HV40 for T2i? HELP!
Hi guys. I have a lot of extra cash from my birthday, and I was going to buy a refurbished Canon T2i. For one, is it a good idea to buy refurbished? If so, where's the best place to buy a refurbished T2i? Anyways, on to the main question. I already have a HV40, and I was wondering if you guys think it'd be necessary to hold onto it even if I buy the T2i. Should I sell the HV40 for some cash back?
If you're serious about making movies, keep the HV40. Besides, how are you going to play old tapes (if you have any?)
Refurbished by Canon - practically a new camera.
Refurbished by third party - you never know...
What's the price difference? With the T3i on the market, a new T2i may be found at an attractive price.
Do you think if I got it from B&H that it'd be okay? I called them up and they said would be the same as getting it from Canon... Plus they have a warranty, free shipping, and no tax.Originally Posted by Janke
B&H, should be no problem since they offer a warranty - but is it more than, say, 30 or 90 days?
It's a 90-day warranty. Is that reasonable?
That's the same warranty Canon offers on refurbished. Buying from B&H should be just fine since they set and hold the "gold standard" for integrity in dealing with their customers.
As Janke advised, you should keep the HV40. You can use both it and something like the Canon T2i on the same project once you do some testing with DSLR picture style settings.
Bruce Foreman
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I remember from my old Nikon days that it, sometimes, was better to buy refurbished than brand new, as the QC with refurbished was better than the factory QC.
"It is dark the other side. Very dark!" - "Oh, shut up and eat your toast!"
I just encountered another camera that looks good, but it's missing an external mic: Nikon D3100. It's cheaper brand new than a refurbished T2i. Is it worth it, or should I risk the refurbished T2i?
If you're getting it for video, the Canon T2i "runs circles" around the Nikon D3100. 1080p in the Nikon appears to only have one frame rate, 24fps. Dropping the resolution down to 720p you can select 24, 25, or 30fps. The Canon T2i allows 30p and 24p at 1920x1080 and 60p in 1280x720 in NTSC mode; AND 25p 1920x1080 and 50p at 1280x720 in PAL mode.
For video the Canon T2i would be the wiser choice, otherwise with the Nikon in 1920x1080 you would be stuck with 24fps, which while the "Holy Grail" of narrative filmmakers who believe that makes their work look "film like", is still an "archaic holdover" from the days when that was the best compromise between film consumption and a frame rate where persistence of vision still worked.
Some people see a flickering at 24fps and some of them actually see motion as "stuttery" at that frame rate. Even if you think that's the only frame rate you'll want to work in, it will be best to have a camera that allows you other options.
edited to add:
(Nikon D3100) the video function is crippled, and this is why: there is no way to manually adjust the f-stop whilst shooting. It is full-auto no matter what you do. This is a serious problem for anything but home-videos. There is no way to disable the automatic f-stop adjustments unless the aperture-lock button is held down continually whilst shooting.
---from a user's review on B&H
The Canon T2i allows full manual control of aperture, shutter, and ISO in video mode. This means each one of the controls can be set independently of the others. The choice of AUTO or MANUAL is in a menu option and your selection of mode remains until you change it.
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