Videograf Productions

Low light test.

Canon T2i, 550D Low-light Video Tests from a3o Studios on Vimeo.

This is a test of the Canon T2i/550d

Most shots were done with the Canon 50mm f1.8 (non-usm) lens. The extreme close up shots were done with the same lens with a screw-on macro adapter.

Their is also one shot with the Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 lens.

It was important to me to do tests without any expensive specialty lenses. I believe both of these lenses are valued under the $100 USD mark.

All of these shots were setup in 5 minutes or less, on special rigs or setup was needed.

Room lighting is 4x65w flood bulbs, recessed.

No lights were used in the lit candle shots.

A 14w CFL desk lamp was used in the candle smoke shots.

Shutter speed was 1/30sec for all shots.

More detailed review at: http://4volt.com/Blog/archive/2010/02/26/canon-t2i550d-practical-video-review.aspx

Note: in the dark areas of some shots you can see some obvious compression squares, this is compounded by some noise and the relatively low bitrate that vimeo uses. For a screenshot of the original video see the URL above.

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Snow Flakes from Prashanna Jayaseelan on Vimeo.

Canon 550D/T2i

Lenses used: 50mm f1.4
24mm-70mm f2.8

Shot by: Prashanna Jayaseelan
Evan C. King
Claude Quammie

Indoor was shot at ISO 200/400
Outdoor was shot at ISO 100

Last scene was 1280×720 at 60fps for slow-mo

Disadvantages in comparison to the 7D would be the build and for me the ISO incrementation. I would’ve liked it to have 320, 1000, 1250 etc..

But I didn’t notice any difference in image quality except that the 7D is a tiny bit better in low light – very small difference. I find that the skewing is less on the 550D/T2i also.

Music: All India Radio – Amit Chaudhuri

Special Thanks to Evan and Claude.