On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > 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. > I'm very pleased with it. I use it for car interiors as well. I've shot some wide open with good results. Paul > -- > 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.
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