Official: T2i/550D

plawa wrote in post #10493148
I'll go with "1 picture worth a 1000 words" but "yes" would also do..

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lol.. appreciate that.. sorry for the dumb Q..

Great concert sound quality. The average video recording distorts concert sound so bad that you usually can't make out the vocals. I like the bands' reference to the narration at the beginning of Van Damme's movie Cyborg.

As far as conversions, I use FormatFactory to convert most of my music and video. It handles most formats and offers a lot of conversion options. Best of all, it's freeware. And there are no time limitations or watermarks. If you can find version 2.20, opt for that over the latest version 2.30.

kcisland wrote in post #10486720
"Here is some concert footage I shot with the T2i and my RODE. I was about 15 feet from the stage and the audience speakers and I think the RODE did a great job of capturing the sound.

LaFaiNe

I would be interested in knowing your workflow with the video. I recently took footage of a vacation on my T2i and am pulling my hair out trying to get the best quality video trying to convert .mov files to .avi to use is a workable edit program. What video editing program do you use and what kind of conversions? Thanks for any help.

Rebelmeister wrote in post #10494626
I use FormatFactory to convert most of my music and video. It handles most formats and offers a lot of conversion options. Best of all, it's freeware. And there are no time limitations or watermarks. If you can find version 2.20, opt for that over the latest version 2.30.

Thanks for the reference. The latest version seems to be 2.40 and I can't find any earlier versions. Why do you suggest 2.20 over 2.30?

Anyone know why I am not able to download the firmware? The download link just leads me to a blank white page and nothing happens.

gaironhead54 wrote in post #10482245
Hey I just want something that is versitile!
Any recomendations?

Have you considered the EF-S 18-135mm IS or the EF-S 18-200 IS ?
Both about the same dimensions, so just depends if you want to spend a bit more for the extra reach

really helpful info , thanks for sharing

Rebelmeister wrote in post #10494626
Great concert sound quality. The average video recording distorts concert sound so bad that you usually can't make out the vocals. I like the bands' reference to the narration at the beginning of Van Damme's movie Cyborg.

Is that what movie that's from? I had no idea.

Rebelmeister wrote in post #10494626
As far as conversions, I use FormatFactory to convert most of my music and video. It handles most formats and offers a lot of conversion options. Best of all, it's freeware. And there are no time limitations or watermarks. If you can find version 2.20, opt for that over the latest version 2.30.

I've been using Canopus which I didn't pay for but I don't think is freeware.

peterbj7 wrote in post #10495771
Thanks for the reference. The latest version seems to be 2.40 and I can't find any earlier versions. Why do you suggest 2.20 over 2.30?

Every version I used up to 2.30 has had a smooth install with the option to disable the little ebay desktop icon option (freeware needs sponsors too), but version 2.30 was hit and miss with some people on it installing a browser ad-in (not malware, but annoying all the same). A few of us had the problem, most did not. I'll have to check 2.40 to see if they cleaned that up. Otherwords it has been an excellent program.

LuFaiNe wrote in post #10498902
I've been using Canopus which I didn't pay for but I don't think is freeware.

Thanks for the input. I'll have to check them out too.

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nice chuck.. How do you like it so far?

a noob question here fellas. what is that number next to the circle confirmation light when you peek into the viewfinder? sometimes it shows 3 or 9 in dark conditions.. I kept looking in my manual but cant find it.

comes tomorrow. guess i jumped the gun on the signature. friday cant get here fast enough !

ChuckButta wrote in post #10501660
comes tomorrow. guess i jumped the gun on the signature. friday cant get here fast enough !

I'm guessing you bought from adorama? The waiting part is the killer..

WARAT wrote in post #10501570
a noob question here fellas. what is that number next to the circle confirmation light when you peek into the viewfinder? sometimes it shows 3 or 9 in dark conditions.. I kept looking in my manual but cant find it.

Number of continuous shots you can take before the buffer fills up. RAW maxes out at 6, 9 actually means "more than 9".

And yes, it's in the manual somewhere ;]

^^Thanks, didn't know about that