Hopefully some people will come up with good hardware solutions. For
the short term consider stitiching software. By combining a couple
images from your 11-22, you can probably get a wide enough view with
the biggest cost being time. With tight quarters, parallax will
probably be a time consuming issue while taking the shots.
That could keep your hardware options open long enough to see what
Olympus does. If you get the workflow down, you may have more than
enough pixels with your current E-System sensor
.......and I'll be able to get advice from you after you work out the
problems ;-).
-jeff
On 11/29/06, Daniel Sepke <daniel.sepke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> So I have a question about a job that I am doing that is probably going to
> require me to have a slightly wider angle lens than the DZ 11-22mm that I
> already own. It is shooting some higher end kitchen and cabinetry installs
> for a local custom builder. Most of the shots I am planning for are in
> spaces that the 11mm is wide enough for but there are a couple of places
> where it would be useful to have a slightly wider lens. None of the spaces
> are as tight as say some of the compact bathrooms that Jeff Keller has shown
> us in California (though the price tags are close to the ones in CA here in
> NC you get a whole lot more square footage for $800K). My dilemma comes from
> the two options below:
>
> 1. Buy the DZ 7-14mm for my E-1.
>
> 2. Buy a Sigma 12-24mm in N*kon mount and either a D80 or F*ji S3.
>
> Both of these options come in at about the same sort of money ($1700) but
> that is not the problem for me. And yes I will acknowledge that they are not
> the same coverage the DZ gives 14mm equiv vs.. 18mm from the Sigma. In the
> situation I am looking at the max FL of the Sigma should be wide enough.
> Most of my concern comes from the future of the professional end of the E
> System. Like AG I find myself wondering how long I can sustain the E-1 and
> the E System as a professional tool. While I do have a rather different
> style of photography business than Ken does I find myself sharing a lot of
> his perspectives on where the E System is going and the long term view of
> my/our respective needs. Specifically of concern is the specter of the E-3
> that haunts us all. Its eventual appearance and impact in the market will
> determine if I stay with the E System. This is something I really want to do
> but without a significant leap technologically I fear that the professional
> end of the E System will be wound down. Unlike Ken what I have not done is
> set a date by which something must have happened at Olympus before I make a
> switch.
>
> So offer me your perspectives, comments for and against; all are welcome.
>
> Dan S.
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