A lot of us, including myself, have been moving onto DSLR's. It's great to have a device that can take 18 Megapixel photos, and shoot HD video all in one. It's also great to have the option to change your lenses, or your setting for that matter, or perhaps feel like a pro. And those are just a few of the many things DSLR's on today's market offer.
I'm going to be focussing this review on the Canon EOS T2i because it's the DSLR which I own, although many of the features are standard amongst the line of entry level DSLR's. The T2i offers not only amazing photos, but just as great video with that DSLR cinematic look. It's the reason I got it over its camcorder competitor. Just about the same price, yet double the bang. So lets run through a few of it's features, and of course, the bad "stuff".
Features:
Megapixels: 18
Stabilization: In Lens
Memory Card: SD / SDHC / SDXC
Max. Shutter Speed: 1/4000
Max. Photo Capture: 3.7 per second
ISO Range: 100 to 12800
Movie Modes: Quicktime MOV1920 x 1080p;1280 x 720;640 x 480
LCD: Fixed 3in (1,040,000 dots)
Viewfinder: Pentamirror (95% coverage)
Autofocus: 9 point
Face Detect AF: No
Sensor Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.9 (1.6x crop factor)
HDMI Port: Yes
Live View: Yes
Built-in Flash: Yes (Sync: 1/200)
Compatible Lenses: All Canon EF and EF-S
Battery: LP-E8 LiIon
Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.9 x 2.9in 129 x 98 x 75mm
Weight: 18.7oz (530g)
Now with the good there's always the bad. The Pro's have been pretty much already stated but theres an evil side to this ingenious camera as well. To start off with, the price. Yep, this bad boy comes in at around $900.00 with the kit lens. So if you're just looking to do everyday here and there video, I recommend going with a Kodak Zi8, or something of that nature. Another downside to this DSLR is its painfully slow 3.7 fps shutter speed. As oppose to its "daddy" the canon 7D which boosts about 8 photos a second with a batter grip.
A few other things to consider are that it doesn't have a top facing LCD screen. For some this is not an issue, but then comes in the factor that the lack of this screen makes the body a bit smaller than say the Canon 60D. It also has a 1.6 times crop ratio. So a 10mm lens is really a 16mm lens. But you're going to be stuck with this unless you have 2,500 bucks to for over for the 5D mark two.
Overall there's not much to say about this camera. It does what it says it does, and you do get what you pay for. I personally will be upgrading to the Canon 7D once I get the dough, but until then this camera will do just fine.
Hope this helps
Cheers
I'm going to be focussing this review on the Canon EOS T2i because it's the DSLR which I own, although many of the features are standard amongst the line of entry level DSLR's. The T2i offers not only amazing photos, but just as great video with that DSLR cinematic look. It's the reason I got it over its camcorder competitor. Just about the same price, yet double the bang. So lets run through a few of it's features, and of course, the bad "stuff".
Features:
Megapixels: 18
Stabilization: In Lens
Memory Card: SD / SDHC / SDXC
Max. Shutter Speed: 1/4000
Max. Photo Capture: 3.7 per second
ISO Range: 100 to 12800
Movie Modes: Quicktime MOV1920 x 1080p;1280 x 720;640 x 480
LCD: Fixed 3in (1,040,000 dots)
Viewfinder: Pentamirror (95% coverage)
Autofocus: 9 point
Face Detect AF: No
Sensor Dimensions: 22.3 x 14.9 (1.6x crop factor)
HDMI Port: Yes
Live View: Yes
Built-in Flash: Yes (Sync: 1/200)
Compatible Lenses: All Canon EF and EF-S
Battery: LP-E8 LiIon
Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.9 x 2.9in 129 x 98 x 75mm
Weight: 18.7oz (530g)
Now with the good there's always the bad. The Pro's have been pretty much already stated but theres an evil side to this ingenious camera as well. To start off with, the price. Yep, this bad boy comes in at around $900.00 with the kit lens. So if you're just looking to do everyday here and there video, I recommend going with a Kodak Zi8, or something of that nature. Another downside to this DSLR is its painfully slow 3.7 fps shutter speed. As oppose to its "daddy" the canon 7D which boosts about 8 photos a second with a batter grip.
A few other things to consider are that it doesn't have a top facing LCD screen. For some this is not an issue, but then comes in the factor that the lack of this screen makes the body a bit smaller than say the Canon 60D. It also has a 1.6 times crop ratio. So a 10mm lens is really a 16mm lens. But you're going to be stuck with this unless you have 2,500 bucks to for over for the 5D mark two.
Overall there's not much to say about this camera. It does what it says it does, and you do get what you pay for. I personally will be upgrading to the Canon 7D once I get the dough, but until then this camera will do just fine.
Hope this helps
Cheers
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