Apr. 8, 2008 - Wide Angle Lenses 2

I recently aquired a Canon 10-22mm wide angle lens and a new Canon 40D digital camera. The lens is equivalent to a 16-35mm lens on 35mm cameras. This lens is really, really wide. Here is a link to reasons why one should have a wide angle lens (wider than 28mm) for real estate photography.

Here are examples from this lens:

At 35mm:

At 28mm:

At 24mm:

At 20mm:

At 16mm:

A composite of the above:

Now, I'm not saying that 16mm is the answer, no. In fact, at 16mm, the angle is too wide which is giving an unnatural perspective. I would only use 16mm when I really have to, in order to capture a really tight space, such as this bathroom: