Re: Real Estate photography

Michael Brown wrote:

> The Real Estates started to do their own, however recently they have
> discovered that a lot of their agents don't have the talent nor the
> equipment to get the good shots needed for boards and posters or the
> high gloss magazines a lot of them are putting out these days.
>
> What has come out of this are a lot of "Real Estate Photography"
> companies, that specialise in this form of photography.  A friend of
> mine shoots for one and I think they have around 5 or 6 shooters
> running around for the bigger agencies.
>
> There are still a few around doing it themselves, yon can really see
> their images stick out when looking on the net at properties, but
> they stand out for the wrong reasons.

Yeah, I was talking to one guy doing this and he's using a D3 in DX mode
with a 12-24/4 DX lens.  Go figure!  Buy a $5,000 camera and put a ****y
DX
lens on it.  Of course I told him he needs a 17-35/2.8 and he looked at me
funny.  Of course if his clients don't care and they pay him.....




Rita