What lens to use for Real Estate work?

[delhi]

Hello,
I'm just wondering any pros do Real Estate photography? Is wide angle the way to go? Logically it should be yes? how about Speedlites? Or do you base solely on ambient lighting?

thanks.

[MHP]

real estate photography requires nice bright interiors balanced with exterior light. so use as much flash/light as you can get, obviously don't over do it though and use it creatively. you got an xt, so a zoom with 17mm minimum at your widest length should be surfice, although wider helps. you need from wide through to 300mm for views etc.

[MHP]

2 studio lights and a 550ex used and shot at 17mm

[jameslcross]

Nice shot mark!

[MHP]

Nice shot mark!

thanks

[chtgrubbs]

If you are using a camera with a 1.6 mag factor, then I would want at least a 12mm wide lens, or 20mm for full-frame. Even wider might be useful if you need to photograph small rooms such as bathrooms.

[Lestat]

Sigma 10-20, Speedlight 580ex

[coreypolis]

depends on what they want. if its a quick snap for a web page or if its a color balanced distorionless magazine image.

tilt shift lenses can help correct for distortion if its critical work, but the big key is color balancing. You have your own lights if you use them, the out doors, and all the interior lights, which are all different temps. theres lots of ways of fixing this, but its a fairly involved proccess.

[AdamJT]

My father-in-law is a real estate agent. He uses a 35mm lens to minimize the distortion of depth. He has had several complaints about rooms looking larger in the picture than in real life. He likes to take a few different pictures from the same spot and then stitch them together later. He has done some virtual tours this way for higher end homes. Hope this helps...

[coreypolis]

a pano option www.0-360.com

[Jon, The Elder]

I use a Canon 17/40 for everything.

[Moody Blues]

Canon 16-35 f/2.8 works for me.

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