rocker21

I have a wide angle lens that came with my camera. When I put it on I am not seeing much difference in before and after. Is this the type of lens that is supposed to let you take pictures of a whole city nightscape and things like that or am I thinking of something else?

tiggapooh

Are you thinking of like a panaramic view? But I would think that you should be able to see the difference with the wide angle.

rocker21

Yes- panoramic picture was what I was trying to think of. I can see a bit of difference with the wide angle lense on, but it sure doesn't seem like a whole lot.

moon123

Wide angle lenses give you a real artistic flare when taking photos, doesn't necessarily expand your horizontal view a bunch.

rocker21

Hopefully this doesn't post twice- anyway- Got ya- thanks for the info, I was thinking that it would take those panoramic pictures.

davidemarsh01

A wide angle lens is one that projects a substantially larger image circle than would be typical for a standard design lens of the same focal length; this enables either large tilt & shift movements with a view camera, or lenses with wide fields of view.
More informally, in photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens refers to a lens whose focal length is substantially shorter than the focal length of a normal lens for the image size produced by the camera, whether this is dictated by the dimensions of the image frame at the film plane for film cameras or dimensions of the photo sensor for digital cameras.
By convention, in still photography, the normal lens for a particular format has a focal length approximately equal to the length of the diagonal of the image frame or digital photo sensor. In cinematography, a somewhat longer lens is considered "normal".
There is an easy formula for calculating the angle of view for any lens that produces a rectilinear image. In addition to giving a wider angle of view, the image produced by a wide-angle lens is more susceptible to perspective distortion than that produced by a normal lens, because they tend to be used much closer to the subject.