What to use down long hallways and in Staircase area's

[gtxkid 0]

I have some tight spots to do.

Long hallways to cover.

Tight staircase's

8 X 10 foyer.

Was looking at 2.8-11mm

Do they make something for the long and narrow.

[survtech 0]

The issue with long hallways is that if you use a lens with a wide enough field of view to see the closer area of the hallway, it's impossible to see what happens near the opposite end. Contrariwise, if you use a telephoto-type lens you'll see the opposite end better but may miss what happens closer in.

 

I like to use two cameras at opposite ends criss-crossed and zoomed so that each camera sees the opposite end best. The lenses are zoomed so that they each see the full width of the hallway at the halfway point. That makes the hallway appear much shorter.

 

I call it The Alfred Hitch**** "Vertigo" effect.