topic Which Lens should I buy for property photos? in Gear Guide

Which Lens should I buy for property photos?

Munari — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 13:45:16 GMT

Hi. I need to take some photos of several homes that require a full width frontal of the home; from the left property side to the right property boundary. I want to be in the front of the home on the street, Would a Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM be a good lens for my EOS R ?

Re: Which Lens should I buy?

ebiggs1 — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:33:19 GMT

What lens did you get with the camera? Any standard kit type lens 24-?mm or 18-?mm should do the job nicely.

Re: Which Lens should I buy?

Munari — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 15:10:05 GMT

Hi I have a 24mm, however i can't get far enough back from the hom to take the photo due to the short with of the adjacent street, so i thought a 16mm might work. Any thoughts?

Re: Which Lens should I buy?

Tronhard — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 18:24:45 GMT

Without being there we can't easily provide a definitive solution. As I see it, you have two choices here. You can go for a wider lens, such as the 16mm, or you can do an stitched image, or panorama shot, where you mount the camera on a tripod or on some steady support, set up the exposure and focus in manual mode to get that right. Aim to, say, the left and take a shot, then rotate the camera to the right with about 1/3 overlap and take another shot.

There is a Panorama mode on the EOS R. Refer to your manual and read up on how to use it. That way you can get your shots without having to fork out on a lens and the images will have more detail.
The following video is a general intro to shooting a panorama with a Canon camera:

Re: Which Lens should I buy for property photos?

ebiggs1 — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:13:31 GMT

You just described what a WA lens is. When you can't move far enough back you need a wider FL such as a 16mm in this case which should do the trick for you. You see any lens is a WA lens if you can get far enough back. Even a 600mm super tele is a WA lens if you are shooting the Moon!

BTW. not on topic but this same parameter holds true for the so called 'portrait' lens. All depends on how close or far you are from subject.

Re: Which Lens should I buy?

Munari — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:56:41 GMT

Thank you for the advice, much appreciated. The panorama feature I was not aware of. I will try it this morning. I do recall a Stich program I had many years ago that stitched photo together, but I think the built in feature will work the best..

Re: Which Lens should I buy?

Munari — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:09:07 GMT

I followed the procedure and attached is the photo.