Canon 7d - space requirements for x264

"BD" wrote in message
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I'm looking to get a 7d - preordered it and everything.

I'm just not sure of the media size that would make sense for me.

Has anyone seen a clear indication of the amount of space that the
highest quality x264 vid will consume? GB/Min, that kind of thing?

I'm likely going to get a 16GB UDMA card, but would like to be
confident as to what kind of mileage I would get out of that...


You are wasting your money on an over-spec camera if you are buying it for
shooting video. If you are seriously into stills photography then OK but if
you want to shoot video buy a decent HD camcorder.

MC

MC wrote:
"BD" wrote in message
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I'm looking to get a 7d - preordered it and everything.

I'm just not sure of the media size that would make sense for me.

Has anyone seen a clear indication of the amount of space that the
highest quality x264 vid will consume? GB/Min, that kind of thing?

I'm likely going to get a 16GB UDMA card, but would like to be
confident as to what kind of mileage I would get out of that...


You are wasting your money on an over-spec camera if you are buying
it for shooting video. If you are seriously into stills photography
then OK but if you want to shoot video buy a decent HD camcorder.

Yep. Being able to shoot video with it is a nice feature that can be useful
in some circumstances but if that's your primary use you're better off to
get something purpose-made for video.

"BD" wrote in message
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You are wasting your money on an over-spec camera if you are buying it
for
shooting video. If you are seriously into stills photography then OK but
if
you want to shoot video buy a decent HD camcorder.

MC

Oh, how I love it when people jump in and impose judgment without even
making an effort to understand what I'm thinking and why. But then,
this is Usenet.

It is indeed usenet and assumptions will be made if intentions are not made
clear enough in the first place. If you read my reply carefully you will
have worked out that I was covering all angles and not making judgments.

MC
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BD wrote:
You are wasting your money on an over-spec camera if you are buying it for
shooting video. If you are seriously into stills photography then OK but if
you want to shoot video buy a decent HD camcorder.

MC

Oh, how I love it when people jump in and impose judgment without even
making an effort to understand what I'm thinking and why. But then,
this is Usenet.

Well, yeah, sure, but you didn't make any effort to disclose what you
were thinking nor why.

So, why is the max. amount of video important?

--
john mcwilliams

"BD" wrote in message
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On Sep 10, 9:13 am, John McWilliams wrote:
BD wrote:
You are wasting your money on an over-spec camera if you are buying it
for
shooting video. If you are seriously into stills photography then OK
but if
you want to shoot video buy a decent HD camcorder.

MC

Oh, how I love it when people jump in and impose judgment without even
making an effort to understand what I'm thinking and why. But then,
this is Usenet.

Well, yeah, sure, but you didn't make any effort to disclose what you
were thinking nor why.

So, why is the max. amount of video important?

--
john mcwilliams

For the same reason it's important to know how many MPGs a car gets
before I'd invest in it. If a car gets 300 miles on a tank, the fact
that I care about that doesn't necessarily mean I'm planning on a 300-
mile trip - it just means I want to know as much as possible about
what I'm considering buying.

By this argument you are trying to gauge video memory capacity as a factor
of whether or not to by the 7D. We are, thus, advising that a 7D should be
purchased for it's stills taking features and that it's video features
should be considered an added extra not a reason for buying the camera. If
the camera is good at taking photographs then it may be worth buying. If
the added video feature is good then great. If not, so what.


I'd hate to make plans to go out and record a play that a friend's kid
is in, only to see the media crap out 3/4 of the way through simply
because I didn't do sufficient research and got too small a memory
card.

If you are serious about or even considering shooting video in these
situations then you should not even be relying on an SLR "add-on" feature.
Purchase a dedicated HD camcorder.

MC