Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i Video Test 25p PAL 1080p HD

[motofretino]

bitrate?

[rcflux]

I see that you are using iMovie to edit. I use it also, but HATE the vignette. I would love to put a vignette on my videos but the iMovie one is just to much! Its too black all around the screen. Looks like your looking through a hole. My only regret about iMovie

[manutd054]

how do you focus so quickly?? follow focus?? didnt see any shake when inside the car; how did you stabilize the camera??

[RSwyMK96]

@mecha890 Next time you shoot a video, of a car, make sure to blur out the License plate number. Not trying to be a douche, just giving you a future reference.

[mecha890]

noted for the 5th time :o

[RSwyMK96]

@mecha890 Sorry.



[Chilllaxify]

@mecha890 why does that matter?



[mcHuckFinn]

What lens did you use?

[mecha890]

a 50mm 1.8 canon

[brammetje63]

Hi is the footage always that "flickery" or is that because of youtube's conversion method?

[mecha890]

@brammetje63 ...flickery? like un-stable? constantly moving?

[brammetje63]

@mecha890 I guess it's because you were filming out of a car at that moment. So you were moving and the cars you were filming were also moving.

[mecha890]

@brammetje63 flickery footage can just be to bad handling of the camera or post issues like cutting time code and scenes with overlapping elements giving it that rolling shutter kinda feeling.

just bad cinematic xD learn from me and have a steady hand; a good shot and composition & future with the footage.

[brammetje63]

@mecha890 yeah you're right. It's because of bad handling xD that's what I tried to explain.

[terminator2u4]

turn up your iso lol

[mecha890]

@terminator2u4 blowing highlights is worse than underexposing :D

[TheFlightLog]

hey, is this auto focus or manual focus ?

[mecha890]

@TheFlightLog manual focus of course. auto focus is pretty shotty on the current HDSLR's; but its all preference.

[MortallicA91]

is the artist morgana vs morgana?

[mecha890]

@MortallicA91 sambo master 2 months later :*(

[JVforeverful]

hey man just a heads up the t2i is a good camera. the "jello effect" is caused by the lens you buy, either the stock or just simply buying the wrong type of lens, so just look out for that if you decide to buy lens for it, also i noticed your shutter is too high is it exceeds 1/50 it will change from 24fps to 30 or 60 depending on what your speed was, another prob. might be the codec you cut it on. well it's an awesome camera to tell you the truth and with basic compositing you can go far,

[TheEastSideKids]

we dont see cars like that on the east side haha you must be from cali

[xzisten123]

rebel ti2 ??

[TheHiddenPart]

In Jeremy Clarkson's words:

POWEEEEERRR!!!

[JDIESeLMUSIC]

Sick camera. I definitely want one.

[JROD9496]

How do you like the camera for recording cars? And what editing program do you use? Thanks.

[th0q]

what convert program did you used ? i have been using AVSVideo but it poor the video quality.

[HiAdrian]

Looks very good!

[podreviewz]

Song? Thanks!

[prinproductions]

HOW DO I GET MY T2I TO RECORD MOE RHAN 4 SECONDS

[slowgold20]

@prinproductions you have to use a class six sd card, it sais in the manual.

[Nasibbey]

@prinproductions Change your memory card . Use 6 or higher class

[gruponemesis]

love this camera....is this the magic bullets look program? Looks like the preset called "blockbuster"

Love it!!!!

[mecha890]

@gruponemesis no magic bullets on this^^ i use color now anyways but this is horribly color corrected in iMovie when i did it. Only changing the color balance to give the footage a noticable yellow-green tinge

[bags1817]

can you hear the focus wheel in your footage? in manual mode

[mecha890]

@bags1817 depending on which lenses you use.

my old FD lens there is no noise from the motor or the scraping of the plastic but on the kit lens you can hear it.

basically any lens that is not USM (ultra sonic motor) or old manual focus FD mount lenses to my experience.

[mecha890]

@bags1817 also i would invest in an off camera mic which you can either use as a boom or shotgun.

[domtriga]

cool footage.... lol ive driven on that road many times is it creepy that I know where this is filmed?

[shakarlay]

are you manual focusing

[izboy98]

Horrible song and super unappealing shaky video.

