T4i, 60D or 7D
what are the differences between the T4i and the 60D? How much better is the 7D over both of them?
Any help is appreciated for an amateur photog. ;) I am upgrading from Digital Rebel after years of abuse. I have a 75-300 EF IS and a 28-105 EF IS. |
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I just came off of a nikon D5100 (I'd say equal to the T3i) to the 7D. I'd take a close look at analyzing what you REALLY want to shoot with the camera. Action, stills, video? If you give us some info, I think it may help lead you to something you are ultimately happy with. All three are great camera's. I needed the speed of the 7D along with its crop sensor to help me cheat on range with lenses. It's working out awesome thus far. |
all three stills, action, and video. I dont necessarily need 8 fps though it would be nice.
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I'm in the same boat and watching this thread with interest. T4i has my attention for video.
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And the T4i is the lesser $$$$ is catching my eye, I think for what I need it to do, I should go for the T4i, best all around and not a complete full professional camera. Costco has some deals now, and agorama does, I need to check B & H too. Refurb could be the way to on a 60D or 7D as well.
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Don't forget some of the benefits of the 7D...sealed body, metal construction etc... The T4i is the newest hottest thing at costco and bestbuy but the 7D is still upheld as a classic right now. To boot, you can find a used one for decent pricing. I got mine as a canon refurb, from their site with the 18-135 for about $1250. You just cant beat that for a solid camera, unless you need something full frame. Again as someone who just went through the upgrade process because I didnt get what I wanted out of my first camera, I'd say just like they do with boats....go touch and feel them. You'll know.
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It will EAT card space, though! Also, if you're any good at PS, you can make some pretty sick sequence shots of a series all on the same photo |
I have a T2i now and have had access to the 7D as well. Im not sure if the T4i has the ports/plugin capability for flashes etc on the sides but my T2i does not and thats a bummer. I used the 7D in the studio and it was great for product photography being able to plug my stobes etc into.
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I'm looking at buying the T4i also. I see that it has a fancy new auto focus for video, but I need to confirm that you still have the manual focus control in video mode as well. Can anyone confirm?
Also, can anyone confirm whether or not AF in video mode is going to be worthless for wake video anyway? Don't you get the best quality out of manual focus when shooting action sports video? |
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Just got a T4i yesterday... my first DSLR. For me it was between the T3i, T4i, and T5i.
It is still possible to use 100% manual controls as well as manual focus while you still get aperture priority, etc As far as auto focus behind the boat, there are several different modes for if your subject will be still or moving. I have yet to actually test it but will sometime next week. Overall I think its sweet. The touch screen articulating screen is phenomenal among many other things. |
when I was looking I ended up NOT going with the t4i because of the video autofocus which was universally reviewed as being sucky. Now that said, for boat shooting the nice thing is that the rider is pretty much always the length of the rope away from the boat, so how much focusing should you need to do?
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