Just received my new Canon t3i: Anyone considering a new dslr for video? The video on the t3i is excellent - crisp, clean and the colors are bright and rich. I had a t1i and it also...

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Anyone considering a new dslr for video?

The video on the t3i is excellent - crisp, clean and the colors are bright and rich.

I had a t1i and it also did excellent video but not like this. I'm very pleased with this camera.

Some new settings for audio as well which helps with capturing audio that's not over driven.

A great camera all around at a great price.

edfed Loc: Melbourne. Florida

jimmya wrote:

Anyone considering a new dslr for video?

The video on the t3i is excellent - crisp, clean and the colors are bright and rich.

I had a t1i and it also did excellent video but not like this. I'm very pleased with this camera.

Some new settings for audio as well which helps with capturing audio that's not over driven.

A great camera all around at a great price.

Totally agree with you...love mine also and as you said, it really does do a fine job.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

edfed wrote:

Totally agree with you...love mine also and as you said, it really does do a fine job.

Hi edfed. Do you have lots of experience with video? I did a career in broadcast television news / sports shooting and I still have the bug for video. Just curious.

My background still shows because most of my stuff now, even though I'm now retired, still has a kind of newsy flair to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miwXQfjjsto

ps. My daughter lives in Orlando and loves it. We're in Phoenix and love it also... I just wish it was as warm as Florida - tee... hee.

edfed Loc: Melbourne. Florida

jimmya wrote:

Hi edfed. Do you have lots of experience with video? I did a career in broadcast television news / sports shooting and I still have the bug for video. Just curious.

My background still shows because most of my stuff now, even though I'm now retired, still has a kind of newsy flair to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miwXQfjjsto

ps. My daughter lives in Orlando and loves it. We're in Phoenix and love it also... I just wish it was as warm as Florida - tee... hee.

I used to do graphic presentations to the board of directors for one of my old employers. I have done it all it one way or another, to include burning laser discs. Now I just do it for fun and for the grand kids,

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

edfed wrote:

I used to do graphic presentations to the board of directors for one of my old employers. I have done it all it one way or another, to include burning laser discs. Now I just do it for fun and for the grand kids,

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

edfed Loc: Melbourne. Florida

jimmya wrote:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Enjoyed your youtube "Coffee and a Prayer". Well done. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year also.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

edfed wrote:

Enjoyed your youtube "Coffee and a Prayer". Well done. I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year also.

Thanks.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Jimmya,

Great video. Very professionally done and great narration. Video looks great in 720p HD setting on youtube. Was this shot with the new camera? What lens and editor did you use. Could easily be a local news segment.

Bob

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Bobspez wrote:

Jimmya,

Great video. Very professionally done and great narration. Video looks great in 720p HD setting on youtube. Was this shot with the new camera? What lens and editor did you use. Could easily be a local news segment.

Bob

Hi Bob... thanks for your kind words.

Actually I did a career in news / sports and commercial videography so I have an up on this kind of stuff. I did all my own narration as well so that's another plus for me.

I'm retired now but still having fun giving back for charities and other things like this video about the church.

This was shot with my then Canon t1i. It's an excellent camera but it lacked one key ingredient that I really wanted, external audio. So I upgraded to the t3i and I hope this will be my last camera. I don't need to be spending the family fortune on camera gear although, trust me, I'd like to. The other problem I encountered with the t1i is the frame rate (at least I could never find it) isn't adjustable. At 1080 it was set to 20-frames and the video would always lag... not a good thing.

I shoot all my video with my 18-55. It's the only IS lens I own - (IS = Image stabilization for non Canon folks) I also added, and still use on my t3i, an external view finder that makes it so much easier to shoot and do manual focus.
All the natural sound in the coffee piece came from the on board camera microphone. It works pretty well but not as good as a shotgun which I now have on my t3i.

All humans have hand movement, no way around that. So by adding the IS lens and shooting at 18mm and the external view finder it tends to hide hand movement making hand held video smooth and easy to watch. Without these extras the video will shake something awful - not fun to watch. The extras give me 3 points of contact for shooting - left hand, right hand and at the nose and eye area... all that helps with steadiness.

There you have it. Do you shoot video? What kind of gear are you using?

Good luck and again, thanks for the kind words.

Jim

oops... a ps. You asked about my editor. I'm using
TrakAxPC out of Ireland I believe. It works very well.
Speaking of editing, if you shoot with a dslr, you are probably aware of what's called "rolling shutter". It's the way all consumer level dslr cameras work, or so I'm told.
At times rolling shutter can cause jitter in the video and in some editors, as in Video Pad, another editor I have, it will show up as quick jumps or slight pauses in the edited video... not a good thing. I found TrakAx by accident. Once I'd used it I was hooked.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Hi Jim,

I could tell your video was professionally done. I'm retired for 7 years now and over the past 4 years I put 15 videos up on my youtube channel called bobspez. They range from about 20 seconds to 5-1/2 minutes. My videos are an extension of my hobbies, although I did one as a fictional interview with an alien. I wanted the experience of writing a script and applying special effects. The other videos are on astronomy, microscopy, and music videos I did with my friend. I also did one on getting a live view preview on an lcd screen with a Nikon D3100 (Nikon claims it can't be done).