[LandScapeProd]

what do you use to convert your videos? this is eating the shit outta me

[mecha890]

@LandScapeProd I dont think I converted the footage intentionally (its .mov) because of how well mac osx handles the format when using iMovie or Final Cut Pro. I only change the codec when i need to be quick about editing footage (which should be standard practice.)

I hope this shows more insight than an answer, I did not know how to answer your question without a little background to why its eating you.

Do you have a problem converting? platform?

[mecha890]

@mecha890 for future reference and what you may have found; editing CANON EOS HD footage at the moment is more workflow approved if you convert your footage into ProRes 422 .

[BlackSupraC2]

@LandScapeProd imovie converts it automatically or something...adobe premiere edits raw footage without transcoding..and with final cut you need plug in or something...i use adobe premiere so i dont worry about transcoding

[gwailo27]

@LandScapeProd

If your using windows, Premiere Pro Cs5 is screaming fast with .MOV if you have an Nvidia (cuda enabled) card. No need to convert at all.

[SuperCoolROCKS]

What software did you use?

[mecha890]

@SuperCoolROCKS

iMovie '09 unfortunately :/ 

[MrDkoalam]

nice, What SD cards class you use? Is that class 6?

[saiedmiremadi]

what software did you use to edit this?....i havnt trouble picking a software that is not lagging with the video the t2i takes. thanks

[iamthedirector]

type of car that yellow one was? anyone?

[shaunwhite5]

@iamthedirector the orange one was a lotus elise

[Yngjust7]

one of the best japanese bands!!!! SAMBOMASTER!!!! NICE VID!!!

[stavit2]

you should blur out the license plates

[mecha890]

@stavit2

i know its courtesy to do it, but there is no tracking in iMovie for it :/

I would have to re do the vid in Final Cut or After Effects

[TheCelestial108]

@mecha890 You made this in iMovie?!  Does the footage go into iMovie easily from this camera? And iMovie works with HD? Really? I hope so, as I have iMovie, and no other program at the moment, and this looks really good having come from iMovie.

[YoungB4o8]

what software did u edit ur video ?

[hellotakesi]

maybe its a little offtopic but whats the song name ? :)

[mecha890]

@hellotakesi

Day of a Beautiful Human Being by Sambo Master :D

finally glad someone wants to know the song.

[renzo351]

how do you configure it to 25p??

[mecha890]

easily changing the Video System option, which chooses between PAL and NTSC framerates for broadcast.

[armtheteachers]

hey whats with the black shadows around the edges? is that something u did in video editing program?

[jodroboxes]

looks nice .. do you remember the shutter speed?? please??

[mecha890]

@jodroboxes

Well i remember it being about 12pm or so when i shot this, and at f/1.8 and ISO 100 it would be near 125-500, which might make for some smoother footage, trying to keep the shutter down and f/ stop down are really hard to achieve, and i wanted a shallow DoF.

[jodroboxes]

@mecha890 ok, thanks .. just curious .. i trying to figure out how to get the best film like look .. i ussaly shoot 25p(thank god for PAL) with the shutter on 50 or 100 .. it also depens on the amount of movement in the shot ofcourse .. thanks again :) cheers!

[jodroboxes]

@jodroboxes oh yeah .. i shoot with a 35 mm adapter on a Sony HDV-HC9 camcorder. I'm amazed about what DSLR's can do these day's, the footage looks so NICE! I'll defenitly get one in the future.

[XjamBonBiLLX]

nice t2i vid i bought one and i dont regret it but nowi need a beter computer those big 1080 hd vids are hard to edit

[Appleaddict22]

There isnt THAT much difference between this and the T1i

[mecha890]

@Appleaddict22

bit more manual control, more used framerates, and its successor the 60D now has controllable audio gain.

[RedPanther1]

hey i just got my t2i....and in the process of uploading a video.......check them out when i have them uploaded

[DylanW216]

What has better video quality the Canon Vixia HF200/Canon Vixia HF20 or the Canon Rebel T2i

[mecha890]

@DylanW216 Arguably i would say the T2i only because its sensor and mbps are larger.

[rainvedio2005]

@mecha890 What editing software do you use for this movie?

[SeikoPsycho]

Why is vignetting so bad on a 50mm 1.8 with crop sensor? Did you edit it in?

