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You are here: Home > Articles > Best Digital Cameras For Real Estate Interior Shots

Best Digital Cameras For Real Estate Interior Shots

Taking interior shots of houses and commercial buildings for real estate purposes poses a number of challenges:

Most consumer digital cameras have a lens with focal lengths starting at 35mm, which does not cover a wide enough angle to show off an interior properly;
The interior may not be lighted well enough.

These two challenges can be addressed a number of ways, e.g.:

Take a number of panoramic shots and later stitch them together;
Set up professional studio lights.

The above solutions are not very practical for the majority of real estate sales agents and interior designers who need an easier and less time consuming alternative.

Fortunately, there are alternatives:

Purchase a digital camera that comes with a wide-angle lens as standard (at least 28mm) or accepts an optional wide-angle converter (be aware that converters may cut off your viewfinder view, in which case use the LCD monitor to compose your shot);
Ensure the digital camera also accepts a powerful external flash which provides the full wide-angle coverage.

The following digital cameras and accessories are presented for your consideration as a starting ppoint for further research. As usual, do your own research and try them out at a store (try for a similar indoors situation) before you purchase. In alphabetical order of manufacturer:


	Canon PowerShot G6 7.1 megapixels 35-140mm 4x optical zoom Max. Aperture F2.0 Accepts optional external flash units Accepts optional wide-angle converter (with adapter) more... 104.9W x 72.8H x 73.1D mm / 4.2W x 2.9H x 2.9D in. (Excluding protrusions) 380g (13.4 oz) camera body only

	Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2 8 megapixels 28-200mm 7x optical zoom Max. Aperture F2.8 Anti-Shake Technology reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Super-Fine Electronic Viewfinder Accepts optional external flash units Accepts optional wide-angle converter (22 mm) more... 117W x 85H x 113.5D mm / 4.61W x 3.35H x 4.47D in. 565g (19.9 oz.) without batteries or recording media Also: DiMAGE A1

	Nikon Coolpix 8400 8.0 megapixels 24-85mm 3.5x optical zoom (widest wide-angle to date) Max. Aperture F2.6 Accepts optional external flash units Accepts optional wide-angle converter (with adapter) more... 113W x 82H x 75D mm / 4.4W x 3.2H x 3.0D in. 400g (14.1 oz.) without battery and storage media

	Nikon Coolpix 8800 8.0 megapixels 35-350mm 10x optical zoom Vibration Reduction reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Max. Aperture F2.8 Accepts optional external flash units Accepts optional wide-angle converter (with adapter) more... 116H x 85W x 121D mm / 4.6H x 3.3W x 4.8D in. 21 oz. without battery and storage media

	Olympus Camedia C-8080 Wide Zoom 8.0 megapixels 28-140mm 5x optical zoom Max. Aperture F2.4 Accepts optional external flash units Accepts optional wide-angle converter (with adapter) more... 124W x 84.5H x 99D mm / 4.9W x 3.3H x 3.9D in. 660g (23.3 oz.)

	Kodak P880 8.0 megapixels 24-140mm 5.8x optical zoom AF Assist Accepts optional external flash unit more... 115W × 80H × 60D mm / 4.5W × 3.1H × 2.4D in. 500 g / 17.6 oz

	Sony DSC-F828 Cyber-shot 8 megapixels 28-200mm 7x optical zoom Max. Aperture F2.0 Hologram AF Low Light Laser Focusing Assist Accepts optional external flash units more... 134.4W x 91.1H x 156.7D mm / 5 5/16W x 3 9/16H x 6 3/16D in. 955g (2.12 lbs) with accessories

	Kodak V705 Dual Lens 7.1 megapixels 23mm ultra-wide angle 39-117mm 3x optical zoom AF Assist In-camera panorama stitch for 180° coverage Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 101W × 49.8H × 20.4D mm / 4W × 2H × .8D in. 124 g / 4.4 oz

	Kodak V570 Dual Lens 5.0 megapixels 23mm ultra-wide angle 39-117mm 3x optical zoom AF Assist In-camera panorama stitch for 180° coverage Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 101W × 49.8H × 20.4D mm / 4W × 2H × .8D in. 125 g / 4.5 oz

	Leica D-Lux 2 8.4 megapixels 28-112mm 4x optical zoom with image stabilization Max. Aperture F2.8 Image Stabilization Technology reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 105.7W x 58.3H x 25.6D mm / 4 5/32W x 2 9/32H x 1D in. 185 grams / 6 ½ ounces 220 grams / 7 ¾ ounces (with battery, storage card and lens cap) Also: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1

	Leica C-Lux 1 6.0 megapixels 28-102mm 3.6x optical zoom with image stabilization Max. Aperture F2.8 Image Stabilization Technology reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 94.1W x 51.1H x 24.2D mm approx. 132g without battery and memory card; approx. 160g with battery and SD memory card Also: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01

	Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1 8.4 megapixels 28-112mm 4x optical zoom with image stabilization Max. Aperture F2.8 Image Stabilization Technology reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 4.16W x 2.20H x 1.01D in. 0.48 lbs Also: Leica D-Lux 2

	Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX01 6.0 megapixels 28-102mm 3.6x optical zoom with image stabilization Max. Aperture F2.8 Image Stabilization Technology reduces incidence of blurred shots due to camera shake Does not accept optional external flash unit (so for day photography only) more... 2.01W x 3.70H x 0.95D in. 0.29 lbs Also: Leica C-Lux 1

Other digital cameras you may want to consider but that do not accept optional wide-angle lenses or external flash: Fujifilm FinePix E510, Canon PowerShot S70, Canon PowerShot S60.

Are your indoors shots coming out underexposed (too dark)? One reason might be that it's just too dark and your digital camera cannot handle it (i.e. missing the ability to use slower shutter speed, faster lens, larger aperture, higher ISOs, more powerful flash). Also remember that if a bright light source (such as a window or patio door) is included in the picture, be sure to expose for the interior not the bright light source [point the center of the camera to a dark area, half-press shutter release button to lock the exposure, recompose, and take the picture].

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