The EOS 60D has been announced

While I think this camera is better than a t2i I don't feel that spending $400 is the smartest thing. That $400 can buy me two nice vintage lenses that would help me a lot more.

This is how I am truly feeling now. The swivel lcd is nice, but Im so used to the t2i it's really not that important. The one advantage I might really like though is the iso which resembles the 7d.
 
Sure, in that ENG environment. If I think my exposure is off during the middle of a shot, I might pick a point where I think I might edit, and nudge the iris in the right direction, while rolling. So, yeah, having to navigate to the playback to see the histogram diminishes its utility.
 
there is such a thing as IRIS pulling for shots, especially when your shooting bright out doors and moving into indoors all in the same shot. Which is why cinema lens aperture rings have no "click" they are as smooth as butter just like the focus for this very purpose.
 
bluesgeek said:
On exteriors, I've enjoyed the Singh-Ray vari ND for this. There is some advantage in the smooth non-incremental control of light.
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These filters intrigue me. You've said before that it can be tricky if you're a one-man-band doing ENG stuff when you have to dedicate one finger to zoom, one to focus, and one to dialing in the filter because the lens barrel rotates with the zoom/focus, yea? Seems like it would be a good skill to learn.
 
None of my lenses rotate with zoom / focus. That only happens with cheep 'n' nasty zooms. The sort you really don't want on your camera.
Dave
 
Regardless though the front barrel rotating, the potential for frequent adjustment of the vari ND is always there. The issue with a moving front barrel is that the polarizing effect of the filter can change and you may have to make that adjustment.* To accommodate that, I may keep the vari ND loose on the front thread by a half-turn. Yes, dangerous.

*(Somehow, that cheap and nasty 55-250mm 4-5.6 IS keeps showing up on my camera.)
 
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