Up to now I've used usb cams for the astronomy and microscopy videos, and a Panasonic Lumix LX5 for interviews and music videos. Since I'm usually in the frame I use a tripod.

A few months ago I bought a used Nikon D3100, my first DSLR. The Nikon does 1080 HD video at 24fps, and I'm looking forward to using it on my next video. Since I wanted prime lenses for the Nikon, I opted for manual focus Nikkor film lenses from ebay which are really cheap but are great quality. I bought 6 Nikkor and one Vivitar manual film lenses (6 primes and one zoom) for just over $400 total.

For editing I use Adobe Pro CS6 which links to the Adobe Audition audio editor. For recording sound I use a Zoom R16 8 track recorder. It was relatively inexpensive and lightweight and has great sound. The Nikon just has the internal mono mic, but I use that track to sync up the Zoom audio tracks.

I haven't run into the rolling shutter yet, but I think that shows up in panning. I tend to set up my shots on the tripod and roll. I haven't done anything with panning yet.

Thanks again for the info. Nice to come across another video maker here on UHH.

Bob

jimmya wrote:

Hi Bob... thanks for your kind words.

Actually I did a career in news / sports and commercial videography so I have an up on this kind of stuff. I did all my own narration as well so that's another plus for me.

I'm retired now but still having fun giving back for charities and other things like this video about the church.

This was shot with my then Canon t1i. It's an excellent camera but it lacked one key ingredient that I really wanted, external audio. So I upgraded to the t3i and I hope this will be my last camera. I don't need to be spending the family fortune on camera gear although, trust me, I'd like to. The other problem I encountered with the t1i is the frame rate (at least I could never find it) isn't adjustable. At 1080 it was set to 20-frames and the video would always lag... not a good thing.

I shoot all my video with my 18-55. It's the only IS lens I own - (IS = Image stabilization for non Canon folks) I also added, and still use on my t3i, an external view finder that makes it so much easier to shoot and do manual focus.
All the natural sound in the coffee piece came from the on board camera microphone. It works pretty well but not as good as a shotgun which I now have on my t3i.

All humans have hand movement, no way around that. So by adding the IS lens and shooting at 18mm and the external view finder it tends to hide hand movement making hand held video smooth and easy to watch. Without these extras the video will shake something awful - not fun to watch. The extras give me 3 points of contact for shooting - left hand, right hand and at the nose and eye area... all that helps with steadiness.

There you have it. Do you shoot video? What kind of gear are you using?

Good luck and again, thanks for the kind words.

Jim

oops... a ps. You asked about my editor. I'm using
TrakAxPC out of Ireland I believe. It works very well.
Speaking of editing, if you shoot with a dslr, you are probably aware of what's called "rolling shutter". It's the way all consumer level dslr cameras work, or so I'm told.
At times rolling shutter can cause jitter in the video and in some editors, as in Video Pad, another editor I have, it will show up as quick jumps or slight pauses in the edited video... not a good thing. I found TrakAx by accident. Once I'd used it I was hooked.

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jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Bobspez wrote:

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Yes Bob it is nice to run across another video maker... sounds like good stuff. If you don't mind perhaps you could forward your channel link... I'd like to take a peek.

I could use 24 frames but I tried it and like 30 better, just a bit smoother.

Rolling shutter really shows when someone walks across your frame from side to side or when shooting traffic. I'm glad you've had no problems with it.

Take care.

Jim

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

Hi Jim,

My videos are all here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bobspez/videos

If the link disappears from this post (seems that happens on UHH sometimes) you can just type bobspez in the search box on youtube, which should bring up my channel and videos.

Bob

jimmya wrote:

Yes Bob it is nice to run across another video maker... sounds like good stuff. If you don't mind perhaps you could forward your channel link... I'd like to take a peek.

I could use 24 frames but I tried it and like 30 better, just a bit smoother.

Rolling shutter really shows when someone walks across your frame from side to side or when shooting traffic. I'm glad you've had no problems with it.

Take care.

Jim

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Bobspez wrote:

Hi Jim,

My videos are all here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bobspez/videos

If the link disappears from this post (seems that happens on UHH sometimes) you can just type bobspez in the search box on youtube, which should bring up my channel and videos.

Bob

Interesting stuff, thanks for sending.

Bobspez Loc: Southern NJ, USA

You are very welcome. Strictly amateur stuff and some of it a bit raw but it's an interesting hobby.

Regards,

Bob

jimmya wrote:

Interesting stuff, thanks for sending.