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I just started shooting houses for a lady who does staging. I need something a wider for the living rooms than my 28 1.8g. I am using a D600. What would be a good choice?
 
If you don't need it right away you may want to consider the 20mm F1.8g. if not then the 20mm F2.8D.
 
digitalman4242 said:
I just started shooting houses for a lady who does staging. I need something a wider for the living rooms than my 28 1.8g. I am using a D600. What would be a good choice?
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Look at the 17-35 mm f/2.8 AF D lens. It will work well in low light or on a tripod. The 16-35 mm f/4 G VR is fine for flash or hot light lighting but VR won't help you on a tripod. The 14-24 mm f/2.8 is the best UWA lens that will get you wider than 28 mm if you can afford it. No filters on the 14-24 lens but that's not what you need for interiors with low light.

I just did a shoot with another photographer who does a lot of architecture/real estate shots. He used inexpensive shop lights with halogen bulbs to light up the interior and used filter sheets over the exterior lights to balance light with the ambient daylight. Control WB and adjust color of lighting to match the exterior light with gel filters on the light source.
 
16-35 is my choice, and real estate agencies in my area demands at least a lens as wide as 16 mm. The 14-24 would be the other choice. A brilliant lens, wide, heavy, expensive and a bit easier to scratch.
 
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If you don't need it right away you may want to consider the 20mm F1.8g. if not then the 20mm F2.8D.
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I do need it really soon. I'm actually looking at the 18-35 mm 3.5-4.5g Do you think 18 would be wide enough for living room shots on a full frame like a D600?
 
digitalman4242 said:
StillLearning said:
If you don't need it right away you may want to consider the 20mm F1.8g. if not then the 20mm F2.8D.
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I do need it really soon. I'm actually looking at the 18-35 mm 3.5-4.5g Do you think 18 would be wide enough for living room shots on a full frame like a D600?
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Completely forgot about that lens. I've heard some good things about the 18-35. As for wide enough depends on how big the living room is. You may need to work it in postprocessing to reduce distortion but that is do able
 
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digitalman4242 said:
I just started shooting houses for a lady who does staging. I need something a wider for the living rooms than my 28 1.8g. I am using a D600. What would be a good choice?
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Look at the 17-35 mm f/2.8 AF D lens. It will work well in low light or on a tripod. The 16-35 mm f/4 G VR is fine for flash or hot light lighting but VR won't help you on a tripod. The 14-24 mm f/2.8 is the best UWA lens that will get you wider than 28 mm if you can afford it. No filters on the 14-24 lens but that's not what you need for interiors with low light.

I just did a shoot with another photographer who does a lot of architecture/real estate shots. He used inexpensive shop lights with halogen bulbs to light up the interior and used filter sheets over the exterior lights to balance light with the ambient daylight. Control WB and adjust color of lighting to match the exterior light with gel filters on the light source.
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digitalman4242 said:
dave gaines said:
digitalman4242 said:
I just started shooting houses for a lady who does staging. I need something a wider for the living rooms than my 28 1.8g. I am using a D600. What would be a good choice?
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Look at the 17-35 mm f/2.8 AF D lens. It will work well in low light or on a tripod. The 16-35 mm f/4 G VR is fine for flash or hot light lighting but VR won't help you on a tripod. The 14-24 mm f/2.8 is the best UWA lens that will get you wider than 28 mm if you can afford it. No filters on the 14-24 lens but that's not what you need for interiors with low light.

I just did a shoot with another photographer who does a lot of architecture/real estate shots. He used inexpensive shop lights with halogen bulbs to light up the interior and used filter sheets over the exterior lights to balance light with the ambient daylight. Control WB and adjust color of lighting to match the exterior light with gel filters on the light source.
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The three best ones:

- Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
- Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED
- Nikkor AF-S 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED

The three of them are very sharp, corner to corner, even wide open.
I use the 18-35 with the D810, with amazing results.
 
To the OP: The angle of view you need depends on the sizes of the rooms you want to photograph and the location from which you are going to have to shoot. For indoor shooting, (1) you need to have some knowledge of flash photography, when to use it instead of natural light or (artificial) room illumination and (2) you need a tripod. Whether you purchase a zoom or a prime is actually secondary if you are shooting on a tripod. You should be shooting at f5.6-f8 indoors. So if it were me, I would purchase an affordable UWA-WA zoom, and not necessarily a Nikkor.
 
digitalman4242 said:
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I am really liking that 17-35 mm D lens. Will the AF work well on my D600, that is a full frame lens right? I could sell my 28 1.8g to help pay for it, I never go below 2.8g. And I could use that for weddings also.
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Yes, it will work on your D600. It is the AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17–35mm f/2.8D IF-ED lens. It has "a host of Nikon lens features, like the chromatic abberation reducing Extra-low Dispersion (ED) glass elements and Aspherical Lens Elements (AS) and the ultra-fast, ultra-quiet Silent Wave Motor (SWM) autofocus motor ..." It's also internally focusing (IF). It has an aperture ring and therefore is designated as a D lens.

AF-S Zoom-NIKKOR 17–35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

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I bought a really mint condition used lens from KEH for a lot less than new or MSRP. A bit more than the 16-35 mm f/4 G VR but I wanted the fast aperture, big glass elements and rugged metal lens barrel.
 
Of course 14-24 mm is preferred if you can accept the size/weight/cost. The 16 mm suits my needs best but there is post processing to do if you want to avoid wild curves. Shoot on the center of the frame to minimize curvatures and post process in DxO viewpoint 2 or Fisheye Hemi2 - the former is preferred.

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See my photos: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/25956017@N07
 
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Ideally you want a lens with a fov of 90 degrees. If you go wider it looks weird. I use the zeiss 15mm for real estate which is 110 degrees. Trust me it is too wide. It would be far better to use your 28mm. For shots where you need to go wider, get a pano head and stitch 3 vertical shots together. For tight spaces where you need to go wider (bathroom), get a tripod attachment that would allow you to shoot horizontally with the pano head. Hard to explain without a photo to reference, but hopefully you get the idea.
 
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