Here I review the Canon 550D 
which is the budget end of the Canon camera group that comprises of the 550d, 600d
60d and 7d
(in that they all have the same sensor ie same pixel count, same DR, Colour depth, iso performance, size)
Lots more after the break
here is an example video with the Canon 60D which is effectivly the same sensor as the 550d but a better body, bigger memory buffer and faster fps
Here is a good link for you to see my thoughts on the comparison
( http://dombowerphoto.blogspot.com/2010/09/canon-60d-video-and-review.html
Here is an example of how well the ISO works in low light and how far you can push it.
FYI this was edited in Imovie which i find adds more grain and deteriorates the image/video files quite a bit. straight out of camera I find it a bit better than what you see here.
here is another iso video (guess the iso)
The nikon 105mm when put on the canon 550d dslr has a crop equivalent focal length of 168mm
Thats nice but as you can see when we are shooting at 1080p the moon only takes up a tiny part of the image.
but the canon 550d has a clever little movie crop function so that when you are fliming it records from just the central 640x480pixels, which is a 7x digital zoom
put that together and you have
an effective focal length of 1176mm! Which is huge!
At the same time this can be very handy for amazing close ups if you have a macro lens
see this video here
and also in this example here
Slow Mo Video
The 550D can shoot in normal hd 720hd and at a fps of 60(ntsc) or 50(pal)
which can be best shown here
I also shot all of my Recent trip to Japan with the Canon 550D and it lasted the whole day every day, photos and video. (Click this link to see some japan stuff.)
At the end of this video you see a photo taken with the Canon 550D and can see how well you can edit the photos to give them a really Christmas card look
Picture styles
I have also done some promotional videos with the Canon 550D
here is a video for an Edinburgh Based Airsoft company
To see how well the camera copes with very low lighting and huge amounts of noise (audio noise) check this concert video i recorded of the Edinburgh Band Pose Victorious
and here is one of our japanese friends playing the guitar for us (i am very impressed with the audio capture) but a mic would be better
If you enjoy my photography related videos please post them on your facebook page and let others know about this channel,
which is the budget end of the Canon camera group that comprises of the 550d, 600d 60d and 7d (in that they all have the same sensor ie same pixel count, same DR, Colour depth, iso performance, size)Lots more after the break
here is an example video with the Canon 60D which is effectivly the same sensor as the 550d but a better body, bigger memory buffer and faster fps
Here is a good link for you to see my thoughts on the comparison
( http://dombowerphoto.blogspot.com/2010/09/canon-60d-video-and-review.html
ISO in Video
Here is an example of how well the ISO works in low light and how far you can push it.
FYI this was edited in Imovie which i find adds more grain and deteriorates the image/video files quite a bit. straight out of camera I find it a bit better than what you see here.
here is another iso video (guess the iso)
Movie Crop mode
The nikon 105mm when put on the canon 550d dslr has a crop equivalent focal length of 168mm
Thats nice but as you can see when we are shooting at 1080p the moon only takes up a tiny part of the image.
but the canon 550d has a clever little movie crop function so that when you are fliming it records from just the central 640x480pixels, which is a 7x digital zoom
put that together and you have
an effective focal length of 1176mm! Which is huge!
At the same time this can be very handy for amazing close ups if you have a macro lens
see this video here
and also in this example here
Slow Mo Video
The 550D can shoot in normal hd 720hd and at a fps of 60(ntsc) or 50(pal)
The 550D has a cool little thing called
Highlight Tone Priority
which can be best shown here
I also shot all of my Recent trip to Japan with the Canon 550D and it lasted the whole day every day, photos and video. (Click this link to see some japan stuff.)
At the end of this video you see a photo taken with the Canon 550D and can see how well you can edit the photos to give them a really Christmas card look
Picture styles
I have also done some promotional videos with the Canon 550D
here is a video for an Edinburgh Based Airsoft company
To see how well the camera copes with very low lighting and huge amounts of noise (audio noise) check this concert video i recorded of the Edinburgh Band Pose Victorious
and here is one of our japanese friends playing the guitar for us (i am very impressed with the audio capture) but a mic would be better
If you enjoy my photography related videos please post them on your facebook page and let others know about this channel,
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ReplyDeleteSuperb image quality in both photos and video. image quality is pretty good. I have made some test shots and despite going up to an 18 MP sensor the noise is not much of an issue and I shot several pics at ISO 3200 which look quite good. I then shot some in 6400 which did start to show some noise in the low light but still made for serviceable pictures.
ReplyDeleteI have been using the video mode a lot more than I initially expected. While it doesn't offer continuous auto-focus and therefore might not replace a camcorder, once you get the hang of manually focusing this is not a big problem. I many times have found myself in situations where photos couldn't capture the moment as well as a video could, and the ability to record clips has been very convenient.
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