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A wide zoom lens for interior photography?

  
 
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p.2 #1 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?


How about the voigtlander E mount 15mm, not a zoom but small and inexpensive used (picked one up a few weeks ago for £299), optically excellent and takes 58mm filters


Jan 05, 2026 at 04:28 AM
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p.2 #2 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?



Or the Viltrox 14mm f/4 Air…super cheap, if you can live with just 14mm.



Jan 05, 2026 at 07:42 AM
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p.2 #3 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?




old-gregg wrote:
Probably depends on the subject. When I was photographing my place for sale, I had to use a polarizer to mute reflections on hardwood floors and make them appear richer. Maybe it's different with commercial properties, but with residential interiors you're often shooting against the (natural) light, it's coming at you not only from the windows but also deflected from the floors, countertops, etc. A CPL helps.


Thanks old-gregg.

If you look at the images I shared above you will see we deal with the same issues. If I were taking those images to be finals I would set up with a tripod and take 2-3 images to capture the different luminance levels found in the scene. These would be composited in post processing depending on the capabilities of my software. If the scene is too wide I would do a panorama as @freaklikeme suggests or use a T/S lens. A CPL won’t adjust for the full contrast that you see in the images above which is why multiple exposures is the preferred approach.

Kk



Jan 05, 2026 at 07:59 AM
 


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p.2 #4 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?


If primes are of interest to you I have some Voigtlander ultra wides (10 and 15mm) and Loxia 21 for sale. I had the 12-24 gm and recently sold it. I’m just not using my wides much at the moment. Let me know if you’re interested and I can help you out and make you a good deal.


Jan 06, 2026 at 04:35 AM
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p.2 #5 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?


My private uwa zoom ranking,basing on the real life experience of a person that likes to photograph in often dim interiors of the historical buildings and such type of architecture,handhold, is as follows:

1.Sony GM 12-24/2.8 - a clear winner to me by all relevant practical measures

2.Sigma 14-24/2.8 DG DN in FE mount - IQ and built quality virtually the same,but the widest angle is only 14mm,which sometimes matters

3.Any kind of Sony GM/G or Sigma C 16-25/28/35f2.8 zoom


And for uwa primes:

1.Sony GM 14/1.8

2.Sony G 16/1.8

3.Vilrox 14/4

Edited on Jan 08, 2026 at 12:51 PM · View previous versions



Jan 06, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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p.2 #6 · A wide zoom lens for interior photography?


https://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=1664&Sample=0&FLI=0&API=0&LensComp=1535&CameraComp=1175&SampleComp=0&FLIComp=1&APIComp=4

I cant find any datas about Samyang but it seems Sigma 14-24mm F/2.8 beat all Sony lenses in terms of distortion and sharpness.



Jan 06, 2026 at 01:24 PM
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