AFAIK the D90 does not autofocus in video mode, pretty stupid.

My Canon HF11 gets the job done and is 1080.

 

^ You're right, there is no autofocus. The video feature is not a replacement for video cameras. But, it is a nice feature, and capable of making some HD footage that you can edit together.

 

Does the D5000 not do hd vids?

 

What is it called when you can expand an interior picture, not like fisheye lens but something similar. This would be easier if I knew what I was talking about. I need a cam with the ability to capture a whole interior room without making it weirdly distorted, you know what I mean? I'm just not sure what it's called.

For reference, I'd just like to use it on my houses that I sell.

 

I wanna say a tilt shift lens will do what you're thinking of but nobody makes one that is particularly wide.

 

Ya, something along those lines Alex, it's weird, I'm not sure what the big secret is, I asked another realtor about how he photographed his listings and he just said he hired some expert photographer and then that was pretty much the end of the conversation. Nothing like getting nowhere fast.

 

If you want a whole room, it's a wide-angle. They can be corrected (ie look normal) or uncorrected (ie fisheyes).

Something like this?


You will need an SLR and a very wide angle (10-12mm), not fisheye. You can have a 12mm corrected and a 12mm fisheye. 2 different looks, clearly.

Or you can get a full frame SLR (ie Canon 5D and co.), and then put a wider lens.

Technicality, consumer SLRs have a smaller sensor, which multiplies the focal by 1.6. So the 10mm lens I talked about earlier is actually equivalent to a 16mm on a full frame camera. Did that make sense?

Oh, and if you want to make decent pictures ... hire a pro. It's not easy to grasp all the technical side of camera, lens and lighting on a whim. Unless they're 100k homes.

 

yeah, thanks. that's exactly what I'm trying to reproduce, now it seems more difficult than I originally anticipated

 

Getting the frame is as simple as getting any Canon cheap SLR and Canon's 10-22mm lens.
Now lighting ... it's a LOT of work.

 

I appreciate the input, I'm not looking for a spread in DuPont or anything, I sell mostly $200 -500K homes.