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SL3/250D 1080p Quality? Any improvement over SL2/200D?

Started Sep 8, 2019 | Discussions thread
Kirk Sachs Junior Member • Posts: 32
Re: SL3/250D 1080p Quality? Any improvement over SL2/200D?

attilab wrote:

I have no 4K TV so no need for 4K videos for now.

So that's not a great argument.... I know because it's the same one I used in 2010 deciding between an sx10is and an sx20is. The main difference was the slightly cheaper 10mp sx10is took 640x480 video, and the newer 12MP sx20is took 1280x720 video. Well, of course my tv at the time only displayed 640x480, so what use was HD video to me?

Well, fast forward to today, and not only do all the 640x480 videos I took in the 7 years I used that camera exist, because yup, that's the point of taking videos of my family, but they look pretty terrible on my 4k tv.... Looking back, I really really wish I had paid the extra $50-$100 or whatever it was for the better camera, because I no longer remember what I spent the money I saved on, but I am reminded every time I watch one of those videos how terrible the quality of 640x480 is ... In 10 years when the last 4k tv goes out of production in favor of 8k, how good are those 1080p videos going to look on an 8k tv ...

Just something to think about....

Turned out my tamron 17-50 zoom autofocus is very laud (how searching around where I am pointing) in playback but my 24mm SI pancake is decent silent.

Canons STM lenses are pretty much silent focusing on videos, I've never heard one in one of my videos...m

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