Both excellent shots, Paul. Boy do I want me one of those 12-24's - That is certainly the biggest hole in my lens line up at the moment. It looks like a great lens.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 26, 2010, 4:43:55 AM, you wrote: ps> I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate companies using my ps> Pentax digitals. You don't want to use a fisheye, unless you're up for a lot of post work. ps> The DA 12-24/4 is an excellent choice. At 12mm, the distortion is ps> quite manageable, and the lens is very sharp at 5.6. You'll want ps> to shoot of a tripod anyway, so you can stop down to f8 or f11. ps> Here's a link to a pic shot with the 12-24 and followed up with a ps> bit of perspective correction in PhotoShop, using the transform tool: ps> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4003362&size=lg ps> Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames ps> with the DA* 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or ps> PT Gui. This gives you a very wide angle view and minimal ps> distortion. I usually shoot those at f13 for interiors. Off a ps> tripod of course. Here's a link to one shot done that way: ps> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9074706&size=lg ps> Both are good solutions, and both lenses are excellent for other uses as well. ps> Paul ps> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
