Canon Digital Rebel T2i w/ EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens

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#1 Post by **palmboy5** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 11:40 pm

So I finally got myself a "real" camera, a DSLR.

No real comparison pics with my other cameras because well... many of my pictures simply aren't achievable with a point'n'shoot. The T2i would win hands down anyway so there wasn't much of a point LOL.
Faster autofocus or simply manual focus with immediate picture capture eliminate the timing delay that would have made shots of my dog virtually impossible for a point'n'shoot.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/dog/t2stewie3.jpg
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/dog/t2stewie4.jpg

Obligatory/cliche flower picture:
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2i/t2flower1-2.jpg

One comparison shot that I did take:
T2i:
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2MicroSD1-f9.jpg
SD500:
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/sdMicroSDMacro2.jpg

I haven't gotten any new computer parts to take my usual pictures but I still have a 7200GS lying around so I took a shot.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2-7200gs.jpg

Yee new camera lol, it took me 9 days to take my first 1000 shots versus almost two months with the SD500.

Directive · #2 Post by **Directive** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:30 pm

sweet, great pics.

#3 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:35 pm

Four day weekend for me

so I took ISO-variable comparison shots for the T2i vs SD500.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2isd50 ... 2i-ISO.png

The T2i's shots were shrunk to match the size of the SD500 shots, which MIGHT make the T2i shots look more sharp but this is better than stretching the SD500 shots and making them blurry.

For the concern that shrinking the T2i shots would reduce the apparent amount of noise, here is the ISO 6400 shot in original size.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2isd50 ... -15sec.png

Here is the T2i's ISO 100 shot in original size. For fun.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2isd50 ... 0-4sec.png

The entire scene.
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/t2isd50 ... 0-4sec.jpg

Directive · #4 Post by **Directive** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 6:20 pm

I have a Powershot A550 and it seems to take better pics then your powershot. Still no where near your T2i. Great shots.

#5 Post by **palmboy5** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:32 pm

This was an unlit/low-light room which is the standard situation for higher ISO IQ demonstration. Both cameras took over 3 seconds of exposure to do their lowest ISO shots and are therefore impossible to do without a tripod. I also noticed that my PowerShot never chooses to have a shutter time longer than 1 second (so over 3 seconds was chosen manually). I too thought that my SD500's ISO 50 picture quality was worse than other pictures I've taken with the camera, but other pictures are usually given more lighting and are closer up. Typical camera usage for these situations would definitely involve a flash (which I didn't use) so I doubt you have many pictures demonstrating your PowerShot's approximately equal amount of fail.

Flash sucks anyway, especially built-in flash. The truly high end cameras don't even have built-in flash. The effect they have on pictures are typically unnatural and undesirable so if one can reduce their necessity through usage of high ISO, they should do so.

Higher ISO = shorter shutter time = less motion blur, so if a camera (my T2i) can take a respectable quality picture with a higher ISO value, they make such a picture more possible without the use of a tripod, or flash for that matter.

Directive · #6 Post by **Directive** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:12 pm

OK I think I get it. My mom has this new camera and I tried it, whatever setting she had it on, in a very dimmly lit room with no flash and it took a great, bright picture. I tried it with the flash and it came out too bright. It was really cool. It reminded me of the HR night vision cameras I install at work. When the LED's kick on the picture goes gray scale but its a great image with very little light.
These are the night vision camera's I work with...
TruVision Line IR Cameras
DVR we use with them.

#7 Post by **palmboy5** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:31 pm

Interesting about the picture coming out too bright, the camera must have been in a really manual mode because it should otherwise know to compensate for the flash's brightness. What model is it?

I keep seeing those surveillance cameras and DVRs in the Fry's Ad and want to get one for the hell of it but of course they aren't in the "for the hell of it" price range.

Directive · #8 Post by **Directive** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:10 pm

Yea, I don't know the model. I didn't look or mess with the settings. I just played with the zoom.

Yea, them are pricey. Wasn't a pretty price when my and another guy installed 43 Cameras (32 bullet cams and 8 dome cams as linked above and 3 XP domes) The XP cams aren't night vision but have a better auto back-light adjustment for looking towards glass where the sun might shine through. All to 3 of the DVR's as linked above. All connected to there network so any computer on or off site. Now we are working on the best method to do large backups of the stored video. They record on motion (5 sec before and after the event).

By the way, I work for Hart Alarm Systems inc.. The site might be a bit outdated.

#9 Post by **palmboy5** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:28 am

Hey I'm wondering... I know certain professions are hardly weakened by this economic downturn and some are even growing. Security systems are something I think might be one of the better-off professions, would my hunch be correct?

Directive · #10 Post by **Directive** » Tue Jan 25, 2011 6:53 pm

We hit a slow period last summer for a few months and that's it. As a matter of fact October and November last year we worked every Saturday. There has been no problem getting our hours in if not more. On the other hand we have had no raise in going on 3 years.

#11 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 4:49 pm

I swear this mobo doesn't look anywhere near as dusty to the naked eye.
http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/t2CPUPower1.jpg
http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/t2realtek1.jpg

Only one I bothered erasing the background:
http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/ ... boRAM1.jpg

I can keep more things in focus now with choosing a higher aperture, but it seems like the overall sharpness is degraded in the process..
http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/ ... e1-4.5.jpg
http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/ ... re1-18.jpg

Let's see a point'n'shoot focus on the fan

http://mylilsite.net/images/brisbane-1/t2HSF1.jpg