I couple months ago, I purchased a new Digital Camera. It is a Sony Cybershot DSC-H9...
Wow, what a camera! It has an incredible focal length range from 5.2mm to 78mm (thats a range from 31mm to 465mm in the 35mm camera world).... A huge built-in range to be sure, but it gets even better with the available attaching conversion lenses.
The Wide Conversion Lens (model VCL-DH0774) modifies the wide angle from 5.2mm to just 3.9mm (23.25mm in the 35mm camera world).
The Tele Conversion Lens (model VCL-DH1774) takes the 78mm focal length and converts it to 132.6mm (thats 790.5mm in the 35mm camera world)
For real estate purposes, a good wide angle lens in a must for us to shoot home interiors. A wide angle lens lets you show so much more of the room and helps make rooms appear larger than they would otherwise in the pictures with an ordinary camera. I'm a pretty decent photographer, but my DSC-H9 with the Wide Conversion Lens has really helped take my pictures from good to great.
The super-zoom capabilities don't have much of a role in real estate unless you can get up on a hill and look down on the house to get an aerial photo look.
If you're interested in this camera, you can get it on Amazon.com by clicking here.
Another thing that has helped my pictures this year is the Architectual Photography class that I took a few months ago from photographer Dennis Huckaby. I learned a number of helpful techniques for photographing homes.... The angles of a room to shoot, the height to shoot from, always use a tripod, never use a flash indoors, etc... If you're in Western Washington, you can find out when and where his classes are by calling him at (360) 332-1570 or emailing him at huckaby1@comcast.net. There are also 7 1/2 Washington State clock hours for taking the class.
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