Property photographs were ‘misleading’ about room sizes, a complainant to the advertising watchdog claimed.
A spokesperson for the Advertising Standards Authority said that the complaint, about a Sequence listing, was informally resolved.
She said: “The complainant challenged whether photos in the ad misleadingly implied that rooms were larger than they were and that they misled about the habitable nature of the property.
“The advertiser agreed to amend the images and we resolved the case informally.”
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I’ve dabbled in night sky photography but certainly nothing major. Just a few photos with my old Canon T3i and the kit lens that came with it. I really enjoy it though and want to get a better camera to produce better photos. My question is, what’s best for astrophotography?I’ve done a little research and it seems like a full frame camera would be better, though articles like this (https://www.photographytalk.com/astrophotography-tips-for-beginners) say that a full frame isn’t necessarily needed. But wouldn’t it be better because of the larger pixels and better night capabilities? Or am I wrong here?I don’t want to spend a huge pile of money so I’ll be looking at used cameras, so bear that in mind if you have recommendations. Thanks guys!
We went through a period of using a standard HD camera to show rooms as they actually are. Some appreciated it and were presently surprised when they attended the viewing. But there’s the catch, you have to get them to the viewing in the first place, if your photographs don’t attract interest then your vendor will soon become p****d off and dis-instruct you.
They won’t care that you twisted and contorted, pinning yourself in the corner, or leaning back over a window ledge until your back creaked under the strain, just to get an extra 2 inches of floor and ceiling in. No they say, I want what that agent has, I want them to see my property peeled open like an orange so that everyone can marvel at the wonderfully intricate juicy couture features I’ve added over the years. So we went full frame, mirrorless with a semi-wide angle lens costing as much as our first house, and we have only positive comments from vendor and viewer alike.
Maybe there will be the odd one who thinks he can purchase a castle for the price of a gatehouse even though the floor plan is laid before him, but hey ho, you don’t have to please all of the people all of the time, only those that feed your family.
Hang on a minute! Don’t we all provide room measurements and usually floor plans? Most people appreciate that a wide angle lens is necessary to show most of an average sized room and are grateful that they can see what the room looks like. Sounds like a serial complainer to me and illustrates how open we are to trouble from even the most minor complaint.
Trouble? *Informal resolution.
And that same person should complain about every other thing too… make up makes a woman look gorgeous and Lynx deodorant makes women attracted to men who use it lolz … there are always some out there …
Correct, it’s like when people turn up and say “I thought it would be bigger” when they have pictures, floor plans and imperial and metric measurements!
Informally resolved, that’s a new one – not!
Most l see make them look smaller, darker, more orange and more leaning than they actually are.