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Canon 500D HD video test
Testing how 720p @ 30 fps recorded with the 500D looks on youtube:
Unfortunately the blog theme calls for 450 pixels wide pictures and videos, so you'll have to click through to youtube to see the glorious HD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7xq1h5KwuE
"Canon" stuff for less
This is cheap (shipping included!):
- "Yongnuo TC-80N3a" intervalometer: 23 eur
- "Canon" Tripod collar Type A (W): 9,80 eur
- LP-5E compatible battery: 4.46 eur
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
- Canon TC-80N3, 159,90 eur
- Canon Tripod Mount Ring A II (W), 136,90 eur
- Canon LP-E5 Battery, 46.90 eur
"Canon" stuff for less
This is cheap (shipping included!):
- "Yongnuo TC-80N3a" intervalometer: 23 eur
- "Canon" Tripod collar Type A (W): 9,80 eur
- LP-5E compatible battery: 4.46 eur
Compared to "original" Canon products (shipping not included):
- Canon TC-80N3, 159,90 eur
- Canon Tripod Mount Ring A II (W), 136,90 eur
- Canon LP-E5 Battery, 46.90 eur
The price of Canon lenses
I'll be visiting the US again in a month or so - a good opportunity to do some photography shopping. I've made a list of a subset of EF-lenses by Canon and looked up the prices at local webshop verkkokauppa.com, the German ac-foto.com, and compared these to bhphotovideo.com. The conclusion from the histogram below is something I sort of knew beforehand, but I'm still a bit shocked by how big the price difference is.
Compared to Finland, it's (10 +/- 7) % cheaper to buy your lenses from Germany. And it's a huge (38 +/- 9) % cheaper to get them from the US! (I've used the current dollar/euro rate of 1.3)
(click image above to download a pdf)
Check this out: EF-135 f/2.8 SoftFocus, 71% cheaper in the US, or look at the EF-28/2.8, 63 % cheaper!
disclaimer: this is not the complete set of EF-lenses, prices checked from the corresponding websites 26.1.2009, your mileage may vary.