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Agreed, about how long does the shutter last? That is one of the reasons I have been hesitant to use a DSLR for brickfilming.

It depends on the camera model. It's really hard to find the true shutter life expectancy for each model and I'm still not sure what it is for sure with the T2i. This website claims to know a lot of them though (you have to scroll pretty far down before the chart is listed). Whether or not their marks are accurate or not, I don't know. It does seem like the T2i might have somewhere around 100,000-150,000 actuations. I use to be shooting 1,000+ photographs a month for almost 2 years, not counting the paid photo jobs I did. From photography alone I probably have used around 50,000 I would say. For The Magic Seeds, I took around 1,600 shots.

Appreciate the info.

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Okay, so I'm in charge of fixing an issue with the school's T3is, and I don't know what to do.

The issue is a loud static snow sound in both channels of audio from the camera, no matter what microphone, preamp, or any other configuration we try.
Is this a problem any of you have had in the past?

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No. At least not yet. mini/shifty

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Okay, I believe I have narrowed the issue down to the firmware.
The cameras came with version 1.0.1 installed, but we need 1.0.2. Hopefully, this will fix the problem, because they are amazing cameras, and I have no interest in returning them.

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I currently animate with a Logitech Webcam 9000, and I want to switch over to DSLR. I have access to a 60D (it's my mom's). I currently use Corel Video Studio Pro x4, but I can't get it to recognize my camera. Any starter tips for animating with a DSLR would be appreciated, and if anyone here uses Video Studio Pro x4 and can help me in ANY way with this problem, I would REALLY appreciate it.

EDIT: Oh yeah, the 60D has a 17-55mm lens.

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Normal lenses are fine. I think (we) don't need too great objects like some 55-120. < example version. So, normal 17-55 object is very good for you, great quality. mini/wink

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Okay well I downloaded the DragonFrame trial, because I KNOW that it supports the 60D. But when I plug it in with the cable, my computer dosen't give any sign that anything was plugged in. Do I need a driver or something?

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Okay well I downloaded the DragonFrame trial, because I KNOW that it supports the 60D. But when I plug it in with the cable, my computer dosen't give any sign that anything was plugged in. Do I need a driver or something?

Actually, nevermind, it was a cable error.

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Sounds good. Just make sure your mom knows that since you're doing stopmotion, that her 60D's life is going to be used up quite a bit since lego videos take use a lot of shutter cycles.

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I have made up my mind, if the T4i is not announced in a few weeks, I will just go with something like the 60d. I REALLY want to start making more live action films.

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You'll definitely need to go with the 60D over the Rebel T4i. All Rebel models do NOT have manual white balance and other necessary controls like the 60D and higher.

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You'll definitely need to go with the 60D over the Rebel T4i. All Rebel models do NOT have manual white balance and other necessary controls like the 60D and higher.

You mean white balance adjustment while taking video or what? Because I know my T1i has manual white balance for still pictures, just to let you know. Personally, I think the Rebels offer pretty good bang for your buck, and for stop motion, easily offer everything you need.

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You'll definitely need to go with the 60D over the Rebel T4i. All Rebel models do NOT have manual white balance and other necessary controls like the 60D and higher.

Are you sure the Rebels don't have manual White Balance? From what I have heard they do have it.

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I have a 60D and a T2i (I do a lot of photography, don't think I bought these for brickfilming). The rebels DO NOT have manual white balance, they have custom white balance, meaning you can take a picture, and then set the camera to stay at that same white balance, which works fine for brickfilming, but for live action, if you want to really be able to fine tune the white balance, or for brickfilming even (I use the 60D), you have to go for the higher level SLRs.

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Guys, I need advice on how to position my camera, as in how much of the view should be zoom, and how much should be practical in order to get max image quality?

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Personally, I think the Rebels offer pretty good bang for your buck, and for stop motion, easily offer everything you need.

I'm answering a guy who is asking about live action...not stopmotion. Rebels have preset white balance settings like tungsten, cloudy, daylight, etc but not Kelvin custom white balance which is absolutely essential for video.I totally recommend the 60D just because it is one of Canon's professional line cameras that has been emphasized as a killer for video...especially with the articulating LCD combined with its manual features. Plus, the 60D is only 150 bucks more than the T3i...not that much difference!

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Personally, I think the Rebels offer pretty good bang for your buck, and for stop motion, easily offer everything you need.

I'm answering a guy who is asking about live action...not stopmotion. Rebels have preset white balance settings like tungsten, cloudy, daylight, etc but not Kelvin custom white balance which is absolutely essential for video.I totally recommend the 60D just because it is one of Canon's professional line cameras that has been emphasized as a killer for video...especially with the articulating LCD combined with its manual features. Plus, the 60D is only 150 bucks more than the T3i...not that much difference!

Ah, ok. Sorry for barging in on the discussion then.

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So how many of you use these

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I have them my self.

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Replaced it with 550D.. 8M pixels more is very pleasing to me.

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I have decided to go with the 60d, thanks for the advice! Does anyone have any suggestions for an external mic?

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Rode Video mic.

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