Small digital cameras with good wide angle coverage?

I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the equivalent
of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Thanks
Ben Slade

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:13:53 GMT, Benjamin Slade wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the equivalent
of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Panasonic makes a small camera that zooms down to 28mm (the FX-01).
Kodak has a model with two lenses, a fixed 23mm, and a zoom that goes
as wide as 37mm (V570).

I'm not sure what else in the 'pocket camera' size goes that wide.

-dms

The Kodak dual lens is probably the widest and most versatile, it even
has built in 180 panoramic capability

Daniel Silevitch wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:13:53 GMT, Benjamin Slade
wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the
equivalent of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Panasonic makes a small camera that zooms down to 28mm (the FX-01).
Kodak has a model with two lenses, a fixed 23mm, and a zoom that goes
as wide as 37mm (V570).

I'm not sure what else in the 'pocket camera' size goes that wide.

-dms

Always remember to compare apples to apples. Lenses identified by focal
length (like 28mm) do not indicate how wide an angle they will be until you
know the size of the sensor.

You can convert these focal length numbers by using the "factor" For
example if that 28mm lens is used on a camera with a 1.6 factor it will be
the equivalent of a 45 mm lens on a standard 35mm camera. On some cameras
it might even be a telephoto lens.


--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 00:38:22 GMT, Joseph Meehan wrote:
Daniel Silevitch wrote:
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 23:13:53 GMT, Benjamin Slade
wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the
equivalent of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Panasonic makes a small camera that zooms down to 28mm (the FX-01).
Kodak has a model with two lenses, a fixed 23mm, and a zoom that goes
as wide as 37mm (V570).

I'm not sure what else in the 'pocket camera' size goes that wide.

-dms

Always remember to compare apples to apples. Lenses identified by focal
length (like 28mm) do not indicate how wide an angle they will be until you
know the size of the sensor.

You can convert these focal length numbers by using the "factor" For
example if that 28mm lens is used on a camera with a 1.6 factor it will be
the equivalent of a 45 mm lens on a standard 35mm camera. On some cameras
it might even be a telephoto lens.

I'm aware of that. All of the numbers I gave are for 35mm equivalent.
Without checking, I'd imagine that the actual focal lengths for the
cameras I listed are down in the 5 or 6 mm range; subcompacts tend to
have very small sensors with crop factors in the 6x range.

-dms

Daniel Silevitch wrote:

Always remember to compare apples to apples. Lenses identified
by focal length (like 28mm) do not indicate how wide an angle they
will be until you know the size of the sensor.

I'm aware of that. All of the numbers I gave are for 35mm equivalent.

Same here. With digicams the equivalents are usually reported, it's the
DSLRs you need to be careful with.

Paul

m Ransley wrote:
The Kodak dual lens is probably the widest and most versatile, it even
has built in 180 panoramic capability

Here's a review
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0601/06010201kodakv570.asp

Don't forget, some digicams, like the Canon G6 for example, have optional
wide angle and telephoto converters. The wide-angle converter will turn the
35mm (equiv) into a 24.5mm, but it's a bit bulky;
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Cano...s/WC-DC58N.jpg

Paul

Small camera with a wide angle lens. You've just described my phone.
That's an option -- not a good one, but an option none-the-less.

I actually used it 2 days ago to document a construction site. I could
take the pics and then email while I was there so contractor could see
them instantly and see if they wanted to see anything else. "Real
camera" was not an option because they was no phone service around, let
along broadband or a hot spot. It was really weird. That's life out
in the middle of nowhere.

Benjamin Slade wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the equivalent
of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Thanks
Ben Slade

Benjamin Slade wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the equivalent
of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Thanks
Ben Slade

Samsung Digimax L55W

http://dcresource.com/reviews/cameraDetail.php?cam=740

Thanks all for the info. The Samsung Digimax L55W and the Panasonic
Lumix DMC-FX01 both look interesting.

DPreview.com only has the A55W by Samsung. Is that a different camera?

Thanks for the info
Ben Slade

Benjamin Slade wrote:
I'm looking for a small digital camera (say the size of a Canon Elph)
but with a good wide angle range. Ie. something that's the equivalent
of a 28mm wide angle lens for a standard 35mm camera.

My experience with vacations is that wide angle lenses make for much
better scenery type vacation pictures.

Thanks
Ben Slade