60D to a5 D MK II

I currently have the 60d and do a lot of real estate photography. I use the tamron 10-24. Would i benefit going to the 5 D MK II and getting the Canon 14mm package? I think I would get wider pictures myself but need some pros to tell me that i'm wrong or right.

In general if you're after absolute image quality, the 5D2 is more suited to this type of photography being a FF camera. On the other hand there is so much post processing (HDR included) and artificial lighting involved (strobes etc) in real estate shots that, if you're good, you can get amazing shots with any camera, let alone a 60D which is an excellent one. The Tamron is 10-24 meaning 16mm equiv. on the widest setting which is plenty wide.

One thing for which I'd consider buying the 5D2, given a good budget, is to get the Canon TS-E 17mm. It's a spectacular lens, very well suited for real estate (like the other TS-E models for that matter). I say keep your 60D and Tamron and improve your lighting and PP skills.

I have to agree with this 100%. Everyone I know that does real estate or architecture photography uses a tilt-shift lens for a lot of their work.

If i were to keep the 60D and purchased the 17 mm TS, I'd be loosing much of my wide angle, right? If I were to purchase the 5d2 along with the tilt shift, I'd be about the same wide angle as I am now with the tamron 60d combo, right?

mike3767 wrote in post #13992269
If i were to keep the 60D and purchased the 17 mm TS, I'd be loosing much of my wide angle, right? If I were to purchase the 5d2 along with the tilt shift, I'd be about the same wide angle as I am now with the tamron 60d combo, right?

Yeah! What is so great about the TS if your shooting interiors with no tilt or shift?

I shoot interiors and I would love a tilt shift and full frame, but as qbfx said, I have found that lighting and pp has been huge for good shots. With the manual lens correction in photoshop and a decently framed picture to start with, I straighten verticals regularly from my 10-20 lens with great results most of the time. HDR not overdone also goes a long way. Really light, paying attention to light, and the photoshop manual lens correction are the difference in good and great pics on a crop sensor. I hate pp work, but I got onto photography for my job, and I must agree, interior pics require more pp than my hobbiest photos of equal or better quality.

Yogi Bear wrote in post #13992700
Yeah! What is so great about the TS if your shooting interiors with no tilt or shift?

Sharpness.

But maybe that's not enough for a $4500 combo.

Yea, I love the combination for landscapes where I often used to tilt the camera a lot and really want sharpness. Correcting in PP was not working for those shots and I was getting really annoyed with slanting trees. For interiors (not professionally and mostly experimenting or Christmas lights and such), I'm not sure it offers a must-have advantage. I noticed that from the height and angle I was taking most shots I wasn't using much shift.

For more 'artistic' architectural shots, I would recommend it. I would not go to a 'architecturally advanced' city again without my TS-E.

Work with what you have.

Of course, the 5Dii and 14 will go wider. But do you need to go wider than 10mm on APS-C? Doubtful. You start to lose scale when you start going too wide. Honestly, I think my favorite (and more tasteful) property shots don't go that wide for real estate photography. You start to lie about the volume of the space when you go that wide. Yea, the space feels 'bigger,' but that's not everything. You want an honest representation of the space, without ridiculous distortion. This is why you want a tilt-shift in the first place.