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Hi guys,

I've recently got another camera since I moved out a canon 500d, oldie but it does the job nicely. :cool:

So basically since I have a DSLR my mate asked me to take some shots of a flat he owns to rent out. But the rooms are a little small so my tammy 17-50mm wasn't really ideal, better than his phone mind:hungover:.

So basically I'm looking for a decent wide angle lens to help me take wider pictures of small rooms. Maybe something like a 10-22mm would that be ok? I think I should invest in a good tripod too Manfrotto's are usually great but I'll research that further. He is making a contribution to the lens hence why I thought I'd take him up on it.

So my questions are will something like a 10-22 do me for small rooms, remembering I have a 500d so it's a crop? Anything in particular I should lookout for?

At what stage does wide angle become fish eye?

Any recomendations on lens but nothing silly expensive please. I don't really have a budget since they vary so much in price but no Canon L stuff :p

Lastly does anyone have any good youtube video channels to help me with photoshop? I've seen sometimes wide angle photos become distorted and bent but you can fix that in Photoshop I'm lead to believe.

Cheers for your time and all replies are welcome. :ty:
 
I've a Sigma 10-20mm and have taken indoor shots on my 40D for a friend whose a joiner - to showcase his work.

Worked a treat and no issues at all.

Would recommend a tripod if you can as it makes it easier to shoot with the natural light etc.
 
I photographed a few houses in France for a friend using my 40D and canon 10-22, on a manfrotto tripod! Was a good set up for it!

The Sigma 10-20 would do the job well also but I've never used one to compare it to the Canon, however you can pick up a second hand 10-22 now for less than £300 and until I went FF it was one of my favorite lenses!
 
Although more expensive, however if your friend is making a contribution :), the Sigma 8-16mm is an excellent wide angle lens specifically designed for an APS-C camera, ideal for estate agency type work, one of my favourites. It's not only usefully wider than Sigma's regarded 10-20mm, it's better quality. But it's more expensive! (second-hand is ~ £350) If you want to spend the minimum I'd also recommend the Sigma 10-20mm. See here
 
ManVan said:
Have you considered Tokina?

I have the 11-16 on a Nikon crop body and its brilliant, I gather the 10-17 could be even better.
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But the Tokina 11-17mm is a fisheye. Not a good idea for this kind of photography.
 
Dblock said:
So my questions are will something like a 10-22 do me for small rooms, remembering I have a 500d so it's a crop? Anything in particular I should lookout for?

Any recomendations on lens but nothing silly expensive please. I don't really have a budget since they vary so much in price but no Canon L stuff :p
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You need a lens which goes down to 10mm or thereabouts. The Canon 10-22mm is probably the pick of them, but as others have said there are lots of decent choices: Tokina 11-16mm, Sigma 10-20mm, Sigma 8-16mm, etc. The only one you really want to stay clear of is the Canon 11-24mm, because the price tag for that one has too many digits for you. (It's full frame, L series, weather resistant, unbelievably wide - the equivalent of 7mm on a crop sensor - and delivers brilliant image quality. Lots of reasons why it costs nearly £3000.)
Dblock said:
At what stage does wide angle become fish eye?
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It's not as simple as that. Fisheyes are designed differently to give a 180° field of view and the focal lengths aren't really comparable. For example the Canon 15mm full frame fisheye is wider than the wide end of the 11-24mm zoom. On a crop sensor, Sigma make a 10mm fisheye which is wider than the wide end of the 8mm zoom. Just avoid lenses which are declared to be fisheyes are you'll be OK.
 
I used to do this sort of thing regularly for an estate agent before I finally retired.
I used a 40d with a sigma 10/20 and when needed a 580 ex flash,sometimes I used a tripod but not very often.
The biggest problem is converging verticals but you can usually sort that in software (Dxo is very good at this)
The old siggy non o's is ok
By if you decide to use flash bounce off the ceiling and put the camera to manual(f8/160 iso 200 ish) the flash to ettl and ignore the camera meter reading
 
Sigma 10-20mm all the way, that's what I use for all my work, no problems at all. Just read the the reviews owners love them. Manfrotto is a good choice of tripods, keep your camera at around waist height in order to keep your verticals looking straight, also use a cable release or 2 second delay when taking your shots to avoid vibration. Good luck.
 
I'm surprised no one's mentioned the canon 10-18? I'm about to purchase one myself after reading all the reviews on how good they are especially for the money. Supposedly a match for canons 10-22 just in a cheaper shell and more than a match for the sigma 10-20 I used to own yet once again cheaper.
 
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