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chiddington · Mar 25, 2006, 6:10 AM

My first and only digital camera has been a Canon S30. It's been a great introduction to the world of digital but it has limitations.

My last film camera was a Canon SLR with several lenses - my favourite was a 22-55 which I loved for travelling. The lens was small and on my trip to Greece took great shots.

I want the same great wide angle capabilities with digital. I like small point & shoot cameras but wide angle seems to be out of their range.

Can anyone recommend a P&S with good wide angle?

Or should I bite the bullet and go to dSLR?

I'd love to hear what everyone thinks?

mtclimber · Mar 25, 2006, 10:23 AM

The options seem to be either the Canon S-80 or the Panasonic FX01, which can give you a 35mm equivalent of 28mm.

MT

chiddington · Mar 25, 2006, 10:54 AM

That's kind of small range of choice!

style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"Does anyone else find the lack of wide angle options frustrating? There only seems to be a move to more and more zoom.

mtclimber · Mar 25, 2006, 2:07 PM

If you can tolerate a larger camera, the Nikon 8400 and the Kodak P-880 both offer 24mm wide angle possibilities.

MT

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Mar 25, 2006, 6:10 AM	#1
chiddington Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2	My first and only digital camera has been a Canon S30. It's been a great introduction to the world of digital but it has limitations. My last film camera was a Canon SLR with several lenses - my favourite was a 22-55 which I loved for travelling. The lens was small and on my trip to Greece took great shots. I want the same great wide angle capabilities with digital. I like small point & shoot cameras but wide angle seems to be out of their range. Can anyone recommend a P&S with good wide angle? Or should I bite the bullet and go to dSLR? I'd love to hear what everyone thinks?

Mar 25, 2006, 10:23 AM	#2
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	The options seem to be either the Canon S-80 or the Panasonic FX01, which can give you a 35mm equivalent of 28mm. MT

Mar 25, 2006, 10:54 AM	#3
chiddington Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2	That's kind of small range of choice! style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #000000"Does anyone else find the lack of wide angle options frustrating? There only seems to be a move to more and more zoom.

Mar 25, 2006, 2:07 PM	#4
mtclimber Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oregon, USA Posts: 18,143	If you can tolerate a larger camera, the Nikon 8400 and the Kodak P-880 both offer 24mm wide angle possibilities. MT