NO!

... maybe.

g'damnit

IDC the T1i just came. Time to take it for a test ride

 

I thought you were selling your stuff cause you were done with it for a while

 

Well I was originally going to switch from Photography to Videography. But since the T1i does both, even though the video function sucks, I decided to get it. So far it's pretty badass and more comfortably setup than the XSi. They redesigned the menu on it which is awesome and the handgrip is bigger. The HD video can't be used for fast-moving things though, the autofocus is slow as balls. It's also really noisy (not iso) in general so when you try to AF when recording you hear it in the video. I actually found out focusing it manually while recording works pretty nice, you just have to get used to it.

But after having it for one day I have two new lenses (50/55-250) on the way. haha. And Monday I will hopefully have a seperate HD camcorder coming since I'm digging the video thing

 

Brendan, fix the shutter speed & I'm sure you can shoot 24p, 30p, and 60i if you want to shoot fast then use 60i.

 

It can do 1920x1080 30fps and 1280x720/640x480 24fps.

But it's just not practical. I think it's geared more towards quick clips in HD. I tested it last night on a tripod in the passenger seat of a car and if you lock in the focus before driving it works awesome. But if you zoom or move the camera in anyway, since its locked, it will go out of focus unless you get it back in the same spot. Also it's hard to tell if its focused looking at the LCD. Last night I thought it was perfect, and I looked @ the clips on my laptop and they weren't. I'm just ordering a Vixia on Monday lol.

 

Raise your F-Stop up, DOF with a SLR video camera is very tricky, I'm using a adapter for my video camera and that just makes the control of focus just that much harder. Don't be tricked by thinking you can't shoot a long project with this camera.

I beg to differ, a photo guy I shoot with has a 5D and he's shoot 30min shorts, its all about how you work the camera.

Honestly I'd shoot 30P only because if you pan quick you won't get jaggy lines which you'll see you'll get when shooting 24p


BTW you might need to go to walmart and pick up a 10" monitor to view your footage, I'm using a 24" monitor tmrw I think, HD onboard monitors run around 1,000 - 1,500 for cheap ones....

 

I'll give it a try tomorrow, I've only really tried it at night or indoors. I'm not 100% sure if the Aperture can be adjusted once you press record. Like I said, it locks everything in which is really stupid. As far as shooting goes, I use 24p since it looks better on youtube. I do the 2-3pulldown in Vegas and it looks pretty darn good without color correction or anything.

 

Honestly the way to go is like this, buy your self Avid or even bootleg it, vegas is trash.

Lastly you can't change your settings when filming, you have to have it off record in order to change settings

Lastly, try not to be near 2.8 other wise you'll run into issues, once you get used to it you'll love the camera.

I'd also buy fixed lenses like 16mm, 28mm, 30mm, 50mm, 85mm, 105mm, 200mm

 

IDK I like Vegas, especially since it's taken me a long time to comprehend it all and not really looking to switch to another editor just to do the same

And that's what I mean, it doesn't compensate since it's locked. As an example, we were just BS'ing around with the camera in my house and when I zoomed in on someone they just darkened. Zoomed out is fine since it's adjusted for that exposure, zoomed in the exposure doesn't change to accept it. I've only had it for a day -- haven't figured it all out. And I'm only on the kitlens which doesnt go below an fstop of 5.6 I believe. Also I'm not THAT into it yet to start buying tons of lenses. I'm not wanting to get an XHA1 with all the ridiculous stuff, I just wan't a consumer level one like the HG21 (which is what I'm ordering lol)

 

Alright I made a mistake before it's:

1920x1080: 20fps
1280x720/640x480: 30fps

Also it says right in the manual that the exposure/aperture are automatically set. You can't change them at all whether recording or not.