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11/05/2007 09:54:05 AM · #1 |
I'm selling my house and need to get it sold ASAP (I'm going through a divorce). I have a friend that is very interested in buying it as an investment property but would like pictures of all the rooms (they live in another state). I have no camera and I'm pretty broke but if it sells my house...
She's already pre-approved for a quick sale loan so I want to go get a camera today and get this rolling right away (which is why I'm asking the experts instead of spending hours researching cameras ;) )
I'd like to take some 360 panoramas for her and years ago I had a Canon digital elf with stitch assist that made it quick and easy. Anything out there that still offers something like that for around $100? Of course picture quality etc. would be nice but in this price range I imagine most everything will be pretty much the same. |
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11/05/2007 10:03:06 AM · #2 |
| I don;t know about making a full 360, but I've had good success making panos using Autostitch, which should be free for the use you intend. |
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11/05/2007 10:11:30 AM · #3 |
| See if you can find a Kodak Easyshare V570 on eBay (probably $100-150). It's got a 23mm wide angle lens (and autostitch) that should be great for home interiors. |
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11/05/2007 10:18:30 AM · #4 |
I agree that Canon's stitch assist mode makes panorama's easier, but it's not really the software in the camera that matters, it's the application you use to build the panorama. If you still have the Canon PhotoStitch software, then that'll work with any camera. Just put whatever camera you end up getting on a tripod (or prop it up on a stack of books), so your horizon doesn't move too much when you spin it.
The other thing to remember is that you don't want the exposure to change across the 360, which can be tricky if you have bright windows and dark corners. If you can find a camera with manual controls then first measure the light everywhere and then choose an exposure that works for most of the image (even if you have to let the windows saturate). If the camera has no manual control then use the exposure bias control to bracket the problem areas. |
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11/05/2007 10:30:39 AM · #5 |
I have the Kodak Easyshare V570  scalvert recommended, it does take very nice panoramic shots.
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11/05/2007 11:39:32 AM · #6 |
Thanks for the responses.
I know I don't need in camera stitch assist, I just found it to be a useful feature when I had it for making pano's quick and easy.
the v570 is interesting but I was hoping more along the lines of running out to Target or something today to pick one up. |
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