which lens

PREM

PREM

Messages
45
Name
ray
Edit My Images
Yes
can anyone tell me the lens i need to take pictures of kitchens bathrooms?
i am just about to buy the 60d, is the kit lens 18-55mm worth having ie will it be needed if i get a 17-135mm. or another lens that may be recommended by yourselves.

thanks
 
You will need a 'fish-eye' mate to capture bathrooms ie a very wide angle lens 8-10-12mm...can't recommend a specific one, but thats the catagory you want to be looking at.
 
I have the ef-s 10-22mm, and I have to ask my OH not to stand 1 step ahead or his in shot. The ange of view is amazing I'm sure it would do bathrooms as well as landscapes. Why don't you take a trip to your local camera shop and ask to try it out.
 
Another vote for sigma 10-22. A fisheye will be too much and will just look silly I expect.
10mm should be plenty for any room.

You might want to invest in a flashgun too, or a sturdy tripod.
 
TCR4x4 said:
10mm should be plenty for any room.
Click to expand...

9 times out of 10 it will be :lol:

Here is a sample bathroom photo taken from an average size bathroom;

sample bathroom by cw318is, on Flickr

To get that shot I was crouched in the bath, and thats the kindof field you can see, taken with a Tamron 10-24. Camera was in portrait orientation, and I've cropped a bit off all 4 sides due the the barelling. Bathrooms and kitchens are v hard due to all the mirrors and reflective surfaces.
If they are average sizes you can do a pano but that means correcting the barrelling on every shot, or you could do what I do and try and take artistic shots instead emphasising elements like taps and showers etc.

If you do go for an ultrawide and your looking new go for the new Sigma 10-20 f3.5. I've got both the Tampon which is a bit soft and the Sigma which is absolutely pin sharp and imo beats the Canon. There is an 8-16mm from Sigma but I've had no experiance of it, but would have thought it would be quite bad for barelling.

And yeah a tripod is essential as is a wired remote shutter release as then you can set the camera up inside and close the door.
 
Last edited:
Hi Ray

I'd be going for the Sigma 10-20mm,

I'm very pleased with the one I've got and the photos in the flickr account below, were taken with it - which are of Kitchens etc.
 
Interesting for me too as I'm a tiler so also take pics of kitchens and bathrooms myself for my website etc. Was thinking of getting a wide angle and seeing what it could do for me.

Tiles are often hard to capture ad well because many are reflective so was wondering if a flashgun would be the way forward..
 
suggs said:
Interesting for me too as I'm a tiler so also take pics of kitchens and bathrooms myself for my website etc. Was thinking of getting a wide angle and seeing what it could do for me.

Tiles are often hard to capture ad well because many are reflective so was wondering if a flashgun would be the way forward..
Click to expand...

The shots I took for my mates Joinery photos (see flickr below) were all taken with the Sigma 10-20mm on a tripod with natural light, so no I had no problems with any reflections.
 
Another vote for the Siggy 10-20.
I have the f4-5.6 version but if you are going to be shooting indoors with natural light it might be worth the extra for the constant f3.5
 
Using a flashlight and pointing it to the ceiling (bounce flash) would be the way to go if using such kit. Then the flash isn't direct on the tiles but reflected off the ceiling.

Realspeed
 
The only problem I've had with bouncing the flash (and using direct flash come to think of it) is it doesn't always light up the full area in view with a wide angle lens. To get round this I bought another 380EX and fire them both at 45-90' to the lens (so one faces left and one faces right).

You will definately see better more natural results with good use of off camera flash.
 
myself i havent got a flashgun yet as only just bought my 200d a few days ago but will be getting one asap along with a wide angle lens as currently only have a nifty fifty, can you tell me what dialing in some positive flash exposure means?


thanks
 
thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
learning every time i am on this site. still deciding on the 60D or the 550D.
had a feel of the 550 and it seemed a little light, i still havent picked up the 60.
i went in to wildings and jessops, both were out of stock. before i let go of a grand i want to use the camera.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top