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Re: recommendations for a good priced (sub $1000) dig cam for panos
          Pat Swovelin 2006-Jun-14 22:41:00
          
          Joel M. Baldwin wrote:
--On Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:04 PM +0800 chris <#removed# 
<mailto:dragonmagi%40gmail.com>>
wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > >
 > > I'm looking for recommendations for a good priced (sub $1000) dig cam
 > > for panos, like something that has better wide angle and imaging
 > > properties than my Sony cybershot DP72.
 > >
 > > thanks,
 > >
 > > chris
 > A Canon 300D or 350D with a Peleng 8mm fish eye.
If you get a Peleng make SURE you get one with a native EOS mount so you 
don't have problems with the cheap adapters that are out there (and 
there are a lot them).
 > The lens has decent image quality, and being a DSLR you can upgrade to a
 > better/other lens down the road.
 > Only downside is the lens flare can be pretty bad. But all fish eyes 
will
 > have some degree of flare
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large