So, I have just purchased a brand new, expensive (to me anyway) camera for my business of Real Estate picture taking.  It’s a new Nikon D5000.  Sounds pretty impressive, I thought, just saying the name of it and it turns out that it really is the one cool~ equipment.  I knew from sometime ago that my old, now completely dead, Olympus digital from almost 10yrs ago had to go in order for me to take “better” pictures for my listings.  And “pictures for listings” was my bare minimum of what it should enable me to do, if I ever got a new camera.  Well, when my Olympus gave out in the process of getting my new listing up and running, I had no choice but to go out and get something, and quick.  I have acquired more listings during Nov than during one month in particular and I had a lot of pictures takings to do.  Ok, so I went online, to Bestbuy, to hhgregg, Amazon, and Costco to look for these features of a camera:

*must have wide angle lens so I can fit a room in a picture rather than just a bed and/or a toilet.. (I am not in the business of selling a bed nor a toilet but selling homes…^^)

*must have video taking feature with a good sound quality

*must be EASY to use!!! (I love machines and any machines for that matter but I just don’t have time to study an equipment right now)

*must take SD card so I can bring with me and not camera to plug into my laptop

*must let me control lighting of the actual picture as well as be able to control flashing

Now, not knowing much or at all about any type of advanced camera and/or picture taking techniques, I didn’t even know if these features are something that was offered in my price range.  Well, go figure, it didn’t.  My price range was up to $200??? and I actually ended up spending almost $1K on it! >O< 

Biting the bullet certainly applies here, because despite having to spend so much more than what I have anticipated in the beginning, this is WELL worth it!  I have tried pictures and, oh my, it take a full room in to the frame!!!  yay!!  Finally I am not selling a bed and I am selling a room, a house!  I also already tried video taking, it’s wonderful!  It even edits pictures if its crooked, not level, dark, light, sun, shade etc, etc… 

So, with this new found love of mine, I shall take not only pictures, I will take GOOD pictures, I will take Videos to upload my listings to websites, and YOUTUBE, I will take Virtual Tours to burn to CD’s, and more.

Yes, I have made an investment with this one piece of equipment for my business and it is a very important one that I certainly am glad I made!