Wide angle digital compact?

Rilot · 9 May 2006 at 11:35

I've got fed up with carrying my 10d+Sigma 15-30mm around with me all the time so I'm in the market for a digital compact as a carry around.

It needs to have a very wide angle lens on it as I mostly shoot landscapes. Don't care about the tele capability of the camera.

Can you get digi compacts that go down to the equivelant of 20mm on a 35mm camera?

aztechnology · 9 May 2006 at 14:57

I can't seem to find many that go wider than 28.

Nikon have a coolpix (8400) out to 24, but it's not exactly compact, a few compacts have WA converts to get to around 21ish... (Ricoh)

Mohain · 9 May 2006 at 15:27

The Kodak EASYSHARE V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera goes down to 23mm (equiv.) Dunno if you'll get wider than that on a compact. Never used the camera tho, so cannot comment on it's quality.

Bluebells · 9 May 2006 at 15:39

What about the Canon S80 or Rioch R4, only 28mm though.

aztechnology · 9 May 2006 at 17:21

Mohain said:
The Kodak EASYSHARE V570 Dual Lens Digital Camera goes down to 23mm (equiv.) Dunno if you'll get wider than that on a compact. Never used the camera tho, so cannot comment on it's quality.

that twin lens thing looks interesting....

Rilot · 11 May 2006 at 16:31

When I say "compact" I mean, smaller than a full blown SLR. Not neccessarily a ikkle thing.

Mohain · 11 May 2006 at 16:55

I don't think you'll get one at 20mm. I think aztechnology's advise is the best. Nikon coolpix 8400 at 24mm. May be possible to get a 3rd party WA converter for it but quality will suffer.

Gregeff · 11 May 2006 at 19:33

I've been looking for a compact with a widish angle lens.

The best i found at 28mm where:

Ricoh GR Digital - 28mm - £399
Canon S80 - 28mm-100mm - £310
Ricoh R4 - 28mm-200mm - £234
Caplio GX8 - 28-85mm - £249
Panasonic FX01 - 28mm-100mm - £219

The Panasonic is the smallest and cheapest and i think is what i'm about to buy.

Also the Ricoh GR Digital and Canon S80 have wide convert lenses to take them to about 21mm for about £100. I think you can also get wide converter lenses for Canon A series which take them to about 24mm too.

I looked at that Kodak dual lense camera, but the picture quality looked pretty bad tbh