Real estate wide angle

[Hello2012]

Hello,

i take pictures of interior and i need to have:
- Quality pictures
- Wide angle
- Good pictures when is bad light


My budget is around 1000$ and i would like to have some help what should i buy.

 

[480sparky44 43]

$1000 for just a lens, or for a lens and body?

 

[Hello2012]

Budget is for lens and body.

 

[Stradawhovious]

Hello,

i take pictures of interior and i need to have:
- Quality pictures
- Wide angle
- Good pictures when is bad light


My budget is around 1000$ and i would like to have some help what should i buy.

What do you have now? How much do you know about photography? Do you have a good understanding of the exposure triangle?

Spending money on equipment will not automatically get you good quality images.

Ask me how I know.

 

[c.cloudwalker]

For $1,000 I'll come and shoot the ONE picture for you.

Teaching you how to get that ONE picture is going to cost a whole lot more...

 

[Hello2012]

I am beginner and mostly used auto mode. I had Canon which i bought 6 years ago.

 

[Majeed Badizadegan]

I am beginner and mostly used auto mode. I had Canon which i bought 6 years ago.

You're probably going to want to learn how to use your current camera before you worry about buying a new one. You need to learn the basics.

Hopefully you don't plan to charge anybody for your work if you plan to shoot in auto..

 

[Hello2012]

I don't have in plan to charge anyone. I don't work in that way.
I am beginner because till now it wasn't mine duty to take pictures.

Lets get back to theme.

Which camera and lenses you guys suggest?

 

[Stradawhovious]

Which camera and lenses you guys suggest?

Ones you know how to use.

 

[Compaq]

Tokina 11-16/2.8 might suit your needs. For crop sensor cameras you'd want to look for focal lengths down to that, I'd imagine. For full frame down to 16 might be wide enough. In that case, Canon 16-35/2.8 might suit your needs.

I don't really know. You'd should test some lenses out and see which ones you feel suit your needs, and might suit future needs as they develop. In very dim lighting you should be on a tripod, and the rumor has it those cost money as well.

 

[480sparky44 43]

Get a used Nikon D40 or D60 and a used 10.5 fisheye. Correct for the distortion with Capture NX2.

 

[lonewolfsx]

Okay realistically... the fisheye is crazy. Also whoever suggested the 16-35mm Canon is WAY above the price range here.

If I were you, I'd find a nice used rebel body of some level (I have a 400D, these are generally sold in excellent condition for around $200). Take your extra $800, and search for the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5... very reasonable lens used especially considering how awesome it is.
Or actually, buy the lens first for the best price/condition ratio you can find, then use the extra to buy the best possible rebel body (in order of ascending cost: Xt -> Xti -> Xsi -> T1i -> T2i ->). Remember, a nicer quality lens is better than a nicer camera body.

That lens is perfect for real estate photography, doesn't have a lot of distortion for that wide, and the colors look pretty good straight out of camera (I'm assuming you're not going to be doing a ton of editing since you aren't an experienced photographer.

As an alternative, you could go with lenses like the Sigma 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6, which sells new for less than 500 and is also excellent. The f/3.5 version isn't as sharp but the light advantage might be good indoors.
You could also go with a lower level Nikon body, and either of those sigma lenses, or if you stretch a little maybe the Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 (not quite as good as that canon lens but also very solid)

Edit: I hope the above posts didn't scare of the OP, not very helpful. Sure he's not going to be an awesome photographer but this is a get-the-job-done situation, not an artistic creativity situation. Give him a break.

 

[480sparky44 43]

Okay realistically... the fisheye is crazy.........

What's 'crazy' about using a fisheye? Or did you miss the part about correcting the distortion with Capture?

........or if you stretch a little maybe the Nikkor 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 ........

At $900 new, it's already over-budget.

 

[lonewolfsx]

Okay realistically... the fisheye is crazy.........

What's 'crazy' about using a fisheye? Or did you miss the part about correcting the distortion with Capture?

I know that's a viable option but from the info presented I was assuming the OP isn't super experienced and is going to be using mostly out of camera stuff with little to no post processing.
Speaking of which I did have a question relating to this: If you buy a used Nikon camera body, do you get the Capture NX2 software with it?

And wow I didn't realize the Nikon 10-24 was so expensive. Thanks for that correction

 

[480sparky44 43]

I know that's a viable option but from the info presented I was assuming the OP isn't super experienced and is going to be using mostly out of camera stuff with little to no post processing.

Correcting the distortion for the 10.5 fisheye is a one-click operation. Easily batch processed, too.

Speaking of which I did have a question relating to this: If you buy a used Nikon camera body, do you get the Capture NX2 software with it?

No.

And wow I didn't realize the Nikon 10-24 was so expensive. Thanks for that correction

$899 is list. Probably $750 would be an excellent used price.