Hello today I'm going to be doing something a little bit different and I'm
going to review this the new Canon 800D (T7i)
Those of you that have been following me for a while will know I do like to do
the odd gear review and that's what this is going to be today it's not going to
be a review where we delve into settings or features of the new camera I like to
get out into the real world and really put a camera through its paces and
that's what I'm going to do today from a landscape photography point of view
photography can get very expensive can't it? And the Canon 5d Mark 4 is a hugely
expensive camera.... over £3,000 but this is much more reasonable and
something much more likely that people just getting into photography or even
amateurs will start to buy and you can still get really good pictures from a
camera like this or at least that's what I'm going to test out today
so I'm here in the Lake District in Crummock Water and I'm going to start the
day like many of my vlogs with a little time-lapse. One of the things this has
built in is a movie time-lapse mode so we're going to put that through its
paces come with me and we'll test out this camera let's go
now one of the reasons that I've upgraded to this camera from the old
700d was for the video features this camera has what the Canon 5d Mark IV
has and that's the dual pixel autofocus for video and Canon absolutely nail that
technology and it makes shooting video on a DSLR so easy so really I think this
is going to be just a perfect vlogging camera there's going to be no more of
those shots especially walking ones like this where my face goes slightly out of
focus because it gets distracted by something in the background so it should
be much improved on this camera. It is still lacking in 4k which is a bit of a
shame this really would be the perfect vlogging camera if it had that but Canon
have still decided to keep that off this model. Today for the video though
everything you see if the camera itself is not actually in the shot will be shot
on the Canon 800d (T7i) so you can really get an idea of what the video footage looks
like
right one of the shots I wanted to capture today was a macro shot I don't
do that much macro photography out and about but when I do I want to know that
the camera I am using can cope with that so I want to test that out with the Canon 800D
to make sure it can do this. Now I've found this really pretty purple thistle
plant I don't know what it's called but it's covered in spikes and I don't want
to touch it to stop it blowing around in the wind so I'm just going to compose my
shot on this little bud that's in front of me here and hope that the autofocus
system of this camera will be able to handle the changes in the focus field as
it moves and blows about in the wind the focus speed does also depend a little
bit on this lens I have the Canon 100mm Macro L lens on here
settings wise i am at one 1/200 of a second because I
dont want to see any of that motion in the flower. I'm at f/5 just to sort of
extend the depth of field a little bit because if I go any less than that it
will just be too blown out in my shot and then I'm at ISO 400 to balance out
that exposure there's then some of these ferns and they're going to act is a nice
green background to my shot this camera has 46 autofocus points I think so it
should do a pretty good job here let's give it a try. It is blowing about quite
a lot so I'm just going to try and compose the shot get some of that nice
green into the background I am in AI focus mode so it moves it
tracks it but then it does lock on as well and it's at that point that it
beeps that I'm going to shoot so let's have a look at that and that's looking
really good
one thing you should expect when shooting in Britain in July or any time
of year and particularly when you come to the Lake District is some bad weather. It's quite
changeable it's fairly dull conditions even though it was forecast to be nice
and it's probably only a matter of time before 800D here gets its first
test by getting a little bit wet. The 700d I had before this one was pretty
good it got pretty wet on several occasions and still survived. It died
once when I dropped it in the mud but we'll see probably today how the 800d does
so I'm at the top and I've not said this for a while but I've got those 360
degree views all the way around and trying not to fall off the mountain it
is absolutely stunning however the weather is not quite playing ball as I
would like it to I was planning to get this sort of composition here for the
sunset but it's just not working out with the weather so I'm not going to
risk it and hang around until sunset time but I am going to put this canon
800D to good use now and capture a nice landscape shot
okay so I'm set up for a shot I've got the Canon 800D down here on the tripod
I've got a nice composition as you can see behind me and I'm using the rocks at
either side of the foreground just to lead you in to that lake and those
beautiful mountains in the background there. I've got the two legs in there so
it's quite an interesting shot I've got the circular polarizer on the front to
take some of that Sheen off the water. Now what I'm looking for when
I'm testing a new camera is particularly sharpness in the corners of the frame
that is quite dependent on the lens though and at the moment I've got the Canon 10-18mm
lens on there because I want to show that you can get great landscape
photographs even with a really good value camera so all in all the camera is
about £750 and that lens you can get secondhand for about £100 so
you're well under 900 pounds here for this full setup and you can get some really
good landscape images I'm going to be using the two second timer on the camera
and I'm bracketing this shot at the moment. I'm at f/16 to get these rocks in
the foreground in focus and then the shutter speed about one tenth of a
second ISO at one hundred because I want to really see what this camera can do
so classic mountain weather I've got my shots in the bag I've done a time lapse
and while that's all been happening the weather has turned absolutely beautiful
I'm back on the 800d here and then I am going
to climb down from the mountain get back down to the lake and capture the final
shot of the day. Absolutely glorious
okay so I'm set up for the last shot of day I've got the camera on the tripod
the Canon 800 D with that 10-18mm lens on I'm using this big
rock in the foreground here and that's just sending you into the lake and then
into the mountains in the background it really isn't a complicated shot it's not
going to be the best shot in the world either the light has dropped again the
cloud cover has come in and all the interesting light has yet again
disappeared. I'm bracketing the shot just to be sure but I'm at f/16 just to get
this exposure as long as possible and I'm going to just smooth out that water
a tiny bit I've got the circular polarizer on the front and that's just
creating some slight bit of interest in the foreground because you can see
underneath the water in it kind of has a coppery feel to it which is quite nice
I've had a really really good day shooting with this camera it is
absolutely brilliant that autofocus particularly for video is a game changer
I think with a camera at this price point The alternatives from Nikon are
things like the D5600 but the video standard just is not what this camera is
offering. It is a shame that it doesn't offer 4k
otherwise it would have been an absolute winner with pretty much no comparison
but as it is it does 1080p it does it at 50 frames a second so you can get that
nice bit of slow-motion as well but on the whole I think it's a really good
camera that's going to be very useful for many people it's going to be useful
for me as I use it as my vlogging camera from now on but for the enthusiast even
a slightly sort of more experienced photographer may get some real use out
of this camera at particular times when you want something just a bit lighter
than your main body it's got the option of the interchangeable lenses which
really is going to help when you want a bit of versatility and you want to
progress and increase the quality of your glass. Just an all-round excellent
camera and I'm looking forward to using it more. From that 24 megapixel sensor
I'm expecting good things you've got a set up there like I said earlier with it
cost less than 900 pounds and some of the images you can capture
I think are going to be very much well worth the money when you consider the
amount of money that some photographers including me spend on photography gear I
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