Hi! I'm one of those multimedia artist things. I work in video, web, animation, photo, cardboard, or anything I can think of. I recently moved to Japan. It's great. I have one of those degree things in film, but I almost never use it. Nobody ever asks to see it anyway. Read more about me »
I swear I’m going to get into real post soon and stop talking about this camera all the time, but I’d like to document it when I can.
Overall opinion so far? Fantastic. A learning experience, but fantastic.
Yeah! It’s that time! My Canon EOS Kiss X4 / Rebel T2i / 550D grand unboxing!
So here’s a quick unboxing and a few test pics. I am working on some more serious tests this week and will have them up soon. So far I’m very pleased! Some of the photos are a td blurry as I was a bit to excited. Enjoy.
That’s right! It finally came in! Photos were taken for the unboxing, but I will post them tomorrow. Battery is charging now. Hopefully I’ll go out and do some shooting tomorrow! Keep watching my Flickr for photo updates! The image above was taken with my current camera, a Canon Powershot SD960 IS. I put the new camera on a black t-shirt next to an cracked open door and lit the side with a photo on my iPhone. A 3 second exposure, I think.
Also, it seems that the T2i is sold out almost everywhere in America already… Seems Amazon in Japan still has some, though. Will try and keep updating for everyone who is interested…
Yay!
Finally got my new blog up and running. Going to start fixing and changing things when I have time, so expect to see a few tweaks (mistakes) in the next few days.
I like this template. It was fun to play around with and change around. I still have the desire to re-skin every electronic and program interface I come across but I rarely have the time to do so. It was great to have an excuse to do it for once. All of the photos used are mine, you can see them in my Flickr.
Any tips, comments, criticisms, or whatever would be appreciated! I know this one is a bit busy for me, but I may switch to a more minimal template later down the road.
HA HA HA! YOU WILL SOON BE MINE!
So I finally decided to wait and buy the new Canon. Once I was sure I wanted a video DSLR I had planned on getting either the Pentax K-x or the popular Panasonic GH-1. I was just about to put in my order for the Panasonic when one of my buddies showed me the announcement for the new Canon. After a few days of agonizing over the thought of waiting weeks to get a new camera and starting on my planned projects I decided that the T2i was worth the wait. Now, I live in Japan so it took me awhile to find the name for this thing here. From here on out, I’m going to refer to all three models of the camera when I can, as they are the same thing. I will have the Japanese version, the Canon EOS Kiss X4. But trust me, it’s going to be exactly the same as your T2i or 550D.
My goal is to review the hell out of this camera.
I have a background in video but I love taking photos as well. I have never owned a DSLR, but I have had many SLRs in my life. I’ve shot with almost every pro and prosumer video camera there is, but I’m interested and excited about the new video DSLR revolution.
I’m going to document this entire process on this site. From the unboxing, testing, reviews, real world opinions, and my experience of owning my first DSLR. Tell me what you want to see or know and I’ll give it to ya!
I’m pretty damn excited.
Some people who have come to this site found me via Youtube when I was a guest editor in July 2007. Some articles on other sites still link to here so I figure I should address a few things.
1. To my knowledge Youtube no longer does the Guest Editor program.
2. I can not get your videos featured. I don’t have any crazy connections to Youtube.
3. I took my video down because it hasn’t got any hits in over a year. It was the least viewed video in Guest Editor history, so it wasn’t really worth watching anyway.
4. I got absolutely nothing for being a guest editor. I didn’t even get any recognition, subscribers, hits, or views. The people I featured did, though. I thought I would at least get a shirt, but I didn’t. I even got rejected from the partner program.
It’s so weird, because for awhile I still got a lot of questions about all of this. Though they have died down since youtube changed it’s format, I want to make this post so it can be found on google and so I can refer to it later.
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