Don't use your phone's camera for listing shots!

So you got your first listing, or you have 15 listings. Do yourself and your client a big favor, put away your camera phone! You may think that the phone camera is going to take a great picture, trust me it will not turn out as good as if you have used an actual HD camera. Your clients deserve better than pictures they can take themsleves with their on camera phone. Here are some reasons why you should use a real camera for listing photos. 

1. Zoom

Optical zoom is the No.1 difference between a phone and a digital camera. Phone cameras have "digital zoom," but that just blows up a small portion of a picture into a lower-resolution image. A "real" camera's optical zoom lens — the kind that moves in and out — physically magnifies distant objects to capture them at full image quality.

2. Sensor

Speaking of quality, the size of the image sensor matters. And a smartphone's size is teeny-tiny compared to even a cheap digital camera's size. The result is grainy speckles that are particularly noticeable in solid-color areas of your photos — and everywhere when you shoot in low light.

3. Flash

Also on the low-light topic is flash power. The little LED lights on a cellphone can’t hold a candle to the full-fledged flash on any point-and-shoot. The camera's flash is also positioned to make the dreaded red-eye effect less likely.

4. Image Stabilization

A standard feature on most point-and-shoots, optical image stabilization moves lens components or the sensor to counteract jitters when the camera shakes. Stabilization makes it much easier to capture sharp images in low light or at high zoom.

In the end you really need to put out the best pictures for your client's. Online traffic will bypass you if the pictures look bad, it's usually your one shot to pull online and local in traffic to your clients listing.