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It shoots at 1080 with a great sensor, and can mount some very nice lenses for a relatively low price. Plus the 5DmkII is no slouch in the low-light/high-iso arena.

Vincent Laforet has been at the forefront of this since the 5DmkII came out. See this: http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct...

It has some warts since it is a still camera shooting video, but is still capable turning out some truly stunning results.

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A friend of mine has a Canon SX1 which also has full HD video and it looks great. Sometimes the video looks even better than the pictures

You seem to know your stuff. So if I get a Nikon D90, what quality of video am I looking at?

This:

http://www.youtube.com/blhack#p/a/u/0/aWfbEfa5Jpk

I have a D90. It is not usable as a motion picture camera at all. You need to evaluate if you're buying a motion camera, or a still camera. The D90 is a fantastic still camera...but if you're just getting into photo and don't have an investment in lenses...get the 5D.

I believe there as an update to the video processing on the D90 which removes a good amount of the jello-cam that blhack demonstrated. Although as an HD video camera, the D90 is still a little lacking (no 1080). As a stills camera, it is excellent.

Disclaimer: I use Nikon cameras (though not for video).

Do you mean a firmware update? I hadn't heard anything about that (but would love to)

Do you have a link? My googling is failing me :(

Yeah, I looked too, I might have misremembered, or been thinking of D3s or something. Bummer.

I have the D90 and have played the Canon. The D90 is no where near the same page for quality. It only does 720p for one and second it has a "jelly" motion issue where the sensor is not fast enough and if you move while shooting it gives a weird effect. Also you can only shoot five minutes at a time then the sensor needs to cool down.

If you don't pan at all, and use AE/AF lock effectively, you can shoot some decent 720p shots of static objects. Otherwise, fuggedaboutit. I shot about 3 clips with mine before giving up. I bought it for still shots, but this Canon makes me a bit envious.

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