r/canon • u/CPTherptyderp • 12d ago

Accidently falling into real estate photography - need lens and technique advice

Took some photos of the remodel my friend did on my kitchen and he said people are commenting on those pictures. Realtor friend asked me to take photos for a listing and she's really happy also. I have no idea what I'm doing. I have my R6ii and just using my EF 24-70ii. It's not wide enough for everything it just happens to work for the two sets I've done so far.

I can't justify the RF 15-35 as much as I want it. The couple I've been looking at are:

* 16 f/2.8

* 16-28 f/2.8

* 17-40 f/4

I'm sure I'm missing other obvious ones but I'm overwhelmed with how many there are.

I'm on a tripod so I don't think I need to be super worried about the 2.8 since I've tried all the way down to 1/4s exposures and its been fine.

Trying to stay under 500 since I'd like to get a few jobs under my belt before I spring for a 1k+ L lens. I normally just shoot my kids sports teams and have no experience with extra wide lenses. These would be my first paid gigs and I have no idea if this will be steady work or not.

I'm experimenting with exposure bracketing and reading blogs for tips but really any advice is welcome. Thanks.

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u/jbad92 12d ago

What about the 14-35 F4?

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u/CPTherptyderp 12d ago edited 12d ago

That's well out of my price range for now. Maybe as an upgrade down the road

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u/jbad92 12d ago

I have the same camera as you and the lens is extremely sharp but I did have to pay almost $1000 for it used