So as most of you know, I sling houses for a living. For photos I use a basic point & shoot Cannon SD750 which works great in terms of ease-of-use and manual settings (it's got what I need, and it's pretty easy to adjust settings quickly).

The only problem is it has crap for a wide angle. I need a good wide angle to get interior pictures that don't just look like the corner of a room. I tried to remedy the problem by getting a cheap magnetic wide angle lense like this: https://www.magneticlenses.com/. The results were not so good. It gave me the angle I needed, but blurred the hell out of the sides of the image.

Example. both pictures were taken from the exact same position with and without the lense:




Adding a wide-angle as an afterthought to a camera that wasn't intended for it just doesn't seem to work.

So I think what I need is a camera that was either designed with a wide angle from the start, or something with interchangeable lenses. I don't need a fancy DSLR with a million settings, and I don't need a million megapixles. I was thinking there must be something a few years old (or more) that I can get used. I like the basic functionality of a point and shoot (menu settings for indoor, cloudy, tungsten, flourescent, basic exosure +/-), but I need a wider angle and I don't to spend a lot of money.

Suggestions?

 

http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1...0/DC02/FE.aspx

http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1...0/DC02/FE.aspx

http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1...0/DC02/FE.aspx

the first link is the best deal to me, but all depends on how much you want to spend. as far as lens goes

http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1...N/CE08/FE.aspx

http://www.keh.com/Product-Details/1...K/CE09/FE.aspx

 

Something like that would be fine, but I'd rather pick up a used one if possible. Any words of warning or advice in that regard? Seems like you photo-pr0n people probably dump perfectly good cameras pretty frequently in order to upgrade to the latest and greatest h:

 

lol all of the links i posted is for used equipment. used equipment that has been checked and cleaned.

 

Oh, I couldn't tell h: I'd like to go a little cheaper than that probably

 

well to you sir i say good luck. not really going to find anything cheaper then that, that hasn't been beaten to death.

 

Look into the Canon trade in program
http://www.cheapshooter.com/2008/08/...le-known-deal/

You can probably score one of those for a few bucks on eBay...then do the trade in.

 

Damn, that seems like a pretty good deal. I'd kinda like to keep my sd750 for general P&S purposes, but it may be worth it to trade.

I wonder if Olympus has a similar program, because I have a busted olympus that I paid $400 for back in the day h:

 

Sorry, might not be worth it anymore since it is pretty old

 

Edit...looks like they update the models and prices.