Originally posted by stevebrot The realtors I know have a little P&S, shoot like crazy, and stitch it all together later. I have seen some really strange looking rooms in the online MLS!
Steve
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This seems to be true. In fact, I recently put my house up for sale (got a newbie due in 10 days or so, need another bedroom,) and my realtor stopped over the day before the listing with a P&S and started taking one-handed flash snaps of the rooms - I said, "let me give it a try".
Walked around with the Tamron 17-50 taking some handheld ISO 1250 f/4 shots at 17mm - I tried to get dramatic angles, and paid attention to lighting. Maybe 15 minutes worth of downloading and basic PP, and I emailed 12 simple shots to the realtor. She got back to me with a huge WOW and commented that it was maybe time to upgrade her camera
(I suggested Pentax K-x or Nikon D5000.)
The next day we had three showings scheduled from people who saw the MLS listing.
It just does a disservice to the clients if the MLS listings look boring and generic - I don't think 90% of realtors realize how important those photos are.
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