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Old 09-05-2008   #1 (permalink)
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I need to shoot interior photos for a hotel (as a favor for a friend). I went to buy a sigma 10-20 the other day but when they found out I owned a Canon Mark III, they cautioned/warned me about vignetting. Can anyone recommend a suitable and/or the best wide angle lens I could use for interior shots? Thanks in advance.


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probably the 14 2.8 II
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With the 1D III I believe you have to stick to lenses designed for Full Frame bodies such as the Sigma DG or Canon EF series, Sigma DC and Canon EF-S cannot be used. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

The closest compatible Sigma Zoom to the one you specified is the 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 EX DG ASPHERICAL HSM and you also might get away with the Canon 16-35mm f2.8L.

The best lens as Trent says is probably the Canon 14mm f2.8L II.
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From my very limited experience with architecture I would suggest a wide zoom lens. A prime will give you problems with framing and composition, I would think.
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Wow! What a house!!! Thanks to everyone who responded; I'm going to rent some lenses this weekend and tell you what I discover/learn.
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Going through them again I think I went a "little" over-board with the perspective. Hope you don't do that yourself
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Btw, just remembered that Brooks wrote a great post about the very thing you are asking about. Hang on, I'll try finding it for you.

Edit: here it is.
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A different suggestion. With external or internal architectural photography there is never a lens wide enough. For those situations I have used a 16mm fisheye at f 8-f16 with great results using available de-fishing software. The 16-35 mm II although an improvement over the previous one that I owned, it is not to sharp at the edges at f8-f11 (at least mine).
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Try the 15mm fish eye as Jose says, Canons is an amazing lens as good as any L series, the lens distortion is not as bad on MK3 and easily straighten in PS or third party software for fish eyes

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