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Please help me with t2i quality

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Bryan*
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do you think this is good quality... i feel like it could be sooo much better


http://www.vimeo.com/19185632
Jan 25 2011 5:20PM
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eheath
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Sick thread.
Jan 25 2011 5:20PM
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Bryan*
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well could you please give me a legit answer instead of being sarcastic?
Jan 25 2011 5:23PM
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deleted2
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The sharpness could be better, but that may just be caused by you using the kit lens....
Jan 25 2011 5:29PM
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Bryan*
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that might be what it is.. i just do not know if i am importing or exporting wrong.
Jan 25 2011 5:34PM
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MANDER
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You are not exporting anything wrong, you just didnt have great light or a great lens.
Jan 25 2011 5:57PM
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eheath
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Didn't notice the link, but still. You filmed on a gray/low contrast day, did some shakey fast pans and didn't color correct or color grade. You can't just hit record and create a beautiful shot.
Jan 25 2011 6:01PM
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Coalescent
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Lens doesn't really matter that much. Looks what eheath said in his second post. The color is ok but please color correct if you want better quality.
Jan 25 2011 8:10PM
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eheath
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Wow. Wrong.
Jan 25 2011 8:47PM
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Coalescent
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For the most part, the lens he is using gives him great quality is what I meant to say. Ahhviously my post came off the wrong way. You can get great quality from the kit lens, you just have to know how to use it. Which is why I said the lens doesn't matter. My b.
Jan 25 2011 8:55PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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I stopped reading after this. Really? You might want to re-think that one buddy
Jan 25 2011 8:59PM
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eheath
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Click for larger image

your image is only as good as the glass.
Jan 25 2011 9:51PM
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deleted2
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No, the lens matters, if you have shitty glass, your gonna have shit photos/ videos
Jan 25 2011 9:55PM
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WillStart
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this is wrong, yea. although the kit lens isn't quite as bad as everybody says it is.

to OP, your image will be much improved by slowing down your pans/tilts (you probably need a better tripod too) and by doing some color correction and grading to make your image look better. pretty much exactly what eheath told you.

just so you have some reference, I shot these with the T2i and kit lens when i first bought it:







sorry for self promotion, but since i made them i know for a fact that they were kit lens only so they seemed like good examples of what the kit lens can do
Jan 25 2011 10:06PM
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WillStart
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just to clear up any confusion, i was agreeing with you evan, not telling you that you were wrong. kinda sounds like that
Jan 25 2011 10:11PM
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eheath
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You do color grading kids like this could never do, so kind of unfair example. I always encourage to bag kit lenses and buy good glass.
Jan 25 2011 10:11PM
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B.Snow
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Ye everything everyone said in here seems pretty true. You kinda picked a dull day to shoot on, and your pans and tilts were too fast.

In terms of export quality your video looked good. But just in case you're curious about what settings to use check this page out


this will help you maximize you quality for uploading to vimeo.
Jan 25 2011 10:17PM
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WillStart
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yea, true. but i wasn't so much encouraging him to keep his kit lens (i bought a new lens ASAP) as i was trying to show what good color grading and better camera movement can do with the exact same setup.
Jan 25 2011 10:19PM
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Bryan*
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since everyone is talking about color correction and everything... is there anyway that someone could get me a torrent for magic bullet look for FCE?
Jan 25 2011 10:26PM
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pr4l
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what do you use to color correct?
Jan 25 2011 10:44PM
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WillStart
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for color correction, just the 3-way color corrector in Final Cut.

for color grading, Magic Bullet Looks 1.2
Jan 25 2011 10:48PM
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Coalescent
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Ahh typical eheath. No hate towards you but you don't need 1000+ glass or even 300+ glass to get the shots. Kit glass works. Yes it's not the best, but you can easily get clean/good looking shots with it.
Jan 25 2011 10:49PM
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ILoveOhio
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Telling a beginner to get expensive glass like L series or Zeiss is so ignorant. INSTEAD. tell them how to manipulate what they do have to create better images. color grading can do wonders for footage. unless yo need super shallow DOF/film at night, you don't NEED a super fast lens. the kit lens isn't great, but by no means does it keep you from getting decent results. for still images. i suggest amazing glass. for beginner videos, hell no. keep working with your camera and start learning how to color correct!
Jan 25 2011 11:29PM
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Gnarwall
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I've seen plenty of work with the kit lens thats on par or better than the stuff shot with a L series glass. Good glass is great but you don't need it to get quality shots.

Anywho, Try manual focusing, I think you were using AF and it seems pretty jerky. You could also bump up the whites, overexpose by a stop or two when you shoot in the snow so it isn't so grey.

Jan 26 2011 12:53AM
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WillStart
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also, by encouraging kids to buy a kit lens, it's similar to telling them that if they buy a nicer lens, then they will be able to 'press record and get a beautiful shot,' or whatever you said.

kids should first learn to make do with what they have, they'll get better that way
Jan 26 2011 2:57AM
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