Canon Rebel T2i

paulgandersman said:
ummm anyone have any idea why 720p60 isn't listed in the selectable movie frame rates? only 720p50 (in 720) and 1080 has both 25 and 24..... i thought 720p60 was for sure? (also is this the same kind of 720p60 thats in the GH1? as in you can slow it down in post to beautiful slow mo?)

http://www.photographyblog.com/images/uploads_news/canon_eos_550d_19.jpg
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Thast interesting. Maybe EU cameras only have 720p50 and US/Japanese cameras only have 720p60.

Edit:

I think I might be wrong. According to this Canon USA spec sheet, both 720p60 and 720p50 are listed. Maybe the firmware of the camera in your linked photo is still not final?

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/c...ategoryid=139&modelid=19943#ModelTechSpecsAct
 
if youve never touched a 7d
theres a switch in the menus for ntsc and pal.
if you switch to ntsc you get that
if you switch to pal you get 50 & 25p
 
blimov702 said:
Same. If anything, shows you what to keep out of your shots (especially deep DoF). Like escalators.
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Exactly, not any worse that the 5d2 that I can tell, just funny they shot all the wrong things. Doesn't really look tooooooo terrible considering the worst case scenario and all.
 
I've never used a slr/dslr camera. Right now a use a JVC100, which can produce wonderful pictures under bright light...

Unfortunately, I make nothing but horror/thriller flicks. I've still managed some nice shots from it, but it's very unpredictable in low light (and yes, the "split-screen effect" rears its ugly head from time to time).

Bottom line is that I want something that has a similar or better visual quality, while also having much better low light performance. The short recording times are fine as all I do is narrative stuff.

I've heard the Mark II is a wonderful camera in low light, but after I sell the JVC I expect only to get about $2 grand - not nearly enough.

This new Rebel would seem to be the answer to all me problems - but is it?

Thanks for any advice -
john
 
jdv said:
I've never used a slr/dslr camera. Right now a use a JVC100, which can produce wonderful pictures under bright light...

Unfortunately, I make nothing but horror/thriller flicks. I've still managed some nice shots from it, but it's very unpredictable in low light (and yes, the "split-screen effect" rears its ugly head from time to time).

Bottom line is that I want something that has a similar or better visual quality, while also having much better low light performance. The short recording times are fine as all I do is narrative stuff.

I've heard the Mark II is a wonderful camera in low light, but after I sell the JVC I expect only to get about $2 grand - not nearly enough.

This new Rebel would seem to be the answer to all me problems - but is it?

Thanks for any advice -
john
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Sounds like this might be a great camera for you. Just grab a couple nice lenses for it. I'm in the same sort of position as you. I'll be picking up the T2i myself.
 
I know so far it's just speculation at this point, but there's one part of the press releases I didn't really understand. That's the 4-channel readout versus 8-channel readout. I'm not a photo guy, and only a 6th level tech nerd, not a 10th like the rest of you.

Theoretically, would the 4 vs. 8 channel readout have any significant impact on video quality or color space?

I'm really looking forward to seeing some tests come out for this, particularly any you'd have Barry. I don't expect it won't be the magical freak camera I want in my head; nobody's promised me that except Red in their 3k-for-under-3k Sockermom shoot-for-the-moon days. But if it's anywhere near the 7d in terms of video functionality, we're living in interesting times.

And it'll give me the scratch to pick up a Tokina, if I could freaking find one.
 
I would expect that the 4-channel vs. 8-channel is primarily responsible for the 7D's 8fps stills capability vs. the t2i's 3.7fps. I don't know if it would have any significance on rolling shutter.

I think the t2i/550d is very interesting. I compared them side-by-side on canon's spec sheets and I don't see any compelling reason why a cinema shooter would pay more for the 7d over the t2i, just based on the printed specs. of course, we're going to have to see it in real-world scenarios before we know what the half-price discount is really costing us. The only thing I can think of right now that I'd even really want to test would be the rolling shutter; if the rolling shutter performance is the same, then yeah, it seems like the t2i/550d would be a strong competitor to replace the 7D in the micro-budget-shooter's hearts.
 
There is a new firmware update (1.1.0) for the earlier 500D which "brings improvements to live view shooting" -- any thing useful there for us?
 
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