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I'm about to talk the boss into buying a decent camera for photographing our stores. I've been using my old 30D but don't really want to wear it out for work.

He may be willing to go as far as an SLR, maybe even a full frame and an L lens.

We want to be able to have a go at getting some good images (without having to pay a pro each time we do a renovation of course).

So I guess it's either $4K worth of 6D and an L lens of some kind, or a decent point and shoot style of camera.

Any suggestions before I hit him up?

6D Sounds good to me.

Otherwise, have a look perhaps at a Sony A7R. JD is having a ball with his. Same sensor as the Nikon D800 which I can more than vouch for.

I'll check it out, thanks Dex.

What lens would you recommend on the 6D if I can talk him into it?

What do you want to shoot? Wide angle? Tight macro? Low light?

These are the first questions.

And yes: the A7R rocks...

I assume if it's renovations it will be a lot of interior shots? If so, full frame will definitely help in the lower light and also dynamic range (capturing detail in shadows and highlights in the same shot). A nice wide angle would be good. 24-105 or equivalent. Going wider is nice, but be aware you introduce a lot of barrel distortion.

I'm using a 10-20 on my 30D and it's great for the interiors just because it gets so much in. There is definitely a bit of distortion though.

It's interior and exterior shots of buildings, so mostly wide angle I think.

Not quite there on the convincing. His boss reckons we should get a good point and shoot, up to $1000. Would that be worthwhile?

They want pro looking shots but don't want to spend any money for them.

Your last sentence there is frustratingly always the case.

There's only so much you can do with a p&s. You probably also won't really find a $1000 p&s. Most are moving up to a mirrorless camea at that price. That would also be a good option. But you'd struggle to get anything as wide as the 10-20. I'm guessing you know this, but sensor size will change the fov, by which I mean, 10mm on a little sensor is nowhere near as wide as 10mm on the APS-C sensor In your 30D.

OK, so I almost had him convinced, and he said I can borrow one for this week long road trip I'm doing, and if I take good enough photos he'll buy me one.

Any tips? haha

Thanks for your help Dex.

This is the best I could get it to do with my very limited experience
I was learning the whole time though, so if they buy one I'd say pics will get better all the time.

Sorry Vil, I was in northern territory for about 10 days with mostly no reception for a lot of it. Any idea of what he'd end up spending/buying???

DexterPunk wrote:Sorry Vil, I was in northern territory for about 10 days with mostly no reception for a lot of it. Any idea of what he'd end up spending/buying???

We borrowed a 6D and gave it a run, need to see if he's impressed enough with the pics to buy one

Excellent. Hopefully he see's value in it.