Cool video by the way. I don't mind the vignetting... I'm just wondering because I never get that much on my 50mm 1.8!!

[mecha890]

@SeikoPsycho

its all on my part in post, i use vignetting in my shorts or videos (usually) to kinda give it a bit more depth, and an amateur ish look is what becomes of it and is unpleasing to the eye to almost everyone :/

[RedPanther1]

why would you get this.......waste of money its SAME QUALITY OF THE T1ik

[mecha890]

@RedPanther1

Uuderstand the T1i has only 30p and 20p, which are neither film speeds.

also, the T2i is more built to be a proper HDSLR

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 but 24 fps is what most people like.........all you would need to do is uplaod it to a movie editor....and............rende­r it out at 30 or 24 this guy told me the video quality is no different....

[mecha890]

@RedPanther1 Ill just put it in the aspect to why no one uses the T1i for film or video commonly.

30p is a Framerate that is competent for film, but is less used because originally 24 frames was adequate enough to record, and cheap enough to make.

30p though lacks natural motion blur.

20p is not even common, only because it records up above what most Cellphones use, 15 fps. 20p does not have enough frames to record motion properly.

24p is most used, because of its standard.

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 what site or store should i buy this from

[mecha890]

@RedPanther1 the camera? where ever it could be at its cheapest

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 thanks......i didnt realize how boring the t1i was until i watched this

[mecha890]

@RedPanther1 not boring, but just not the right camera for film-esque shooting.

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 im getting this camera soon and returning the other one

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 i just bought my t2i...

[mecha890]

@RedPanther1

cant wait to see your first vids^^ send them to me.

[RedPanther1]

@mecha890 well actually i have ONE from the t1i BUT thats it.....then little snipits to go with that for DEMOS i suppose

[koliop95]

@RedPanther1 Wow, no it is not. Go check your stuff.

[NesAn92]

cool quality, viniete is bad!

[mecha890]

@NesAn92 i like the vignetting at times, it works for shallow DoF shots more to empathize shots for importance.

but in this case, it was a poor choice for a test video :(

[mecha890]

@agentemz78

Back in April my camera bag was on the table during easter and my small cousin decided to fling it towards the wall.

camera was still able to record, but NO external buttons worked. at all.

[DIRTYPRODiGY]

Ahaha Sambomaster ?

My goodness, you make me wanna get a T2i more than a Nikon D90 now.

hehe

[mecha890]

@DIRTYPRODiGY

D90 is for the more serious still photographers :D Ive invested too much money into Canon now to switch to Nikon but I settled with the t2i because of its video/still quality.

and yes, sambomaster^^ Underrated like The pillows. Two Jpop bands I just like to put in my vids. I'll have to original score a video once, and update more frequently, I didnt know this video would be moderately popular :/

[LoveHateKillMate]

SWWWEEEEEEEET

[JermaineJHaggerty123]

I LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OnceAPunAThyme]

The thing that has put me off that camera is the lack of sharpness I was seeing in Youtube and downloaded footage, an almost soft focus. Footage from the zoom (the kit one that goes up to 135mm) looked awful to me, but then I saw footage with the 18 - 55 and it was close-ish to tolerable. It looks as though you are getting great sharpness out of that lens. Assuming there is more than one 50mm f1.8 lens, what is the model number of that one?

Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed that.

[DavideoDesign]

@OnceAPunAThyme The longer legs kit lens 135mm etc is known for its lesser quality image than the 18 - 55mm, this lense is a good lense for video, it has sweet spots in the range and is not bad for the price, the 17-55 is much better but a lot more expensive.

[970diego]

What shutterspeed were you using?

[loybond]

Does it have autofocus on? It looks like it keeps hunting for a target, or is that an intentional effect?

[mecha890]

@loybond

its intentional. I pull focus cause of the low depth of field, i like to switch to show difference between fore and background.

The Auto-Focus motor on the camera is a little loud :/ and it "hunts" for a target by pulling focus all the way back then metering until it gets to a point it hits.

Manual focus is much preferred. thanks for watching^^

[mrdarker1]

great vid, man!

what kind memory card have?

[mecha890]

@mrdarker1

thanks man!

i have a PNY SDHC 8GB card, its a little of a downgrade with from my HF20's 32GB internal but it does the job.

thanks for posting!