Wide Angle Digital Compact / SLR

[bennno]

Can anybody advise if there is a digital compact / slr which has a fisheye or good wide angle lense?

Dont want to spend a fortune, but selling house and want some decent interior photos

Bennno

[VxDuncan]

Most to the dslrs can be fitted with a superwide angle lens, such as the sigma 10-20mm, however you're looking at at least £600 for the cam and lens.

Best bet if you need wide pictures would probably be a leveled tripod, several exposures and some panorama stitching software. You need to look the exposure down on manual mode though if possible.

[bennno]

I have a 28mm wideish angle on my Nikon SLR - can you go much wider than this?

Whats best for interior photographs?

Bennno

[imperialism2024]

For a compact, look at the Panasonic LX-1/LX-2. Wide angle, though the LX-1 isn't the best in low light, but I hear the LX-2 is significantly better in that respect.

[RobDickinson]

bennno you want a fish eye or a normal wide / ultra wide? Is the Nikon digital?

Sigma do an 8mm fish eye and theres a 10-20mm UWA(square/non fisheye) too.

[lowdrag]

If you want a compact the widest one available is 24mm from Ricoh; see it here:-

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgx100/

Panasonic do wide agle (28mm) zoom compacts but have been heavily slated for the noisy photos their cameras produce.

However, if you want to go the DSLR route then the world is your oyster since lenses go very wide indeed. Nikon have a 12/24 zoom for example but primes go wider than that.

[GetCarter]

bennno said:

I have a 28mm wideish angle on my Nikon SLR - can you go much wider than this?

Whats best for interior photographs?

Bennno

I have a Sigma 10-20 on my Nikon, It'll get all the room in but will give some serious distortions at the 10mm end.

[beano500]

Anyone experience of a WA adaptor on a compact. Could be a good VFM choice?

[lowdrag]

A friend used his compact with a W/A adaptor and here is the result. Can't say I like it overmuch.

Edited by lowdrag on Monday 13th August 13:45