Grabs from film with T2i and info

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Covered wagon is basically a wood strip with standard bulb attachments screwed on it, you can put any type of household bulb in them (usually 3 or 4 in a row) you then have a frame that goes over this with diffusion. I'll try to see if I can find a photo. A "Bat light" is also similar, but usually doesn't have the discussion holder over it.

The covered wagon light, looks kind of just how it sounds. It gives off light similar to a kinoflow, because of its soft rounded diffusion all the way around it.

They are very good for tight spaces.
 
They have a distribution deal already. Thanks, yeah I've been trying my best to keep it looking as good as possible. Long hard days though.
 
Looks great !! Why did you decide on shooting with the t2i? speed? lowlight? Just curious as to how and why you made your decision in which cam you decided to shoot with.
 
To be honest, I am cameraless at the moment, I sold 2 of my cameras and my 3rd is being rented out at the moment. I'm waiting for my Sony F3 to come in, so I had to think of a solution. I hate DSLR's and never like to use them, but this project was such a low budget one, they really couldn't afford a proper camera.

I knew the script called for a 35mm dof look, so that left me with only one option, a DSLR setup. After looking at all the options the T2i was the winner based on 2 things, one was it was cheap, super cheap. Two was the image quality seemed no different than the 7D. I did no like the 5D since lenses aren't the same focal fov as cinema use (which I'm used to) so it would just be a pain in the ass trying to figure out what lens I needed. So then it was between the 7D and T2i... The images seemed to be exactly the same out of these cameras, I wasn't going to be using an HD monitor so the HD HDMI output for viewing while recording wasn't needed. So the T2i it was.

I bought the camera just to use for this shoot, I'll then sell the camera when I'm done. There no room for error with these cameras exposure wise. It really is kind of what you see is what you get. But I have enough years behind me to know how to expose and light properly so I figured I was safe to go this rout.

Low light ability was also nice, mostly I'm shooting at ISO 400 or 800, I've pushed it a few times to 1600 but only when I really needed to. 400 is clean, 800 is a little iffy with dark scenes, and 1600 is grainy in the dark but not a "digital" grain more of an ASA 800 stock film. Still very grainy though.

I just needed a camera with an s35mm sensor size and ability to shoot at least ISO 400. I didn't care about anything else, its all in the operator and lighting. Would I use the T2i again? well most likely not, at least not if someone was hiring me. Do I like the image, sure, for what it is, it shoots lovely images when handled right.

Bottom line, for the project it was really the only choice. Their budget was so low, I couldn't charge them a camera rental rate, so after my day rate, there was nothing left in the budget for a rental. Most of the production money went towards locations as well. We are taking over a whole prison, as well as other large locations, see here for more info: http://gpcinematography.blogspot.com/search/label/Update

I'll be posting more info of the shoot, screen grabs, and stills. I would only suggest the T2i for a DP who already knows how to light and expose properly. If you're just starting out, you'll have a hard time fixing blown highlights or pulling up the shadows without microblocking in post.
 
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