T2i gets some HDR love
T2i gets some HDR love according to Canon themselves. The quote from their press release reads:
“”"The new Rebel T2i also has an expanded ± 5 EV exposure compensation range allowing for much more versatility when shooting in extremely bright or dark environments; or when shooting HDR (high dynamic range) images.“”"
My question is… does the camera shoot 3 AEB and allow +/-5.0EV? Because their language says exposure compensation range. So is it a capture “range” of 5EV or how it reads preceding those words which shows ± 5 EV with the focus on the Plus or Minus.
Currently they have no user manual available for download so this is a mystery at the moment. CanonUSA.com doesn’t show a line item for AEB (Auto Exposure Bracketing) like they usually do for their cameras so again… no definitive answer as of yet. The fact they made a point to comment on the expanded range for HDR capture makes me believe they jumped up significantly here. I can’t wait to hear the actual specs.
I’ve pre-ordered one through Amazon already. The manual controls of full HD video, an external mic input, frame rates, etc… make this a no brainer backup body and video workhorse for certain shoots.
Posted by Michael James on Feb 8 2010 in Camera Companies, HDR, Video Tags: Canon, DSLR, HDR Capture, T2i
February 8th, 2010 at 2:25 PM
It looks like it will still only allow for 3 shots AEB, but instead of a max of -2,0,+2 you’ll be able to go to -5, 0, +5. Its a shame that it won’t be able to AEB more than 3 shots, it’d be nice to capture -5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,+1,+2,+3,+4,+5 in one go with one shutter press, but I doubt the 550D can do it without some tweaking mid shot.
February 8th, 2010 at 2:46 PM
The T1i has a +/-4EV range for exposure compensation. The AEB settings are 3 exposures up to +/-2EV, plus exposure compensation from -4 to +4. I think, without any more to go on than anybody else, that the only change here is the +/-4EV range has been expanded to +/-5EV. They might let AEB expand to +/-3EV, but Canon has said nothing to imply that there will be any choice of additional exposures, like the Nikon does.
February 8th, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Nikon has stubbornly refused to address their 1stop AEB limitation. Canon pro bodies have had expanded AEB functionality for years.
February 8th, 2010 at 9:03 PM
I just assumed it would bracket 5 shots at once. I guess I was wrong. This seems like such a simple request. There is no doubt this will be coming in the future.
February 9th, 2010 at 11:31 AM
If in fact it is just 3 AEB and +/-2EV that sucks. I guess the fact that Canon has expanded the exposure compensation to +/-5EV they somehow think this is going to be beneficial to a single AEB sequence? Please. What a joke.
Seems idiotic they put in language as to how this is beneficial to the HDR shooter unless they did in fact change the past Rebel AEB settings.
I will say though that if the T2i gets the 7D’s AEB of +/-3EV for an AEB sequence, that would at least be a welcomed improvement….
… but 3 AEB still sucks.
Look folks. I love Canon. I just bought a 5D mark II recently to shoot along with other Nikon/Sigma bodies, but the 5D mark II is a very high end camera and yet still the same crappy 3AEB.
May 8th, 2010 at 9:13 AM
Increasing their current limit of 3 AEB is a very simple software change. Canon is basically screwing with us.