Your Questions About Canon Rebel T2i

rob answers:

I always shoot full res on my camera (5D mark ii). Windows movie maker is terrible to be honest for editing videos. Use Sony Vegas or Adobe premiere for editing videos. There is a wide range of codecs to choose from to reduce the size of the video so you can upload faster. Consider .mkv format, I like this format cos it can greatly reduce the file size while it keeps a lot of the video quality intact.

Like what photoace said up there you really want a fast PC, not necessarily a mac. See a mac has a great OS but it lacks the speed of fast PCs. But there is a solution to this. I have managed to install Snow leopard on my PC. Making like a mac OS but having the speed of my PC. I tried installing it on my other pc but it failed.

I use two PCs for editing my videos. I convert files on both pcs at the same time. Speeds everything up twice as fast. So when I have a few clips from a short film, I edit (special effects/colour fixing etc) half the clips on one pc, then the other half on the other PC. Then do the edit the clips down and join them into a movie one pc. There are so many advantages of having multiple PC’s to edit your videos imo.

PC 1: 3.2ghz Quad processor, 6GB RAM, 1.2 GB of graphics memory (A good graphics card really helps), MAC OS x snow leopard

PC 2: 3.2ghz duo processor, 4GB RAM, forget what the memory card is like, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

I buy my PC’s second hand PC’s off big computer nerds or idiots who don’t know how much fast PCs are worth lol! Saves so much money. I hope this helps. But advice getting two PCs to do the work!

rob answers:

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rob answers:

It is a good camera

Canon EOS Rebel T2i 18 MP CMOS APS-C Digital SLR Camera
* 18.0-megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor;
* DIGIC 4 image processor for high image quality and speed
* ISO 100-6400 (expandable to 12800) for shooting from bright to dim light;
* enhanced 63-zone, Dual-layer metering system
* Improved EOS Movie mode with manual exposure control and expanded recording 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
* Wide 3.0-inch Clear View LCD monitor;
* Dedicated Live View/Movie shooting button
* New compatibility with SDXC memory cards,
* Plus new menu status indicator for Eye-Fi support

rob answers:

Yes.

What do you have for a video card, too. (1gb cards are reasonable and pretty common)

At high res, the canon is running almost 2 gigs every 5 minutes (20 gigs/hour).

This will help a little:
In the composition window (top center, main preview window) In the lower left set the display fairly small, 25% or less. To the right (Just right of the three little colored circles, the channels icon) there is another drop-down menu item “Resolution/down sampling”, set it to Auto or quarter.

These settings only effect the display, not the movie being built or its rendering. This reduced resolution will open more processor and memory to play your clips.

That, or an i7 on an Intel MOBO with 16 gigs Ram and overclocked a mild 15% works well for me.

rob answers:

If you got the money go for Canon 85mm F1.8 if you are in budget go fo Canon 50mm F.18 the 85mm is slight sharper and is more useful in portrait since is not too close.