalo, New York |
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| @RealtyMediaMx I read about the tilt lens and saw them at some online stores, however the consensus above the articles I digested said tilt is not required, but why tilt vs no tilt in your opinion? | ||
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| @GETMYVR TSL works bending the light from the object, in our case we often don't have enough front yard or curbside distance to shot a building in the middle of downtown. TSL solves that, you can shot from just a few feet of the front and get the whole building with no distortion or bend lines, it also makes panoramas a breeze to shot by tilting from one side to the other, in the interiors it shines by maintaining the horizontals and verticals lines with a more correct and natural lines. Tilt shift lenses are like made exactly and specially for us. On the other hand they are a very specific lens, if you want to shot portrait or sports... well is not for that. Many people thinks that the cost of this lens is too much because of their specific use, but if you are a Real Estate Photographer it's a must. Cheers. PD: Remember that many photographers are getting into more niche specific type of shots, Real Estate is the same, if you want to shine in the business you have to equip yourself. |
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WGAN Fan Club Member Buffalo, New York |
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| @RealtyMediaMx something to consider based on what you just told me. Where I live too there is a lot of properties that are kind of close to the sidewalk and there are trees in between the sidewalk and the road so you can't really take a picture of the front of the property on the street because then you'd get a tree... So maybe this would solve that issue for me & others. I'm liking the Sony. |
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| @GETMYVR With the Sony you can use a "powered" Metabones adaptor and a Canon TS lens, works like a charm. You may want to take a look on the Rogeti TSE Frame for the TSL. Cheers | ||
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| TS lens for a newbie with a $1500 budget? Lol, no. | ||
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