T2i/550D crop mode?

[Jay Birch]

I heard a few rumours of a crop mode when recording video... any truth to this?

If yes, would it help aliasing/moire?

edit - just read it was only in SD mode.... what a shame.

That said, it is a great sign that they are experimenting with such an idea.... if we could crop the sensor to 2/3" equivilent and get some ultra wide lenses... it could get rid of aliasing/moire.

Can anyone who has the camera do a test.... get the worst possible aliasing/moire possible in SD mode, then try the 7x crop and see if it goes?

Maybe try to keep the focal length as similar as possible...eg, no crop... lens zoomed in .... 7x crop, lens zoomed out.

 

[no idea]

we could crop the sensor to 2/3" equivilent and get some ultra wide lenses... it could get rid of aliasing/moire.

Would that not also get rid of shallow DOF, which is the sole point of shooting video with DSLRs in the first place?

 

[Jay Birch]

DOF is not the sole purpose for me.... size, weight, portablity, cheap price, choice of lenses, great still images... the list goes on

2/3" has plenty of DOF (for me, at least). It is much like 16mm.

I'd rather have a 2/3" crop feature that outputs broadcast quality footage, than FF/35mm with aliasing. (of course, i'd love FF with no aliasing!).