If you continually find yourself moving back a considerable distance or asking friends or family members to squeeze closer together when trying to take a group photo, it may be time to investigate a digital camera with a wide-angle lens.A wide-angle lens on a digital camera allows you to fit more of your desired scene into the shot. The typical focal length offered on a compact point-and-shoot digital camera is 35mm. The lower that number, the more that your digital camera can see.
For example, a 28mm lens is considered “wide-angle” and a 24mm lens is considered “ultra-wide angle.” Digital cameras with either lens would be excellent wide-angle alternatives to a traditional model with a 35mm lens.
In addition to giving you the ability to take better group photos, a wide-angle lens is also valuable when photographing spacious landscapes or even tall subjects such as skyscrapers. A wide-angle lens allows you to capture the full scene as you see it, without having to decide what to exclude from the frame when pressing the shutter button.
If you’re looking to upgrade your current camera, keep wide-angle in mind and make sure to inquire about the focal length of the lens. A wide-angle lens is a significant benefit which can come in handy when you least expect it.
Samsung offers a range of digital cameras with wide-angle lenses, including the SL310W, SL820, and TL34HD which offer 28mm wide-angle lenses, and the HZ10W, HZ15W and which offer ultra-wide angle 24mm lenses. More information about these models can be found at www.samsung.com.
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