Taking Pictures Of Work

[White Room]

I know that most people use their phones for taking pictures of there work, not to happy with the quality of my Samsung S3 mini but also have a small camera but don't have a wide angle lens on it.

I'm looking another camera which has a wide angle lens but not to expensive or to technical, point and shoot is my standard.

Any ideas

 

[J Sid]

Going down the same route, off hunting for one this Friday afternoon.
So any ideas or suggestions welcome here to.

 

[Qwerty]

I did some research on cameras before I went off on my holiday to Florida last month. I found some cracking reviews on the Sony RX100

 

[J Sid]

£278 on amazon, is it worth that?

I was hoping for something about £100 to £140 ish.

The wife's going to Las Vegas later in the year so will probably not be coming back, the camera, not the wife sadly ;(

 

[Old Mod]

Cheapest way is to buy a clip on camera wide angle lens!
VicTsing Clip 180 degree Fish-Eye Lens+0.67X Wide Angle: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

That's what I use on my iPhone

 

[Qwerty]

I couldn't justify the Sony RX100 cost, so just stuck with my Canon IXUS. Takes great photos and within a £150 budget

 

[J Sid]

Just bought one for my phone £14, give it a go.
Thanks

 

[WetSaw]

Nikon Coolpix L840 Digital Camera (Plum) | UK Digital Cameras

A bit over budget but you might find it cheaper with a bit of Googling.

 

[WetSaw]

Got a Costco card?...

Costco UK - Nikon Coolpix L840 Bridge Camera in Plum

 

[White Room]

Probably expecting a small camera to do too much...

 

[Dan]

Awesome thread I'll follow this

 

[padtheplumber]

I bought a Panasonic FZ72 earlier this year, which has one of the widest angle lenses as standard in its class (20mm). I think it cost about £230, but as the pic shows, from the bathroom doorway I managed to get most of the room in view, and it was a smallish bathroom, 2.3m x 1.8 ish if I remember rightly.

 

[White Room]

That is awesome...

 

[padtheplumber]

I've dug another couple out of an ensuite I've done, its only 1.2m wide from left to right, cubicle is 850mm deep, door is 600mm and you can see floor to ceiling!!
These pics are all just in standard point & shoot mode, so I reckon with a bit of practise and learning how to use the features a bit it'll be well worth the money.

 

[andy8758]

With cameras - you really pay for what you get. The widest angle cameras are the Panasonic Lumix DMC's. I sometimes use a DMC TZ 30 - outstanding lens - a Leica, but it cost me about £240 a few years ago. As pad shows with his DMC you can get excellent wide angle shots in restricted locations.

If you want shots for a web site, you need to invest in an SLR with something like an 18-200mm lens - that combo will cost you just shy of a £1000. But the quality for web photos is outstanding.

In my opinion the Panasonic can take shots nearly as good as an SLR - and that makes it price look cheap at £240. And its portable enough to keep in your van glove box so you are never without it.

Finally some mobile phones have outstanding cameras - I have seen photos from iPhones that are good enough for websites. I personally bought a Nokia Lumia which has a 41 megapixel camera and takes excellent photos, and I always have it in my pocket. But they don't have the wide angle range of the Panasonic Lumix.

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[Dan]

I have a canon dslr (no lens changing) and it's good but I've used it maybe 6 or 7 times.

Phone does everything.

300dpi is fine for all web, even apples retina display is only about that. Most computer screens are about 100dpi. Print is 1000dpi.