I found this little gem via Filmmaker Magazine. If you’re like me, you’re psyched about the new Canon Rebel 550 T2i coming out in a couple of weeks. It’s about $800 bucks and has a sensor that rivals the wonderful RED One. True the RED is a superior camera in many different ways, but the T2i is $800! Shooting with a DSLR has it’s issues, but if you can work around them, you can have spectacular results as evidenced in this video by Nino Leitner.
FEBRUARY – shot on the Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i (preprod unit) from Nino Leitner on Vimeo.
You can also check out his blog here for a full review of the camera.
Will I get one? Well, with the rumored March 17th firmware upgrade for the full frame sensored Canon EOS 5DmkII, it depends how many pennies are in my piggy bank. I think I’d like to get my hands on both and see what works best for my needs. At the end of the day, any camera needs good glass, and quality prime lenses cost a lot of money. But if I take the time to really pre-plan my shots, I can rent three or four lenses to get me through. Therein lies the plan…
UPDATE: Nino has posted the color graded version here: http://vimeo.com/9970124
I just uploaded a COLOR GRADED version of FEBRUARY, check it out:
ninofilm.net/blog
Cool! I’ll update the post with a link, too.