My first HD video experience of any kind was with my HV30 about 4 years ago. When I finally tried video on my 7d almost two years ago, I was immediately hooked. I started off with my 50 f/1.8 and my EF 70-200 f/2.8 II IS. When that was either too shaky or too long, I added an EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 and a Zoom H4n for audio. Video was amazing and it was a lot of fun. I used Premiere CS5 and Plural Eyes to edit and sync the audio. But in reality I was only a casual shooter making family videos of my kids at play. Manual focusing was becoming a hassle! Even though I was happy with the results, everything took much longer, and the effort was behind it all was getting old. It didn't take long before I found that I was just shooting less and therefore defeating the purpose. So I upgraded my HV30 to an HF G10. Good camcorder, really good video, that does 1080p 23fps, but not a HD DSLR by any means.
So when I heard about the T4i recently, I became very interested. I became even more interested when I learned that it was even cheaper than my expensive HF G10 even with a 18-135 STM kit lens! The T4i also has stereo audio as opposed to mono like the 7d. So audio syncing a stereo track is not mandatory (one downside to consider is that I do use a 5.1 Canon SM-V1 mic on my HF G10... so that's one plus the camcorder has). The thing is, I'm not extremely technical with respect to understanding the intricacies of the focus capabilities. From what I understand, the T4i has face recognition, touch screen autofocus which are features that I'm familiar with as these are common on the HF G10. Then I also understand the T4i autofocuses by using contrast. Here is where I get confused. Basically, I'm unclear if the autofucusing capabilities on the T4i are inferior or on-par with the HF G10 or similar camcorders. Is the T4i expected to be point and shoot like a camcorder when it comes to autofocus, or is there more to the story?
For the record, I'm not interested in replacing my 7d, but I'm toying with the idea of replacing the HF G10. This way, I'll also have a backup DSLR. Any offer of better understanding on the focus capabilities of the T4i and how they might compare or differ from a consumer grade camcorder like the HF G10?
Thanks.
So when I heard about the T4i recently, I became very interested. I became even more interested when I learned that it was even cheaper than my expensive HF G10 even with a 18-135 STM kit lens! The T4i also has stereo audio as opposed to mono like the 7d. So audio syncing a stereo track is not mandatory (one downside to consider is that I do use a 5.1 Canon SM-V1 mic on my HF G10... so that's one plus the camcorder has). The thing is, I'm not extremely technical with respect to understanding the intricacies of the focus capabilities. From what I understand, the T4i has face recognition, touch screen autofocus which are features that I'm familiar with as these are common on the HF G10. Then I also understand the T4i autofocuses by using contrast. Here is where I get confused. Basically, I'm unclear if the autofucusing capabilities on the T4i are inferior or on-par with the HF G10 or similar camcorders. Is the T4i expected to be point and shoot like a camcorder when it comes to autofocus, or is there more to the story?
For the record, I'm not interested in replacing my 7d, but I'm toying with the idea of replacing the HF G10. This way, I'll also have a backup DSLR. Any offer of better understanding on the focus capabilities of the T4i and how they might compare or differ from a consumer grade camcorder like the HF G10?
Thanks.
