The problem with using a point-and-shoot camera to shoot a real estate listing isn’t really about the type of camera; it’s about the mode of shooting.
...The problem is that the camera can’t do that without help: Either the room will be properly bright and the scene outside blown out pure white, or the outside will look normal but the room too dark.
...In this image -- shot in the same room at the same time as the first image -- I balanced the indoor light with the outdoor light by using off-camera strobes (or flash units) controlled manually. To accomplish this, I set my camera’s shutter speed to make the outdoor light look normal; I used the brightness of the strobes and the size of the aperture to raise the indoor brightness.
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