This Wide Angle is Wicked (and that's a good thing)

Kimberly, Wide-angle lenses are great.  I use a Kodak V570 myself.  You may want to look into using Photomatix software to bring out the intensity of colors and extend the range of tones of your photography.

I'm just beginning to play with the combination of the two.  The Photomatix software combines three images with different exposures so that you end up with a photo of incredible richness and depth.  If you add the wide-angle lense, the results are pretty sensational for showing up your staging work.

Here's a photo I took today of my dining area...

Kimberly...Thank you for sharing your good fortune with the rest of us.  I am always on the look out for another camera. 

I just bought a Panasonic FZ18 last month.  I'm very pleased with it but am thinking of getting one that is smaller.  I have a Fuji FinePix F10.  It has served me well but it does not have a wide angle.  I cannot imagine taking pictures without one now that I have. I'll have to check out the zoom on Canon SD870 as the FZ18 is 18x and I like it. 

Great photos.  You should be pleased.  Good purchase and it looks like you have helped out a few people including me (possibly).

Thanks,

Kathleen

Kimberly...I spent way too much time last night looking at cameras.  I like the one you bought and the Panasonic FX55K which is only $219.95 (amazon.com) and looks pretty good.

As I really don't need one I should resist.

Kathleen

Kimberly, well it happened and again it's watch out what you wish for.  While at the top of the continental divide (Montana/Idaho) on snowmobiles my camera went white on me and we were not in a white out.  So now I'm on the hunt, for real.  Still happy with your Canon?  Does is do panoramics with stitching like the Kodak?  Not that I need that but it's a neat feature for family travel shots.  Sending my husband out on the hunt tonight. 

Thanks,

Ginger

With that wide angle you will do well. I Take professional photos with an expensive SLR and a wide angle lense.

With a flash that lights up any room. You would be surprised with the difference. 

Kimberly, got my camera today, the Canon SD870 IS and I've just barely given it a try, but I have to tell you thanks again for sharing it with us.  It certainly IS wide angle, especially when compared to my Kodak.  When I get accustomed to it I know that I will love it.  I understand that there's a Super Flash available for it...do you have it? 

 Hey Kim, just started looking through some of my return visit photos using my new Canon and had to share the difference...people gotta know about this.  I'm really happy!  Still have a lot to learn and it's small size it awkward for my old eyes and dumb fingers, but I love the difference in this shot. 

 I really was standing in exactly the same place.  First one is from my kodak with a 36mm lense and the second with your and my canon.  WOW what a difference.  I know that everybody raves about their kodak v705, but they have to see what another wide angle camera can do. 

Now I need to learn how to adjust for my "inventory and placement" shots that are not meant for publication, just for my eyes only and they need to be closer. 

Thanks again for posting about this gem! 

Great info.  At HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, we have been using the Panasonic Lumix (Different Models) with modest results.  Basically the camera is too fragile for Home Inspections and must be looked at as a disposable with a one year life expectancy.  Customer Service also gets mixed reviews as there is a lot of confusion there about their own policies and their ability to follow through on what they say they will do and what they actually do is not very good.  At one point their rep suggested that the "Lumix is a great camera if you don't use it too much"!  We're shopping and I'll look into the Canon.

Richard

www.habitecinspections.com