Canon EOS 500D

[PandemicRevelutions]

Duuude

[tk10]

Were the sounds of this video captured with the stock microphone of the camera, or were you using an external microphone?

[daviddkilpatrick]

@tk10 - the built-in mic. I used external mics later on. This is all with the onboard mic.

[MariluLane]

i dont understand why the quality is so poor in this video but so much better on others, also using a canon 500D... watch?v=EkHt13euYMQ&feature=re­lated

???!! any ideas!! ps nice singing!! :)x

[daviddkilpatrick]

@MariluLane - are you viewing it at 720p? Remember, this was one of the first videos posted anywhere from the 500D, and was taken entirely hand-held with the 18-200mm on one day. Since then I've started to focus more on testing video functions, as further DSLRs have incorporated video.

[MariluLane]

@daviddkilpatrick ah i think you're right, it is ten times better on 480p even... although i was able to watch that other video on 360p with crystal clear quality... although i do think my browser can't generally handle 480p and above, a few 500D videos stop every few seconds at higher p rate... hmmm all v curious ;) hehe

and may i ask why you chose that lens? were u supplied with the standard 18-55mm? :)

[daviddkilpatrick]

@MariluLane - this was a loan review camera for a magazine report. Canon supplied it with the 18-200mm. This is not a very good lens, and the newer (non-USM) 18-135mm has a better type of stabilisation for video.

[MariluLane]

@daviddkilpatrick ok, thanks for the information, its all very new to me so taking a while to get accustomed, thank u for helping me on the journey!!! :)

[TFDgohan]

5 starts for shopping at tesco :D

[missterry2009]

so crisp and live!...i just bought one yesterday......so excited!

[LesterTiD]

walking with camera+steady-cam = :)

[daviddkilpatrick]

Yes, you can easily change focus manually. It works well enough. It helps to have a fast lens like the 50mm f/1.8 to do this accurately.

[Kentiapalme]

has this camera manual fous while recording?

i want to play with te focus when it records, so that the background is sharp and the front is unsharp or the athor way round... sorry for my bad english! :) please answer!

[360racingSteven]

Yes you can change the focus while filming ;)

[songming8473]

what is the maximum length of time you can keep shoot a vedio?

[siLaRoo]

29 mins i think

[iareseb]

that depends on how big your memory is.

i use 16 gigs, and can get about 30 minutes on lowest quality.

[mafiakill92]

@songming8473

Depends on your memorycard

[prodesign3r]

Hi, nice video !

Can this camera take a photo while recording ?

Is there an automatic autofocus mode for the video with this camera ?

Can you see a difference between 720p and 1080p recording ? (fluidity of the video and Quality)

I hope you will answer to my every questions !

Thank you very much.

[daviddkilpatrick]

It can take a still, but this interrupts the video with roughly 1 second of lost video and sound. No autofocus is possible when filming. 720p is better for moving subjects as the 20fps 1080p setting can be a bit jerky. Quality on the Canon is poor compared to Nikon videos due to very high compression and powerful noise reduction - the actual images are not very detailed at all. They look OK when played though.

[daviddkilpatrick]

No filter used - do you mean photographic, audio or post-process digital? Filter means so many things. It can record until a 4GB card is full, officially about 20 minutes max at 20fps. Less at 30fps. Might shut down due to overheat in some conditions. The Nikon D5000, which I prefer for image quality despite being only 720p, is limited to 5 mins. Also it has a very poor mic/audio function, Canon better for concerts and gigs.

[nova1234]

Did you use some kind of filter during or after the recording?

[Iowa789101112]

How long can you record, before the memory card is full? 10 minuts? A hour?

[coolinen2007]

better than sony hdr

but sony hdr has better fps

:)

[mattutubematt]

great video btw :D

[mattutubematt]

lol the grunting noise was obviously [to me that is] a motor bike or so, :) ive heard the AF it doesn't sound like that

[daviddkilpatrick]

I rendered in Quicktime using iMovie 09's standard output setting for YouTube HD broadband. No choice of codec was made, that was left to iMovie. In any case, whatever codec is used, YouTube recompresses the file to their own standards and delivers it as a Flash video stream. So you don't get to see the original, even at maximum YouTube quality or by downloading.

[ceesoddens]

Heyy david did you render in quicktime? did you use any codecs? Like H264 or mpeg4? Thank 4 sharing nice video! Im experimenting rite now withe my 500d. You know trying 2 find the best codecs ;-)

[2012forlove]

wow .. great sample at 20fps .. 30fps would be so awesome ... :D

[ollecarlsson]

oooooooook say good byeeee to 3 grand DV cameras!!!!!!!!!!

[lexam55]

i tkink this is good quality video than

d5000

[tgelston]

Thanks for sharing!

[photojuicede]

Great video, thanks!

[alkohol7000]

yea you really spend time. (which Canon did not do it for advertising)

Nice............

[M3mPHiS]

brillliant quality!

[daviddkilpatrick]

The river scenes, angler, mower, market, supermarket travelators and interview were at 720. The bridge and horse were at 1020. But iMovie obviously sizes down to match - I chose 720p output. They all look great in my Sony VPL-EW5 projector and on the Mac.

[mudabatch5]

This looks great. Was this recorded at 720?

[Elvarks]

The noise was the IS I think

[daviddkilpatrick]

Please do view at HD - the processing is careful compared to some of the samples I've seen on YouTube so far. I am not a video shooter, though back in the 1970s I made 16mm industrial films. So my apologies for the incorrect technique!