T2i vs 7D .. A stills and video question..

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truehuss

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Ok, after reading numerous threads I know the sensors for video are the same so the T2i is equivalent from that aspect but how about stills? Does the T2i just become pedestrian or what..? My situation is this. Right now I'm mostly doing music videos with my hpx170, I want to get a DSLR because I want to get into weddings and my friend is a wedding photographer willing to teach me the photography aspect to help work with his business, & also so I could freelance on the side . I would love to go the cheaper route with the T2i but will it stand up to being "pro " enough for actual photography work? I think the answer is , "get the 7D", but I wanted to know if anyone is using it for things like weddings and if they felt the T2i was passable, quality wise , for paid gigs.

any input would be appreciated
 
t2i 7D eh works for video, stills get 7D more controls, better features, etc...
 
While I think the quality is definitely passable, I think the fact that it's a Rebel may hold a bit of amateur stigma. If it's more for training until you can get the big-boy cameras like the 5D/7D, it's great for that. You can keep it as a B-cam when you go pro too.

For fast events, the 7D's 8 fps raw capture is killer though.
 
This stuff kills me. The Nikon D2X was considered a TOP pro camera a few years ago. A 12.4 Megapixel camera with a top normal ISO of 800 (and it was noisy at 800), and shot 5fps. Now here we are a few years later, and a camera that stomps the D2X in nearly every performance category is "amateurish".

If you can't make a professional image with a T2i you can't shoot. Period. I had published photographs taken with a 35mm rangefinder camera, a Canon AE1, a Canon T70, an EOS-10s, and a Nikon F4s. The T2i is so much better than any of them it makes my head swim.
 
Just take an indelible black marker to the red "Rebel T2i" logo, add a cheap knock-off grip, and you'll be set. My 7d is my primary camera now but I did just what I've described to my xsi, my second cam. And, I might add, before I bought the 7d, the xsi performed admirably well when I was taking stills at weddings.
 
and that grip keeps alot of the heat away from the camera. i mean, video-wise they're exactly the same looked at on a 1080p monitor.
 
The t2i is great for stills. Sure a 7D has more features especially better AF, rear dial, micro af adjustments and higher fps, but the t2i is still great. I would rather have a t2i wtb great glass than a 7d with lesser lenses. Get the sandisk 30MB/s extreme cards. I have patriot LX class 10 cards and one of the sandisk extreme 30MB/s cards and there is no contest shooting raw. You may miss the super fast cf cards you have access to on 7d, but they are a lot more expensive.
 
Jordan_S said:
Just take an indelible black marker to the red "Rebel T2i" logo, add a cheap knock-off grip, and you'll be set. My 7d is my primary camera now but I did just what I've described to my xsi, my second cam. And, I might add, before I bought the 7d, the xsi performed admirably well when I was taking stills at weddings.
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LOL

also a big fat $1000+ zoom makes the rebel look like it has so much more cajones !
 
PerroneFord said:
This stuff kills me. The Nikon D2X was considered a TOP pro camera a few years ago. A 12.4 Megapixel camera with a top normal ISO of 800 (and it was noisy at 800), and shot 5fps. Now here we are a few years later, and a camera that stomps the D2X in nearly every performance category is "amateurish".

If you can't make a professional image with a T2i you can't shoot. Period. I had published photographs taken with a 35mm rangefinder camera, a Canon AE1, a Canon T70, an EOS-10s, and a Nikon F4s. The T2i is so much better than any of them it makes my head swim.
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As always, technology gets better and cheaper. But the companies are still smart enough to limit the features they give you on the cheaper models, making them less ideal for professional work.

Sure, you can take professional wedding photos 550d which can rival any DSLR if you know what you are doing. But when you're shooting a wedding and it starts raining, with the 7d you can keep shooting with confidence. With the 550d, however, you'll be running for cover.

For professional situations, I would not want anything less than the 7d, if not for the 8fps, then for the almost indestructible body.
 
appreciate the responses fellas. I guess I just wanted to make sure that I don't run into any problems, "feature wise" by using the T2i on a paid gig (I wouldnt be shooting fast action sports type shots so the 8 fps shouldn't be an issue) and I dont lack confidence in being able to frame nice shots & get the look I want . I've read alot of the threads about the video being on par with the 7D just not so much the stills (quality wise) and wanted to see what you guys had to say.
and I feel you PerroneFord "If you can't make a professional image with a T2i you can't shoot. Period." Thats the way I feel .
 
The T2i is great. If you look at the 7D features side by side, the 7D definitely offers more, but in terms of raw image quality I think they're basically the same. The 7D is more rugged, has a bigger viewfinder, has more auto-focus modes, can shoot more still photos per second, and so on. They both have nearly identical sensors and take all the same lenses though. All other things being equal, if you had a gallery with T2i and 7D photos and were asked to pick out which ones were which, I doubt you'd be able to do it.
 
deltoidjohn said:
Sure, you can take professional wedding photos 550d which can rival any DSLR if you know what you are doing. But when you're shooting a wedding and it starts raining, with the 7d you can keep shooting with confidence. With the 550d, however, you'll be running for cover.
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Are you serious? What did you grow up shooting? We used to shoot football outdoors all day before anyone knew about weather proofing cameras. We put the bodies in ziplock bags, taped off the hole for the lens, the viewfinder, and proceeded to work.

I'm not saying better options don't exist today, but it seems like NO ONE here has ever used a camera before compact flash was invented.
 
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