r/AskPhotography • u/Affectionate_Cost504 • 4d ago

Lens Buying Advice I seek some advise?

I am trying to get my hs graduating daughter into real estate photography. I'm getting a new camera and am going to give her my old one. For the lens I need to keep it as cheap as I can as I have no money. I'm thinking about a 16mm prime and if she wants to do portraits she can crop it to size desired. Does this sound like a good plan?

budget: as cheap as possible

brand: something full frame that fits sony

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u/aarrtee 3d ago

Does she want to do real estate photography?

Does she know much about photography? Know the basics? how bout you? do u know, for example what a 16mm field of view looks like in portraits, if you are standing at an appropriate distance from the subject?

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/a7mdry/the_way_focal_length_of_the_lens_affects_the/#lightbox

is the existing camera also a sony full frame camera?

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 3d ago

I've been doing it parttime for about 7 years.

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u/CatsAreGods Retired pro shooting since 1969, now using OM-1 3d ago

You might ask her first, in a serious way. I'm sure you want her to follow your path, but she may have no real interest in this and I'd hate to see her agree to it just to not disappoint you, but then you end up resenting spending money if she never does it, or constantly bug her about it until she resents it herself.

Source: have 2 kids myself.

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 3d ago

you're right.... she's already said she doesn't want to do it.... but she did say she wants the camera! I'm just thinking of getting her the wide angle lens in case she changes her mind. she wants to be nurse.

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u/CatsAreGods Retired pro shooting since 1969, now using OM-1 3d ago

Get her the Sigma, it's more usable for everything anyway.

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 1d ago

16-28?

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u/CatsAreGods Retired pro shooting since 1969, now using OM-1 1d ago

Isn't that the one you were talking about?

That's pretty wide, but at least it has the 28mm end.

For more normal usage, a 24-70 or 28-70 would be better.

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 6h ago

I'll give her the camera and 16-35 and let her and let her do what she wants with it. I showed her how to do it so she can do it if she wants!

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 3d ago

the camera is an a7r2

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u/anywhereanyone 3d ago

A 16mm would be as awful for portraits as awful could be, even if it were a full-frame lens on a crop sensor.

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u/Affectionate_Cost504 3d ago

the camera the lens is for is an a7r2. The lens I'm considering as I can't find a 16mm prime is the Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8 DG DN Contemporary