Rare BoozinCroozin Posted May 13, 2021 #1 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Just curious on how wide of a lens would be needed for interior shots on a cruise ship? I am debating on a wide prime or go with a wide zoom. I have a Panasonic G9 so the focal length doubles on the lens. There are some that are 12-35/60mm that are good. There are some wide primes. Just trying to gauge what others may use to add it into the mix on my decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldBear Posted May 13, 2021 #2 Share Posted May 13, 2021 For wide angle, I only had the 14-42 kit zoom for my OMD M10.2 14mm seemed to suffice for framing interior shots. i now have a M1.2 with the 12-200 travel zoom, so that is a wider option- with a much bulkier lens. For next year’s sailing I’m looking for a smaller normal range zoom. The Oly Pro 12-40 f/2.8 or 12-45 f/4 would seem to be the safe choices. The PL 12-60 would also be a safe choice, and your G9 would provide dual IS with it. a cheap wide angle option would be the Oly 8mm f/8 ‘body cap’ fisheye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackiedawg Posted May 13, 2021 #3 Share Posted May 13, 2021 I'd generally recommend the widest you can get. Most of the time when I've shot interiors on ships, I've used a 10mm wide angle on APS-C, which is a 15mm equivalent. That's usually good enough to capture small bars, lounges, and side rooms well and still good for the 'big' rooms to capture the scale. I wouldn't really want much less than a zoom capable of 15mm equivalent to about 24mm equivalent, or a prime right at 15mm equivalent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BoozinCroozin Posted May 15, 2021 Author #4 Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) Thanks for the info. My other option that I am considering is a Laowa 7.5mm f/2. It is manual focus, but the focus assist fixes that pretty easily. It is compact and not fisheye. Edited May 15, 2021 by BoozinCroozin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pierces Posted May 15, 2021 #5 Share Posted May 15, 2021 7 hours ago, BoozinCroozin said: Thanks for the info. My other option that I am considering is a Laowa 7.5mm f/2. It is manual focus, but the focus assist fixes that pretty easily. It is compact and not fisheye. I often use a Rokinon 12mm f/2 on my A6300. Fully manual but focus peaking makes that a non-issue. Laowa has the same reputation as Rokinon/Samyang for good optics and since ship interiors seldom require fast focusing, a manual ultra-wide for that purpose makes a lot of sense. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted May 16, 2021 #6 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I use 9-18mm zoom mainly used on 9mm Photo of ship atrium on the Golden Princess Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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