I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate companies using my Pentax digitals. You don't want to use a fisheye, unless you're up for a lot of post work.
The DA 12-24/4 is an excellent choice. At 12mm, the distortion is quite manageable, and the lens is very sharp at 5.6. You'll want to shoot of a tripod anyway, so you can stop down to f8 or f11. Here's a link to a pic shot with the 12-24 and followed up with a bit of perspective correction in PhotoShop, using the transform tool: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4003362&size=lg Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames with the DA* 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or PT Gui. This gives you a very wide angle view and minimal distortion. I usually shoot those at f13 for interiors. Off a tripod of course. Here's a link to one shot done that way: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9074706&size=lg Both are good solutions, and both lenses are excellent for other uses as well. Paul On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:08 AM, Tanya Love wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I’d love to hear your suggestions for the best wide angle lens I can get my > hands on to shoot interiors. I need it to be as fast as possible, and if it > is a zoom, I need constant aperture through-out. Many of the interiors > (babies nurseries) that I am shooting are required to be shot using only > available light, so this is why the faster, the better. And, able to give > the best resolution as possible. > > I will be using it on the K-7. It doesn’t have to be a Pentax lens, I just > want good glass, good price and as wide as possible. Wide angle zooms are > ok, although I know that it is rare to find one as optically good as the > prime equivalents. > > I also love to shoot babies/kids faces close up with a wide angle > perspective, so something that would suit this purpose would be great too. > If it had a nice macro function, I wouldn’t complain either! > > Also, does anyone have the DA Fishe-Eye 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 and if so, what are > your thoughts on it? > > TIA! > > Tan. ☺ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
