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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent posts in The Canon 60D.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: The Canon 60D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/165817/#p165817</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Having used both the T2i and the 7D, I can't say one is a great deal better than the other, at least for what I've done. The T2i is much lighter, though, which I rather like. The swiveling LCD screen on the 60D sounds useful, but the feature I'm most excited about is manual audio gain controls. Both the aforementioned cameras have auto gain, making it very difficult to get nice audio when doing live action filming. You either have to live with the auto gain or record the audio entirely separate and go to the trouble of syncing it with the video later. As far as I'm concerned, then, the 60D is the best of these three. Still, Canon could very easily release a firmware update for the T2i that adds manual gain control (which they recently did for the 5D Mark II).]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (Nick Durron)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: The Canon 60D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/165611/#p165611</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I hadn't seen this before but:
I guess the 60D is a plastic body :dizzy: ! To be honest I don't whether this will pose and sort of structural faults, or be an improvement. 

I'm now thinking about going with the 550D, as it is probably the best value. UNLESS I work and save a little more and go with the 5D mkII, after seeing what Vincent Laforet did in his films, particularly in 'Reverie'. But that can wait if it needs to.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[ebartholomae@gmail.com (Blacitch)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: The Canon 60D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/165241/#p165241</link>
			<description><![CDATA[550D, is best value IMO.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[brickflicks@gmail.com (zerowellies)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Canon 60D]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[With the new Canon 60D planned to ship in September (in the States [I don't know when for other countries]) How does it compare with other cameras such as the 5D, 7D, or the T2i (550D)?

When it comes to shooting video with DSLRs, Canon is the first place to look, so I'm not deciding between this or a Nikon. So I'm mainly asking what people have seen that really differs this from the 7D and the 550D besides price.

I've seen that there isn't much difference in the video quality between the 550D and 7D, when it comes to HDSLR film making the only this is controls and placement of controls. One main thing I've seen with functionality is that the 7D can adjust white balance based on color temperature (I think) whereas the 550D has limited white balance presets (I know). From what I've read on B&H and the Canon website is that is does have custom color temp white balance. 

All three cameras have APS-C CMOS sensors so there's no difference in the crop factor. The 60D and 550D are 18 megapixels and the 7D is 19. But to me that doesn't matter all that much considering I'm not going to need a 5184x3456 picture for Internet video :P .

On to shutter speed and ISO, The 7D and 60D have a shutter speed of 1/8000 to 30 sec and the 550D has 1/4000 to 30 sec, but that doesn't really apply to me too much since I'll mainly be using it for film work. And when I did some stop-motion work with the DSLRs at Maine Media I stayed with a fairly slow shutter speed to mostly reduce light flicker. But that still is another thing to consider. All three cameras have an ISO of 100-6400 and are expandable to 12800, so no need to debate there.

They all have the same frame rates, so the only other major variables are button placement, weight/size and the cost.
The 60D and the 7D have same the same placement and the screen near the shutter release (which I really like), the 550D is a bit different without the other screen, which makes changing some settings a little more annoying. The change in placement reduces the size of the 550D, which is nice, but I personally like a camera that is a little larger and beefier.
There is also a fair difference in the cost, by a few hundred dollars. For the body it's about $800-550D, $1,100-60D, $1,500-7D.
From what I've read and seen, I really like the 60D. Simply because it's sort of a mix of the 7D and the 550D, with the layout of the 7D. And the 60D has a swivelling LCD screen! :D 

What do you guys think about the new 60D? Which do you perfer? And how well do you think the 60D will work for both film and stop-motion? Will it be worth the couple week wait for the 60D?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[ebartholomae@gmail.com (Blacitch)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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