Did you stitch manually or auto?

Sweet shots

Pretty good deal on Amazon today, on a camera I think a lot of you already have. I've been looking for a pocketable camera to carry around with me, so I was planning on getting a Canon S95.

On sale today for only 229.00, with free next day shipping.

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-PowerSho...1KSRV0ACHKMYZ2

that link seems to be the other sellers page?

shows up as $329 if i navigate to Amazon's product page...

Anyone here shoot with a Canon EOS 7D?

Thinking about switching brands from Nikon to Canon.

I'd like to get into some cinematography, and I hear the 7D is a good introductory option.

Blah. I guess it was one of their power deals that only last a couple of hours or so. Yeah, it's back way up now.

7D is a great camera for vid. I only shoot pics w/ my 7D but everyone raves about it.

Strange to think of it as an "introductory option" though, but I suppose compared to traditional high end video cameras its a steal.

I'd guess the 5D mk3 is going to have A LOT more video related enhancements when it (finally) comes out.

Also, one drawback w/ 7D vs older Canons is the inability to load custom firmware (magic lantern). Might be a good reason to look at the 5D mk2 instead, though I'm not sure that even has external mic input (no idea if that actually matters for pro stuff)


Sick deal. S95 is a great camera. I got one as my P&S, replacing a leica d-lux 4 (which was a truly phenomenal P&S) since I could get a canon underwater case for $150 and take it SCUBA

One of the biggest draws of the 7D for me is the external mic input.

Syncing sound sucks I hear.

I have a 7D, very rarely use it for video though. Seen a lot of good short movies made with 7D's.

What Nikon are you looking to replace with the 7D?

I currently own a D90.

It shoots video, but there's not enough functionality for what I want to do imo.

Why not look at a D7000 and you can use all your old lenses?

+1. How do you stitch long exposures?

I just let PS5 do its thing with the stitching and then went in and replaced a few things manually where I got some weird distortions. First one was fine but the second one was a major pain in the ass! The hardest part was trying to get all lights from the cars to be in the right spots in each of the frames and getting them to overlap in a realistic way when I was blending them But all in all I'm pretty happy with how it turned out

Thanks for the compliments

Can't you buy converters for real cheap these days?

I haven't shot video with a DSLR at all, so I can't offer any first-hand experience. All I can do is go from published reviews and documentation.

If you want to shoot video on mid-range crop bodies, your choices seem to be the Canon 7D and 60D, and the Nikon D300s and D7000.

The closest comparison to the 7D is probably the D300s. It came out at the same time and is a similar price. Everything I have read points to the 7D being better at video and similar quality (in an apples and oranges sort of way) in still photography..

I think you should also consider the 60D and the D7000 They are both newer, and less expensive. Those two factors might balance out wrt performance.

Compared to the 7D, the D7000 has better metering, better IQ, better low-light performance, and a better flash system. The 7D has a better viewfinder, and significantly for you, more movie features, faster max framerate, and less movie compression (which makes a difference in quality, but generally only if you are looking for BluRay quality video). The 7D costs 25% more than the D7000. The two have similar build quality, and LCDs. If video is really important to you and still photography is not, the 7D gets the edge. If both are important, I'd give the edge to the D7000, even if you didn't already have a bunch of Nikon glass.

What about the 60D? It is only 2/3 the cost of a 7D. It also may be better than the D7000 for video, but falls far behind for stills, and has neither the quality or range of features of the 7D. Consider it only if video is all you need and you'd like to save some money.

Don't forget to consider the cost of lenses. If all you have for your D90 is the kit lens, you can afford to ignore this. Otherwise, consider how much it will cost to replace your lens lineup. If the difference in potential video quality between that produced by a 7D body over a D7000 is significant to you, you really ought to be spending a lot more on lenses than on the body. If you are not prepared to spend thousands of dollars on lenses, I'm not sure why you'd spend $1500 on a 7D body. If you don't have good lenses, I doubt you'll be able to reap the benefits of the superior body.

