Monday, December 11, 2017

Best Camera for Real Estate Agent?

I got my license in 2004 and this was my first camera: https://www.dpreview.com/products/fujifilm/compacts/fuji_finepixe500z

The 28mm wide angle was pretty nice. In those days, using a monopod and slave flash, my photos were better than most agents.

By early 2012, it wasn't cutting it anymore. I purchased a new camera that I still use today:
https://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/compacts/panasonic_dmcfz150
The 25mm has been a big help. I started shooting in RAW format and processing in Silkypix that comes with the camera and PaintShop Pro X3. Today same camera, but upgraded to PSP X7 a while back.

The camera is still good, but maybe I'm needing more. Back in 2012, I was still getting listings under $300k. Today, that's low average. I just paid a professional $600 to photography my first $999k listing. I'm NOT happy with the photos at all. He used a Nikon D3300 SLR.

I'm looking at Nikon D5600 body and this lens.
https://www.dpreview.com/products/tokina/lenses/tokina_at-x_11-20_2p8_pro_dx

I want to start shooting more HDR and get a panoramic mount that will allow me to stitch multiple frames together.

Am I under buying? Will I get 6 years out of this rig? Thanks.

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Any compact cameras that have the lens on the far side?

I need a camera thats compact and has its lens on the far side to be able to use it on my gimbal. The thing is, there are very few of them. I've seen action cams but I need an interface in which I have a lot of control over. Some camera examples are the fujifilm finepix z2d, the fujifilm finepix 120, the nikon aw130 and w300, but I want to see more options. Please not old ones as their quality is just horrible. Thank you.

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