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T3i - not really that much better than original Rebel (300D)?

Started Mar 5, 2014 | Discussions thread
ShootMeAlready Senior Member • Posts: 1,031
Re: T3i - not really that much better than original Rebel (300D)?

Hate to mention the obvious but ... have you tried Magic Lantern?  It is feature dense, and does have its own learning curve. But lets just try a few of these for stills

- Magic Zoom (Pixel in Pixel Zoom) while you Follow Focus (step by step) on Liveview screen?

- Zebras (blinkies), peaks(focus lines) or histograms (RGB, or verctorscope) on the screen before you click.

- Kelvin picture temps, increased fidelty in ISO values, all selectable on the Liveview LCD screen.

- Did you twist the LCD screen during a sunny day so you could actually read it (nice perk when it works)? How about lift the camera above your head using the twisty LCD screen to get the shot.

And oh yes, HDR shots?

And oodles of video features (like rack focus pull on the screen, and HDR video, 3X lossless zoom to expand your video lens focal lengths).

Not sure if mounting on your olympus compares but there is some serious features.  I think of my T3I with ML as the poor mans 70D.

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