Canon Rebel T1i Test: Moonlight

Taken with Canon Rebel T1i (a.k.a. 500D or Kiss X3) and roughly edited in Apple iMovie. Problem is that manual exposure is not supported in the video mode by the current T1i firmware. 5D Mark II now supports this by the latest update. Now the 5D is light years ahead of T1i in terms of video capability.

I was playing the piano while my sister's dog, Bikke, was peeing on the carpet just next to the pianos.

Piano: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II, moon: Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM. 1920x1080 at 20 fps.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Rebel
• T1i
• Kiss
• X3
• EOS
• 500D
• Video
• Piano
• Moon
• Moonlight
• Sonata
• Beethoven

[dsm2xtreme]

Any idea if Canon is planning on releasing an updated firmware to give manual video controls and maybe 24fps at 1080?

[ytsutano]

@dsm2xtreme It won't happen. Even the resampling quality problem at 720p is not solved. Get newer models, or you're out of luck. I'm sorry to say that, but that's how things work...

[ashleybrown013]

did you use the lense it came with?

[ytsutano]

@ashleybrown013 Not for this video. But I use the lens occasionally when shooting a video because it's quiet and its stabilizer is not too optimized for still photos.

[CADETINATORT1000]

So this camera does take full HD video?

[ytsutano]

@CADETINATORT1000 Yes, it can shoot 1080i, but at 20fps which is very slow. T2i can go up to 30fps with 1080i, so get T2i instead of T1i if "full HD" recording is important.

[vhoney94]

the moon light video is amazing! i really want to get a t1i!! :)

[dtunzzlistener]

The video was very helpful and the dog was adorable. I think this is what I was waiting for. I'd lived with my 35mm Elan SLR and enjoyed an S5 digital. With the video added now I find this pretty hard to pass up and I can put my EF lenses back to work that I had for an Elan II SLR using film. Remember that stuff? Thanks again.

[DayDaysMedia]

what was the song u played?

[Tech582]

Is the image at 1:06 using a 300mm lens?

[rainonmebi]

this is very beautiful footage. So you said it doesnt go to 1080p, thats unfortunate.

[OxnardHD]

Wow, this is convincing me to buy this.

[SuicideSue21]

Beautiful,

I really want this camera! -.-

but I need a job! D:

[TruePlaid]

Whew... 1:04 is like a telescope.

[ScenexAnime]

Moon is so clear :O , in my place, its always foggy and I have to wait for the fog to clear up a bit.

[RedPanther1]

@PassiveRadiatorsRule hmmmmm :)