February 15th, 2010
McAllen,TX Realtor, Lee Jinks pointed out to me that the newly announced FinePix HS10 would be a great camera for real estate shooting. Indeed, it does! It seems like the toughest thing to find in compact cameras is a wide enough lens. The HS10 has a 24mm, effective, lens; very workable for shooting interiors. In [...]
December 6th, 2009
I like to track the best selling DSLRs because retail sales are in many ways like a voting mechanism. It’s a way to tap into the collective wisdom of camera buyers. When you think about it, there is a lot of brain power going into analyzing features and price. This is a way to see [...]
October 28th, 2009
Scott Hargis has a good video that walks you through what he takes to a real estate photography shoot. He covers cameras, lenses, and all his lighting equipment. Very informative!
The one bit of gear that Scott doesn’t explain in this video is how his shirt works. Scott’s wearing a state of the art optical camouflage [...]
October 27th, 2009
If you’ve been browsing around on B&H you may have noticed that there’s some instant cash rebates for a lot of Canon gear. Here’s an example. There is a list of all the cash rebates on the Canon site since they are all manufacturer rebates. The rebates are all good 10/12/2009 through 1/16/2010.
Since my friend [...]
October 19th, 2009
I was having a discussion with reader “Uncle Louis” the last few days about alternatives for inexpensive manual flashes. Louis was complaining that he was having trouble finding the old Nikon classic manual flashes (SB-80dx and SB-26) that are so popular with real estate photographers.
For the new comers, these flashes are popular because they have [...]
September 22nd, 2009
Marcus Newey pointed out an interesting new remote device that will do HDR bracketing the way you want. Some of the features are:
Replaces and extends manufacturer-specific remote controls.
Allows for unparalleled flexibility with automatic >30 second exposures in “bulb mode” – even in HDR sequences.
Advanced easy-to-configure “Time-Lapse Mode” with optional sequence start delay.
Optional user-defined Mirror-Up timeout [...]
September 20th, 2009
You’ve probably heard about micro four thirds style cameras. There is a lot of anticipation of the Lumix GF1 that will be out soon.
Micro Four Thirds is commonly referred to as a 4/3″ type or 4/3 type sensor (inch-based sizing system is derived from now obsolete video camera tubes). It’s area is 30–40% less than [...]
August 20th, 2009
In response to my post on compact cameras where I was extolling the virtues of the Panasonic LX3 , NY photographer Peter Brandt, pointed out that he believes the Leica D-Lux-4 is better than the LX3. Peter says:
“The Leica D Lux4 version is a little better. The Lumix is a copy of it. It has [...]
August 18th, 2009
John Gilder, posed a great question after reading my bare essentials post. John says that, “over the past year I have slowly built the starter set you described a few posts ago (Canon Rebel, Sigma 10-20mm, 580EX and tripod). Now my question is why and when should I upgrade to a full frame DLSR camera [...]
August 16th, 2009
I promised a post on compact cameras for real estate photography in my last post so I’m delivering on my promise because I don’t want to be scolded by my friend Sabrina Huang who is a Realtor in San Jose and teaches local Realtors how to choose cameras for real estate photography.
I have to thank [...]
August 15th, 2009
Review of the Canon 17mm f/4 TS-E L: Michael Riechmann just put up the first review that I’ve seen of Canon’s unique 17mm tilt/shift lens. Michael calls it a “remarkable optic”.
Monoslideshow Version 2.0: Monokai has updated Monoslideshow to version 2. I used the old 1.0 version a lot from Lightroom via the free code from [...]
August 14th, 2009
I think it’s time to do an update on what the bare essentials are to get started in real estate photography. Not surprisingly, this is always a very popular subject. First here are the guiding principles I’m using to guide these choices:
A wide-angle lens is the most important part of your gear. For interiors you [...]
July 29th, 2009
It’s been pretty clear to me for a long while that the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8 G ED ultra-wide lens is something real special. I got a chance to shoot with one at the Seattle PFRE workshop in April of 2008 for a short while and the review site I link to on the lenses page [...]
July 21st, 2009
I was talking to Lee Jinks yesterday about his struggles deciding whether to purchase a Canon T1i or a Nikon D5000. I can appreciate his difficulty. These cameras are very close in specs. If you don’t have a backpack full of glass collected over years and you have to make your decision based on the [...]
July 17th, 2009
Andy Westlake over at Dpreview.com reviewed the new Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5 LII that was announced at PMA 2009.
Andy concludes that: “The Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5 L II is a lens which, given its price, has high expectations to meet. The good news is that, in almost all respects, it succeeds – the build quality [...]
