Real estate lens question?
Aug 12, 2018 21:45:38 #
Rick-in-Tor0nto
Loc: Toronto & Ft. Lauderdale
I'd just use a smartphone. My Samsung S-III will do automatic panoramas -- no need for post processing. But if I were using either of my Nikons, I'd attach my 10-20 lens.
Dec 21, 2018 09:57:16 #
rmalarz wrote:
I'd use 1, but not set at 18mm. I'd set it more to something around 30mm. This will avoid a lot of possible distortion inherently caused by extreme wide angle lenses. In the few times I've done interior photography where I needed wider than a 20mm lens (FX), I resorted a 50mm or 85mm instead.
--Bob
--Bob
Hi Bob. As a full time real estate photographer, I use 15mm since I need as wide as possible for small bathrooms and other rooms, to make them as spacious as possible. Using less wide angle crops out the full room.
Dec 21, 2018 10:05:43 #
Gene51 wrote:
To answer your concerns - the shorter the focal le... (show quote)
Right on point Gene. the photos are reduced to thumbnails and quality is reduced. My objective when shooting a home is to show the rooms as spacious. I will look into pano. any suggestions about technique to get the best pano will be much appreciated. It has been my experience dealing with RE agents that they are notoriously cheap. They make their 3~5% on each sale but wont spend $100 to get good pictures so they can get more showings.
Dec 21, 2018 11:09:07 #
lsupremo
Loc: Palm Desert, CA
The best way to do real estate photography is to take portrait panoramas, but don’t use really wide lenses at least 20 mm is good. The 10 mm ones will get the weird distortion that most good photographers will really avoid. I like to use the HDR option in the camara when there is a window so that you will not overexpose the outside. Also a polarizing filter helps reduce reflections from shiney objects. I personally don’t use a flash much because it gives strange shadows
Dec 21, 2018 14:53:38 #
lsupremo wrote:
Ok you real estate Hoggers, which of my lens on my Nikon D7100 would yo use for inside panorama photos?
1. Nikkor DX 18-140mm, 1:3.5-5.6 set to around 18mm.
2. Tokina SD 11-16mm, f2.8 DX set around 13 to 15mm.
My concerns are primarily about distortion and sharpness.
1. Nikkor DX 18-140mm, 1:3.5-5.6 set to around 18mm.
2. Tokina SD 11-16mm, f2.8 DX set around 13 to 15mm.
My concerns are primarily about distortion and sharpness.
I'm inclined to suggest a longer FF equivalent focal length like 35+mm. Shoot in vertical orientation, overlap 20-30%. This should maximize the room image area size while limiting the ceiling and floor areas that will crop out with the Panoramic blend.
Thoughts: Keep exposure constant, lock focus on a fixed point into manual, use a smaller aperture for deeper DOF and be sure the lighting is balanced from exposure to exposure. The lighting balance level and color (WB) can be tricky indoors. You may need to gel your flash if the room light is incandescent (Tungsten). Mixed tungsten, window and flash is tough to balance. You may need to do multiple shots at each angle and blend them--as well as Gene's focus stacking suggestion. Be SURE the camera is level.
But after reading all the posts, I'm wondering if we're not over working this. How big is this room? I find myself drifting off into 50 foot wide territory, and there aren't many rooms that big outside of mansions (not the McMansion variety either). So take all these thoughts, adapt them to what you see, what have and what you know, and get 'er duuunnn.
Good luck, and hope it sells fast and for a good price.
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