Hi All,I need your help once again....and as usual....I've come to the experts on this site. You've always been very helpful in the past and I'm hoping you can do so again. I live in Florida and I'm going to North Carolina next month house hunting for about a week. I have a rebel XTI and I need a very good lens for taking pictures of homes (inside and outside). My husband works overseas and I'll be sending lots of pictures of my house hunting adventures for him to approve or disapprove. I presently have 70-200 F4L IS, 17-55mm 2.8, EFS 60 Macro, 50mm 1.4, and 85mm 1.8. Can anyone recommend a good lens for taking pictures of real estate? Especially the inside of houses, room to room. I was considering the 15mm fisheye. But I really need some expert advice. Don't care about the price just want the best lens for the job. Thanks for all advice, and I appreciate your time. Cheers to everyone!!!

You have a set of very high quality lenses at present, and I am sure you will want to maintain that standard. And you say you are not critically price-sensitive. That makes the Canon EF-S 10~22 the ideal choice for you. It will do just what you need. You quite definitely do not want the 15mm fisheye.The next step up would be a 5D with 17~40 and TS24, but that's really serious money.

I agree, I have the 10-22 on my 30D and it's great for indoor shots. You don't really need the TS lenses IMO as the distortion isn't really an issue indoors. I would bring a flash too for darker areas like bathrooms, though you can get away with very low shutter speeds at 10mm.

Since you are using a crop body, I would recommend the 10-22 or others have liked the Tamron and Sigma of the same zoom range. Doug Kerr is right--the 12-24 is a very nice lens (I have one), but better for FF than crop. The others in range of 10-22 will do very well for both interior and exterior. I've used a 15-30 for years on a crop body for interior shooting, so a 10-22 will give you more possibility of including more in a shot inside. I used one on a 20D and liked it very much. YOu don't want a FE--it will distort quite a bit. Though it can capture more, it really isn't good for that purpose unless defished---and then you lose quite a lot of the image when cropping it down. Stick with a linear wide angle.Hope you find what you like in NC--its a great state (I'm a bit biased) with a lot of variety from the highest mts. east of the Mississippi to a beautiful coast and the Piedmont in between.Diane -- Diane B http://www.pbase.com/picnic/galleries

Save yourself $700.This might also be a good time to finally get the 580 flash (instead of the lens if the panorama idea appeals to you). Last time I went house hunting, some houses were empty and when light bulbs burned out, they weren't always replaced. (Of course, you could take a pack of bulbs with you just for that eventuality but with the flash, you don't have to worry so much about shutter speed either.)

10-22 goes with your kit perfectly...it will give 16-35mmif you had a full frame camera the sigma 12-24 or the 16-35mm mkII would be the ones.. it would give their full marked width..== the 10-22 has everythingh going for it... and it is pretty light and compact...but like your other ef-s lenses it wont work on a full frame camera-it is the best lens for the job.. very little distortion..sharp...when you get it, keep an eye out for the corners and probably send to canon within a year to be checked / calibrated..TOM

I'd go with the 10-22 as well. My kit contains the 10-22, 17-85 IS, 70-200/4L IS, and 50/18. 10-22 is a great ultra wide compliment to the 17-85.

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