Need advice on upgrading equipment for real estate video

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RocanLover163

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The time has come to retire my Canon T2i and I am now looking to upgrade. I've recently began getting more clients for real estate video's and feel I need to upgrade my camera. I'd like advise on what my next camera should be that would be good for real estate. I've been looking into the Sony A7rii, but I'm not sure if this would be the best option. Are there any other camera's better suited? I also have a few lens for my T2i that I'm not sure would work on the FF of the Sony. However, if the jump in video quality is major by moving to the Sony I don't mind investing in new lenses. Out of pocket I wouldn't want to go over $4k. Any suggestions?
 
The A7sii would provide slightly better functionality for video.
You'd have $1000 left on your budget for lenses, batteries, cards, rigging, etc.
Or you could go with the sony a6300 for $2k less and about a half stop less Dynamic
Range.
 
If I had to buy a camera and a lens to shoot real estate right now, it would be the a6300 with the Samyang 12mm f/2.0.

* That lens is super wide and super awesome. Fast and sharp and with relatively little distortion. I used it a lot in this just-for-fun holiday piece, for example.
* You can shoot super-detailed 4k with great DR (windows!)
* No need to worry about overheating for real estate videos
* Very light package
 
I might add that with the A6300, you could buy a speedbooster and your full frame lenses are now full frame for those wide shots (rather than cropped 1.5) and you can shoot 1 stop faster in low light indoors.
 
I think an A7RII for Real Estate is overkill. I'd look at the 63000 and the Sony 10-18mm. Plus the ability to add a Speedbooster make it's a no-brainer.
 
Thanks for the input everyone, I'm now considering the a6300! A few more questions.

-Is there an adapter to use my canon lenses, if there is would the quality still be the same?
-is there any loss of quality/functionality using the speed booster to use FF lenses? I would prefer to to start purchasing FF lenses in the case that I decide to buy a FF camera in the future.
-My main work is real estate videos, but occasionally I get other types of work and plan to take on other projects (interviews, outdoor events, etc..). I guess my question(s) is, how versatile is the a6300 for other projects? What type of work would the a7sii do that the a6300 would not do well? Since I want to expand my work and projects I don't want to be limited in what I can do because I went with the a6300 vs the a7sii.
 
RocanLover163 said:
Thanks for the input everyone, I'm now considering the a6300! A few more questions.

-Is there an adapter to use my canon lenses, if there is would the quality still be the same?
-is there any loss of quality/functionality using the speed booster to use FF lenses? I would prefer to to start purchasing FF lenses in the case that I decide to buy a FF camera in the future.
-My main work is real estate videos, but occasionally I get other types of work and plan to take on other projects (interviews, outdoor events, etc..). I guess my question(s) is, how versatile is the a6300 for other projects? What type of work would the a7sii do that the a6300 would not do well? Since I want to expand my work and projects I don't want to be limited in what I can do because I went with the a6300 vs the a7sii.
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The speedbooster actually increases the resolution of your full frame image in addition to providing greater low light capability and increasing the FOV from your cropped camera.
I'm not sure how much you would lose in terms of full functionality (e.g. AF speed and accuracy, metering, iris control, etc.)
You wouldn't be able to use the speedbooster on the A7sii camera since it's full frame and there would be no reduction for Canon EF lenses (or Sony full frame lenses for that matter).
Generally Conon EF lenses are going to be more useful down the road for a variety of cameras. So you may just get the A6300 and Canon Glass and wait on buying a higher priced
camera. Generally you'll get more for your money down the road with technology advancing so quickly.
Under controlled lighting conditions (such as with interviews) you're going to get higher IQ from a Blackmagic Pocket or Micro Cinema Camera that gives you more DR and no 30 minute
recording limit. With outdoor events you may be more concerned about ergonomics, where a dedicated camcorder like the jvc gy-ls300 would shine.
 
* The speedbooster increases resolution compared to your APS-C sensor, but can't match an actual FF sensor. link. (that's a first-gen speedbooster, though; the II may be better, and I would probably go with the LensTurbo today).
* There's no loss in quality when using adapted lenses, but you lose some performance in terms of AF and general problems (I don't like electronic lens adapters, speedbooster or not)
* I still would go with theSamyang 12mm f/2.0, it's a really good lens and it's relatively cheap.
* The Achiles heel of the a6300 is that it overheats quite quickly. Great camera for narrative, for real estate, for anything that doesn't require takes of more than a minute or two. For events and for interviews, better get something else (I believe a7R II and a7S II would be fine but those are way more expensive).
 
another issue with the a6300 is the rolling shutter, go very gently on any movement particularly with architectural stuff
 
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