Equipment Appreciation - Canon 700D Unboxing

Equipment Appreciation - 

Canon 700D Unboxing

Today I unboxed one of our school's new cameras; a Canon 700D.

Specs:

- 18 Megapixel sensor

- Touch screen LCD

- Canon EF lens mount

- Shoots movies in 1080p @ 30FPS

- Continuous shooting at 5FPS

I mostly compared the 700D with my personal 650D, as the 700D had lots of improvement from it's predecessor.

Camera body: Aesthetics more or less the same (with the exception of the 700D badge, of course).

Camera setup: Because I bought my camera second handed (it was for a really low price, don't judge :p), I didn't have the opportunity to unbox or setup the camera. Here, I learnt the setup process as well as got to set up the video and image formatting, quality, and encoding.

Lenses: The lens that came with the 700D is a newer version of the one that I have. This one has improved autofocusing, as well as a new focus mechanism in which makes video recording much quieter (as in... you can't hear the loud annoying focus motor when using auto focus and recording movies)! The focus ring is mechanism is also new. It allows you to make smaller, more precise adjustments. It's now all electronic and relies on a motor rather than the old mechanical focus. This means that it allows for smoother video recording and sharper images.

Me comparing the two camera's aesthetics.

Trying out the new lenses. Focus mechanism very smooth.

One issue I found was that the card the store gave us for free was a class 4 SD card. This means that the camera will often fail to record video, and the user will receive an error message something along the lines of "Video recording has been stopped automatically". This usually means the onboard memory has filled up and the recording cannot be transferred onto the SD card in time. To solve this, the user should get an SD card rated at LEAST class 10, and preferably higher. Below is a chart I got off the internet explaining the SD card ranking system, ranked from fastest to slowest.