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Canon 17-40mm L vs 16-35mm L for Real Estate Photography

Started Jan 2, 2018 | Discussions thread
Steve Balcombe Forum Pro • Posts: 15,582
Re: Canon 17-40mm L vs 16-35mm L for Real Estate Photography

gipper51 wrote:

Greg OH wrote:

gipper51 wrote:

TS lenses don't really take any longer than an ultra wide angle zoom to setup and use.

They're manual focus.

Which most are doing anyway for for RE work. Most shots you can leave the camera at a hyperfocal distance and f8. Everything will be in focus.

If you're walking around snapping hand-held pics, they yeah, a TS-E lens will be slower. But for a typical shooter on a tripod, who is taking time to carefully compose, level the camera, etc., the extra step of adding shift takes about 3 seconds.

Not saying TS-E lenses are as simple as an AF zoom, but there seems to be some myth that they take a long time to setup and use. I can add desired shift and focus a shot in about 10 seconds.

I think an important point to make here is that you're not using tilt, which can be fiddly to get right, you're just using shift which is easy. I've no experience doing real estate photography with a T/S lens but I can see how it wouldn't be difficult.

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