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<blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 633476" data-attributes="member: 43924">The older one will serve you just as well.&nbsp; The main difference between the two is that the newer one now has a built-in focus motor, which the older one lacks.&nbsp; That makes the newer one suitable for Nikon's D3xxx/D5xxx cameras (and a few others) but makes no difference to you since the 7100 has a motor anyway.&nbsp; I've had the old version with my 7100 for a number of years and was happy with it.One more thought: depending on the layout of your house, you may find that even that lens is not wide enough for you.&nbsp; If you are willing to do some fairly simple computer work, look for and download Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor), a free and fairly simple-to-use tool for putting together panoramas and even matrices of single shots.&nbsp; It'll allow you to, for example, take a series of 12 shots of 4 across in 3 rows, and composite all of them into one large image (without distortions!) in a very short time.&nbsp; The results are often stunning.&nbsp; Because ICE is such a great tool, you could even use a more standard lens, say, a Sigma 17-70 F2.8 (also cheap and very good optically) to do the job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lokatz, post: 633476, member: 43924"] The older one will serve you just as well. The main difference between the two is that the newer one now has a built-in focus motor, which the older one lacks. That makes the newer one suitable for Nikon's D3xxx/D5xxx cameras (and a few others) but makes no difference to you since the 7100 has a motor anyway. I've had the old version with my 7100 for a number of years and was happy with it. One more thought: depending on the layout of your house, you may find that even that lens is not wide enough for you. If you are willing to do some fairly simple computer work, look for and download Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor), a free and fairly simple-to-use tool for putting together panoramas and even matrices of single shots. It'll allow you to, for example, take a series of 12 shots of 4 across in 3 rows, and composite all of them into one large image (without distortions!) in a very short time. The results are often stunning. Because ICE is such a great tool, you could even use a more standard lens, say, a Sigma 17-70 F2.8 (also cheap and very good optically) to do the job. [/QUOTE]

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