Finally, consider whether you really want to use a dSLR for shooting video. While they do offer a better range of lenses, and control of DoF, they aren't really there yet wrt auotfocus, zoom control and sound control. If making really good video is your only goal, perhaps you should consider a video camera instead.

Sure, for a few hundred dollars you can buy an adaptor that lets you mount a Nikon F-mount lens on a Canon EOS camera.

All you give up is auto-everything (except TTL metering - that still works). You'll have to shoot in manual mode and focus manually. You won't get any EXIF data. Aperture control is interesting, when it is even possible. I doubt the VR would work.

If you are used to using 20-40 year old lenses and cameras, you'll feel right at home with one of these adaptors. If you are used to having the camera take care of most things for you, you might find using such an adaptor a little bit limiting.

I can't imagine using such an adaptor to shoot video.

Thanks for all of that info DTM.

Really what I'm looking for is a good camera that can produce good video as well. The 7D seems like the obvious choice imo.

I only have a couple of lenses that need to be replaced (Might be able to do an outright trade), and I think I disagree with you here:

30fps @ 720p for the d7000 vs 60fps @ 720p on the 7D seems like a pretty huge difference to me. That aspect alone might be worth the few hundo extra I would spend on the body unless people can convince me otherwise ;/

The 7D is a good camera that will produce better video than the D7000, so it seems to meet your needs.

I'm not sure that 60fps with crappy lenses is going to look better than 30fps with good lenses. I think the opposite is more likely. The higher framerate may just serve to show off more clearly the poor quality of the cheap lens. Also, I think video is moving pretty solidly to 1080p. The 7D's 30fps at that resolution might not look much better than the D7000's 24fps. OTOH it might not show up the lack of lens quality as much. IDK if the $250 you will save on the body and the couple of hundos you might save by not trading in lenses will make all that much difference in lens quality though. Mostly I'm just saying that a 7D body is overkill if you are not going to get the lenses to match its superior video capability.

Put a Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4 G ED VR on a D5100 and a Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens on a 7D. The two systems will cost about the same as each other. Now shoot an identical shot from each at 25mm, f/4. I'm almost certain that the Nikon combo will give a better image. Being able to reproduce worse images at twice the frame rate is no advantage.

It's pretty well axiomatic that lenses are more important than bodies in both still and video photography. The availability of good lenses is just about the only reason to choose to shoot video on a dSLR rather than on a dedicated video camera.

agree that 60fps should barely factor in.

decent existing lenses --> nikon
7D really is a great camera tho

shooting at 60fps is a huge factor if you want to do slow motion

550D (t2i), 600D (t3i), 60D and 7D will all give you the same video quality, but obviously the 7D will be better in still mode, professionnal build, etc.

Holy smokes I didn't realise that there was a photography thread on 2p2. Just bought a eos 600d/rebel t3i a few days ago to shoot better vids than my compact cam. I've been uploading several youtube vids with my compact cam so I figured its about time I upgraded.

I've never used a dslr in my life so I'm hoping reading other people's comments of pics and videos will help me take better pics.

Holy cow, card tricks in HD!!!!!

There is a God

Downright depressed after black friday of course. I've been focusing on my magic career and things have been great. Yeah you can expect some vids from me soon

I've been looking at the Canon S95 and just missed the last sale.

What I mostly need is a camera for indoor photography in medium/lower light conditions and closeups. I've run through a few point-and-shoots which are okay outside, but the moment I get into medium lighting either the flash looks terrible or I get grainy images like this.

The S95 is coming up a lot as far as a point and shoot that will take care of this, but I'm not sure if it's overkill or not, if anyone could help. I definitely want to avoid another problem camera, I have a couple meh ones in the house and two cell phones besides that. I need images to look good in my work area which isn't crazy bright.

PS, no long-range needed, no need for anything but basic video capability, doesn't need to have a fast shutter speed or be rugged either. Being easy to learn/adjust/use would be a big plus.

thanks