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AnthonyL - 29 Sep 2005 13:12 GMT

Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
and out and wanting to get as much in as possible.

Also anything I can add to my digicam to go wider - it has a 52mm
thread on the lens? And any caveats - am I going to get shadows
around the edges for instance.

Many thanks

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Michael J Davis - 29 Sep 2005 14:08 GMT

AnthonyL <nospam@please.invalid> observed

>Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
>Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
>and out and wanting to get as much in as possible.

Look at the Olympus 8080wa

I'd love one - 28mm equiv. lens.

>Also anything I can add to my digicam to go wider - it has a 52mm
>thread on the lens? And any caveats - am I going to get shadows
>around the edges for instance.

yes, probably - I use a Panasonic FZ5 which gives slight vignetting -
not serious, but a little more when I use the Fuji WA adaptor equivalent
to 28mm.

But you are right to beware - check out www.dpreveiw.com

Mike

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Roger Whitehead - 29 Sep 2005 16:26 GMT

> Look at the Olympus 8080wa
>
> I'd love one - 28mm equiv. lens.

Or the Olympus C-7070 (27 mm equiv.) or the Nikon Coolpix 8400 (24 mm
equiv.) at their widest.

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Janie Thomson - 29 Sep 2005 17:40 GMT

> Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
> Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
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> thread on the lens? And any caveats - am I going to get shadows
> around the edges for instance.

The Olympus C5060WZ is an excellent camera with 28mm equivalent at the wide
end. You can still pick them up new around the £300 mark.

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Gordon Henderson - 29 Sep 2005 18:59 GMT

>Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
>Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
>and out and wanting to get as much in as possible.

You might be able to pick up a Nikon CP5000 on the 2nd hand market -
there is a Nikon screw-in wide andle adapter that takes it to the
equivalent of 19mm...

I've had one for a few years now, and while the camera is not a bit dated
(slow, doesn't focus well in low light) I quite like it.

Gordon

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Trev - 29 Sep 2005 19:28 GMT

> Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
> Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
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> Many thanks

28 mm equivalent from Minolta. Nikon, Canon and Olympus And I think a Kodak

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Stewart Pinkerton - 30 Sep 2005 06:23 GMT

>Most zoom digicams seem to be around 35mm equivalent at the wide end.
>Any go anymore without going SLR? Concern is taking buildings inside
>and out and wanting to get as much in as possible.

Give it a month, and you'll be able to buy the new Sony DSC-R1, a 10MP
beast with a 24-120 equivalent lens.

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