Canon 550D / T2i production video - Zhongguancun gadget city from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
Photographer Dan Chung tried out Canon's T2i/EOS 550D DSLR's 1080P video and from the looks of it we really do have a mini 7D coming. Dan's video focuses on some of the gadgets that abound in China. HIt the jump for another video shot with the already impressive EOS 550D. Video above from F-Stop Academy via Vimeo.
Accordin'g to Chung, "as it turns out this little camera is a really competent performer and the footage I've shot so far looks pretty much the same as my 7D to my eye...The footage you see here is shot at 1080p/25 frames a second and not graded with only minor adjustments of gamma, sharpening and a little smoothcam in Final Cut Pro...In terms of video image quality I think it is too early to make definitive judgments...[but] I think this camera is cheap enough that there is now little reason for pros who have not yet bought a HD-DSLR to not put their toes in the water and see if they like shooting.video."
Another video, this time from Photographer Drew Painter via Vimeo.Who shot the beautiful footage using the standard setting on ISO 100 and a Canon 50mm f1.8 lens.
550D T2i Camera Test from DMP on Vimeo.