Canon Rebel T2i

BryantStanton said:
Damnit... I JUST ordered a 7d the other day. I think I'm gonna go ahead and keep my order, but if the only major difference ends up being the 8fps still shooting then my 7d is going to be on the used market very soon.
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No there are a ton of differences between the two cameras. At least when it comes to stills. For us video guys though, there may not be much if anything. Time will tell.
 
roxics said:
No there are a ton of differences between the two cameras. At least when it comes to stills. For us video guys though, there may not be much if anything. Time will tell.
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I figured about that much. I am looking to get back more into still photography, as well as continue working on video projects, so the 7d is by no means a let down. It's just a shame I spent months researching, finally put in my order, and now this news.

Frustrating!

Although I suppose there will always be the "new thing" and this is only the first in a string of many in a new year. The 7d so far has held a great resale value from what I've seen, so if there is really something worth switching to in the near future, I know I'll still be able to get a reasonable amount of my money back selling it used.
 
@BryantStanton

Plus if the video on the 550 is the same or similar enough you could always pick one up later as a B cam to your 7D.
 
just got a 7D two weeks ago, but i own the original rebel and an xsi and they feel like toys in comparison now. but i agree with roxics; i definitely wouldn't mind getting the t2i as a b-cam. i was going to get a second 7D, but this could change everything.
 
I don't really post here much but with all the new video DSLRs, won't there be too many DSLR sub forums? I can clearly see the T2i is going to generate quite a bit of conversation. Will it get grouped with the 7D? What was the reasoning in having a separate 5DII forum instead of just a "Canon DSLR" forum?
 
saneproductions said:
I wonder what percentage of 7D sales are to filmmakers vs photographers.
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Probably about 5%. Consider that a professional camcorder like the HVX200 sold 60,000 units in three years, worldwide, and that when the D90 was introduced Nikon projected that they would sell 130,000 units.

PER MONTH.

We are a very, very, very, very tiny little blip on the overall marketplace as a whole. And none of these SLRs are aimed at us anyway -- they're aimed at "photojournalists" who produce video for the web. We just so happen to want to adapt the products to our usage, but we're not the primary audience by any means.
 
Barry_Green said:
And none of these SLRs are aimed at us anyway -- they're aimed at "photojournalists" who produce video for the web. We just so happen to want to adapt the products to our usage, but we're not the primary audience by any means.
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But why is Canon marketing for their video DSLRs aimed squarely at this audience and not PJs? Surely that has to mean something.
 
Because they found out that we'll buy 'em.

But listen to them and they'll tell you exactly who they designed this for. They designed it for photojournalists.
 
Barry_Green said:
Because they found out that we'll buy 'em.

But listen to them and they'll tell you exactly who they designed this for. They designed it for photojournalists.
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Well that might have been the case but I'm sure that the voices from the filmmaker community is by now overwhelming the PJs including Canon trusted testers. I'm sure that message will eventually make its way back to engineering and design if it hasn't already.
 
too bad the release date isn't til March, I totally would have snagged one of these this week for a documentary I'm start shooting next week. Looks like it would have been a perfect b-cam to my 7D.
 
Although the video function was originally for PJ's, it's really a consumer driven feature now. Just about every new digital camera is being fitted with HD video. DSLRs have to have video to remain competitive with the compact digital cameras. That's why this is being flowed down to even the entry level DSLRs like the Rebel. The T2i's HDMI even has a new Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) compatibility which allows users to play back still or video files on a CEC-compliant HDTV, using the TV remote to control the camera when connected via HDMI interface.
 
Tim Le said:
I actually think the video mode will be very similar in quality. I imagine a lot of the extra expense of the 7D is for the still photo specific features like 8 fps frame rates, dual DIGIC 4 for those frame rates, more advance AF, weather sealing, 100% pentaprism (instead of a pentamirror), top LCD, wireless flash, etc. The video mode is really just a bonus feature. It's already been developed and implemented in the chip, so they're probably reusing most of it from the 7D without much change. At least that's my theory.
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I suspect you're spot on there, would be surprised if it is significantly different from the video point of view. The 7d is in a totally different class as far as stills are concerned of course.
 
Long time reader, first post! Thanks to everyone for all the great information over the years...it's now my turn to start contributing as well!

One thing it looks like the 7D, GH1, etc. may have over the T2i is 100% viewfinder coverage vs. 95% for the T2i. This could be a problem in some situations (boom mic, etc.), although we dealt with it on the original DVX's for years. Live HDMI out (does anyone know if the T2i has it?) would obviously solve this problem. If I'm wrong about the 7D and GH1 having 100% coverage, go easy...it's my first post! :)

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos550d/page5.asp
 
soniviz said:
Long time reader, first post! Thanks to everyone for all the great information over the years...it's now my turn to start contributing as well!

One thing it looks like the 7D, GH1, etc. may have over the T2i is 100% viewfinder coverage vs. 95% for the T2i. This could be a problem in some situations (boom mic, etc.), although we dealt with it on the original DVX's for years. Live HDMI out (does anyone know if the T2i has it?) would obviously solve this problem. If I'm wrong about the 7D and GH1 having 100% coverage, go easy...it's my first post! :)

http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canoneos550d/page5.asp
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When shooting video the mirror is going to be locked up blocking the reflex optical viewfinder. Video can only be shot using the LCD screen on the back which offers 100% coverage.
 
The stills looked a bit soft to me on dpreview; however, this may, hopefully, be a good thing for video. Colors looked great. Could be a good low light cam. What I've seen from the samples I'm not sure I would go for it as a still cam. Cameras that have a slightly soft image seem to be these days ones that are tweaked for better high ISO images.
 
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