Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Will f/8 v. f/7.1 make THAT much of a difference? In ALL lenses?

bmike101 Loc: Gainesville, Florida

no...... that is why I wasn't too concerned with that. The ISO is what I was concerned with.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Why would you care what he says? It's not rocket science. Try your stated settings and go from there.

anotherview Loc: California

Ditto:

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

Wouldn't the first step be to ask the guy who recommended those settings? How would anyone know what he's thinking unless he states it publicly?

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Geeeeeez it isn't rocket science!, pick you settings and try a shot then adjust as needed.What ever works for you and makes your clients happy.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

...so it should work for everyone.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Experiment with different setting and different lighting situations in your own house. Take notes, and bring them when shoot a client's house.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

My best guess is that Scott's primary concern is using f/7.1.... an aperture that's stopped down a bit for greater depth of field, but not so small that diffraction starts to cause problems (f/7.1 is "safe" at the resolution the typical, current camera). Stopping down a little also will make most lenses render their shapest images.

320 ISO is probably derived from that along with the shutter speed he wants to use.

Even with f/7.1, it might be necessary to do focus stacking to get adequate DoF in some real estate scenes.

And, truth is, using f/8, which is only 2/3 stop smaller, isn't going to show much increase in diffraction in the sizes most real estate images will be used (so long as cropping is kept to a minimum).

But why don't you ask Scott? It would be interesting to hear his reasoning.

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Exactly.

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

You'd have to ask him. But I suspect that 320 is native for Canon cameras with less noise than 400. (someone else sort of pointed this out too) But why not 100? I don't know you'd have to ask Scott Hargis. I suspect you can learn a lot from an expert and just do like he says and then modify your settings to meet your needs after you know what you're doing.

GENorkus Loc: Washington Twp, Michigan

Yep! It's my way or the highway. LoL

Bubbee Loc: Aventura, Florida

Since I'm a Realtor and amateur photographer, I love taking my own pictures for the MLX! I would never think of using just one setting. Each apartment (or house) is very different, as well as the ambient lighting and views, and in most cases, those views are the most important feature. We have some great ones here in the condos in Aventura, Florida. But, first, I just use the ambient light indoors, and adjust the iso accordingly. The biggest challenge is getting the view into the apartment....through the windows and/or sliding glass doors. This is where you need to combine settings for the outdoors, with the flash aperture (I usually bounce) for the indoor section. First, check your distance for the correct aperture for the indoor flash, then synchronize with the outdoor setting for the appropriate shutter speed. Remember, that you can't go higher than your camera's sync, usually 1/200 or 1/250 (I have the D7100 and SB800 flash). You really need to jiggle around sometimes and so I take lots of shots. Also, you have to be careful of all the glass and mirrors with the flash...and glare. Thank goodness, now that I've switched to PSE18, removing those dots is no problem! So, I don't think one setting works for all, when shooting Real Estate. Good luck!