Best Lens for Interior Shots?
Feb 25, 2019 22:35:57 #
Went to an Open House with beautiful interiors. I took this with my 24-70 2.8 at the 24mm range. I have a 15mm, would that have too much distortion? I wanted to put up a few more shots but the internet is dragging bad...got to go up in the attic and took shots inside the turret portion of the attic.
Feb 25, 2019 22:37:30 #
Feb 25, 2019 22:51:12 #
Looks good to me as is. One of my personal pet peeves with some/lots of interior RE shots taken with ultra wides are those which make the room look grotesquely larger than it is in reality. I note that your verticals are vertical, horizontals are horizontal and lighting is good. I like it, but there are RE professional shooters on the forum that may have other/different comments.
Feb 25, 2019 22:53:48 #
ahudina
Loc: Browns Point, WA
I have that same lense, presuming it’s nikon and use it on my D 850. For tighter interiors I use a sigma art 14-24 f 2.8 or if really critical a 19mm NIKKOR f4 tilt shift. The sigma keeps the verticals really close to vertical and only requires minor if any post production. When doing interiors I usually have both with me and as noted if critical, the 19 mm.
Feb 25, 2019 22:54:39 #
Maybe. .....The 15 will certainly be more susceptible to displaying distortion - if not handled/managed properly no matter what camera you have.
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Feb 26, 2019 06:32:20 #
johnst1001a
Loc: West Chester, Ohio
20mm is a good place to start I found 15 mm to be too distorted for Photoshop to correct. Also take you shots as straight in as possible, versus on an angle to the straight walls.
Feb 26, 2019 06:38:20 #
I use a 14mm and I have to be careful because it tends to make the area seem larger than it actually is but your shot looks to be of normal perspective and 24mm is a good size. The Turret area upstairs that you mentioned might prove to be difficult with that lens but you might pan & stitch the photos later in PP and solve that dilemma ....? Years ago , I would take a fisheye lens and place extension rings between it and the camera's mounting ring to get the width and depth I needed to photograph small closets and successfully get it all in one shot and nobody ever knew how I did it......haha We learn by doing and hopefully never stop doing exactly that.
Feb 26, 2019 07:56:00 #
EyeShootWideOpen wrote:
Went to an Open House with beautiful interiors. I took this with my 24-70 2.8 at the 24mm range. I have a 15mm, would that have too much distortion? I wanted to put up a few more shots but the internet is dragging bad...got to go up in the attic and took shots inside the turret portion of the attic.
What is the purpose of the photos?
Accurate representations for real estate sales or art?
For an art photo of say the turret I would use a full frame fisheye lens.
There are hundreds of ways to look at things. If critical commercial accuracy is needed then UW has distortion. But if art and beauty representation is desired please experiment.
You will be pleasantly surprised at what you get with a bit of thinking outside the box using creativity rather than rigid rules and norms of everyone else.
Feb 26, 2019 08:27:28 #
Feb 26, 2019 08:32:28 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
I use a 14mm and I have to be careful because it t... (show quote)
Fascinating and pretty brilliant. Thanks for sharing.
Feb 26, 2019 08:39:32 #
Architect1776 wrote:
What is the purpose of the photos? br Accurate rep... (show quote)
I know them, so I am going to let them use the images for promoting. Personally I want to shoot it artistically but I likely can get in while they are still working on it and shoot more so I can mix it up. The point of my question was wanting to be able to capture a room with one shot as previously mentioned rather than several shots but without so much distortion that makes it unusable for them.
Feb 26, 2019 08:41:35 #
ahudina wrote:
I have that same lense, presuming it’s nikon and use it on my D 850. For tighter interiors I use a sigma art 14-24 f 2.8 or if really critical a 19mm NIKKOR f4 tilt shift. The sigma keeps the verticals really close to vertical and only requires minor if any post production. When doing interiors I usually have both with me and as noted if critical, the 19 mm.
Mine is the Sigma 15mm for Canon.
Feb 26, 2019 08:43:28 #
johnst1001a wrote:
20mm is a good place to start I found 15 mm to be too distorted for Photoshop to correct. Also take you shots as straight in as possible, versus on an angle to the straight walls.
yes, keeping it level is important and not something I am great at, wondering if a monopod would help me keep my lines straight.
Feb 26, 2019 08:43:39 #
EyeShootWideOpen wrote:
I know them, so I am going to let them use the images for promoting. Personally I want to shoot it artistically but I likely can get in while they are still working on it and shoot more so I can mix it up. The point of my question was wanting to be able to capture a room with one shot as previously mentioned rather than several shots but without so much distortion that makes it unusable for them.
The shot you have looks quite nice. You could include a little more by doing a panorama. It might have been nice to see the bottom of the mannequin.
Feb 26, 2019 09:18:51 #
I think maybe a collage could be the answer I am looking for. Grouping pictures of each room into a collage, so each room could be featured in one view-able image. I would love an office in that attic room though, great view!
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