EOS Rebel T3 good for filming?

[Clanscorpia]

Hello, My grandpa gave me his old Canon EOS Rebel T3 today and I've been thinking about making a tech talk show and channel for a while and I thought with this camera I'd finally be able to do that. Will this camera produce good 1080p filming? I already know the photos are amazing (I've already got a few good ones of my family) but I'd really like to start filming. Thanks! I also have the EFS 18-55mm Lens and EFS 55-250mm Lens.

[ALwin]

1 minute ago, Clanscorpia said:

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If that's all you have and cannot afford to buy another camera, sure 720p video is not that bad.  You will need to get an audio recorded like a Zoom H1 though, as the camera doesn't seem to have a mic port.

[nickl]

DSLR Guide is a YT channel made by Simon Cade, who makes very good looking video with a T3i. I'm not sure about audio with that, but the video should be fine. Check out this thread that was started a while ago, discussing a beginner video setup.

[Electronics Wizardy]

If will look fine, but you will be limited to 720p on that camera. 

[sushisharkjl]

3 minutes ago, Clanscorpia said:

Hello, My grandpa gave me his old Canon EOS Rebel T3 today and I've been thinking about making a tech talk show and channel for a while and I thought with this camera I'd finally be able to do that. Will this camera produce good 1080p filming? I already know the photos are amazing (I've already got a few good ones of my family) but I'd really like to start filming. Thanks! I also have the EFS 18-55mm Lens and EFS 55-250mm Lens.

It'll be good for a talk show at 720p and only that, the reason being its autofocus in video is shite. Set it to manual focus, focus on your face in the talk show, and problem solved.

 

And please get a mic - lots of people who, when they get started with video, completely leave out sound and use shoddy in-camera audio.

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, ALwin said:

If that's all you have and cannot afford to buy another camera, sure 720p video is not that bad.  You will need to get an audio recorded like a Zoom H1 though, as the camera doesn't seem to have a mic port.

I'm planning on using an Audio Technica mic.

[sushisharkjl]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

I'm planning on using an Audio Technica mic.

You'll need an external recorder anyway - you can't plug a mic into the T3i.

[ALwin]

Just now, Clanscorpia said:

I'm planning on using an Audio Technica mic.

As I said, the camera doesn't have a port for connecting a mic.  So you will need to record the audio externally.  It doesn't matter to me which mic you use.

[Clanscorpia]

Just now, sushisharkjl said:

You'll need an external recorder anyway - you can't plug a mic into the T3i.

 

Just now, ALwin said:

As I said, the camera doesn't have a port for connecting a mic.  So you will need to record the audio externally.  It doesn't matter to me which mic you use.

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