Re: Angle of view comparisons?

Steven Green <steven.green30@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> I am interested in a digital SLR for landscapes, especially wide angle
> photography.
> 
> I see lots of lens reviews for various cameras, but what I am looking
> for is something that compares them using angle of view rather than
> 25mm etc. 
> 
> I am trying to decide if I really want a FF sensor or something
> smaller, OK I want a FF sensor, but I guess I am trying to decide if
> bigger is better.
> 
> Is there a comparison of 12mp smaller format camera/lens with a 12mp
> full frame sensor at various angles of view? Is there something
> inherently better about bigger lenses and sensors? I think I read that
> a bigger sensor has less noise, but is there anything better about the
> lenses? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> 

Steve: I've done some landscape wide-angle work and gotten good results 
with the Canon 5D and the 17-40mm zoom.  There is a 16-35 zoom but much 
more expensive.  I've also made panoramas from stitched together 
vertical shots made with the 5D and a 50mm.  Mount the camera on a 
ballhead and rotate the camera around a nodal point.  If you do this, 
you have to shoot in manual to achieve the same exposure for all the 
images that will be stitched together.

If you are curious about angles of coverage, this article is useful:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle_of_view

HTH, ~Ray