Episode 016: T3i Review with Zoom Footage

May 3, 2011

in Canon,Gear,Podcast Episodes,Reviews

I Didn’t think much of the T3i until I held one in my hand. I still think the 60D is the best choice for a serious shooter. Although if the funds aren’t there, or you can put up with limited ISOs and WB this is the camera for you.

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Click here to download sample zoom footage.

QuickTime File: DSLR Video Shooter Episode #015

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Tagged as: Canon, Podcast, Review, T3i, Zoom

  • http://twitter.com/michaschmidt Michael

    thanks for the review … good job! … so seems to be a nice lil DSLR, right ?!… but it also seems to me that the zoom option – even it might be helpful in some rare cases – is not a very useful killer feature at all (in the end)

  • http://www.facebook.com/Remarkableryan Ryan Hall

    Something to think about when weighing the option between the T3i and 60D for video are the 1/3 ISO increments that the 60D offers, especially if you are going to be using the just released Technicolor “CineStyle”, as they recommend shooting in ISO multiples of 160 (which the T3i doesn’t offer).

    An example of why 160 ISO increments are recommended are best showed in this example: http://vimeo.com/23082874

  • Anthonyhnj

    What Lens do you have on the T3i?

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    True that.

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    A Tokina 50-135mm F2.8. One of my favs.

  • Alexander Urrutia

    Cool review, I’m getting the T3i tomorrow.  Thanks!

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    Awesome!

  • SaqibSaab

    Chicago! I’m from Lisle…

    Thanks for the review. Deciding between the 60D and the T3i and this is helping. Keep it up.

  • Steve M.

    I’ve only played around with the T3i briefly, but like you mentioned, the first thing I noticed was no manual Kelvin Temp setting, so I manually tweaked the WB, with the WB correction feature and could pretty much dial in whatever temp look I wanted. I’m positive I rolled some video shots with this and replayed them to show the owner of that camera how he could dial in any WB. However, in your example, I don’t see that WB correction in the settings?

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    Are you referring to the Custom WB setting?

  • O Ghamry

    hey thanks so much for the video

    but i need to know how did your record the menu from the camera lcd

  • http://dslrvideoshooter.com calebpike

    I used a VGA recorder. Their not cheap but I’ve had this one for a long time. SD only but it got the job done.