topic Re: T8i settings for real estate in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

T8i settings for real estate

Spolino84 — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:25:46 GMT

Hello. I am new to this camera and photography in general. I’m practicing and plan on getting into real estate photography. What settings should I be using for the best possible pictures?

Thanks

Scott

Re: T8i settings for real estate

Tronhard — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:34:16 GMT

I strongly recommend that you obtain and read a copy of Lighting Interiors, a book on real estate photography by Scott Hargis, an expert in real estate photography. He shoots Canon, so you will see him refer to gear that may be appropriate. While a lot is about lighting technique, which is a major component of successful real estate photography, he also reviews the gear he uses.

One of the major aspects of real estate photography is to get wide angle shots, sadly a crop sensor body has challenges with using wide angle lenses. If you want to understand this look at this article:
https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2666934640/what-is-equivalence-and-why-should-i-care

Re: T8i settings for real estate

Spolino84 — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:37:11 GMT

Thank you. I got the canon 10-18mm lens. Some of the issue I’m having is when I take a picture, the photo will look nice and clear on my screen. But when I load it onto my computer, there is much more grain than I’d like.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

rs-eos — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 21:48:05 GMT

With the 10-18 lens, the widest possible aperture is f/4.5. But if at the 18 end, it's f/5.6.

Do you have a tripod? If so, do some longer exposures. e.g. if you shot say at 1/60s at ISO 3200, you could drop that to ISO 100 and use 1/2 second.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

Spolino84 — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 22:57:50 GMT

I do have a tripod. I used the settings you posted. I will update you when I have time to load them on my computer!

Re: T8i settings for real estate

Spolino84 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:37:46 GMT

Here are the results. The last photp i was messing around with the exposure trying to fix the overblown window situation. Any tips on dealing with that? Thanks

Re: T8i settings for real estate

Tronhard — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 17:49:13 GMT

Two things strike me right away. Make your verticals VERTICAL and if you want advice on lighting for real estate get the reference I suggested. It is cheap as a downloadable PDF and has masses of information on this subject from a recognized expert. If you don't like reading he has a video series out now:

https://photographyforrealestate.net/lighting-for-real-estate-photography-video-series-by-scott-hargis/

Re: T8i settings for real estate

kvbarkley — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:17:57 GMT

The only way to avoid blown out windows are to greatly increase the lighting in the room or use HDR.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

ebiggs1 — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:04:34 GMT

"The only way to avoid blown out windows are to greatly increase the lighting in the room or use HDR."

The only real way to avoid blown out windows is to use a good post editor. HDR can be helpful, too but Lightroom and/or Photoshop is the answer. It will allow you to adjust the verticals too. Use Raw format to increase the ability to edit.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

ebiggs1 — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:11:58 GMT

This was just a quick 'levels' adjustment in Photoshop. You could further enhance it to make it really good but you should get the idea. Great pictures are made in post editing not in the camera.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

rs-eos — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:35:42 GMT

Or, use ND gel sheets or one to two stop meshes on the outside of the windows.

Re: T8i settings for real estate

ebiggs1 — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:15:01 GMT

You are responding to a 2 year old thread. I doubt the OP is still interested.

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