I primarily use it for video, but I wanted to take pictures as well.I love the dynamic range of light, takes great video in 1080p and 720p. I wish that you could have more frame rate options in 720p and I also wish that ISOs above 400 were a little less noisy.
The kit lens is nice, but I recommend that you get a larger telephoto lens. The default auto-focus doesn't work to great in the dark, but the quick auto-focus is nice since it shows you green boxes where it's focused. It's nice that you can zoom in using the LCD screen so that you can ensure your focus is good, but unfortunately, this doesn't work while in video mode.
There's not fully-automatic auto-focus in video mode, but usually the cameras that do are too noisy. You can change the settings so that half-way pressing the shutter button makes it refocus, but it does the slower method and changes the exposure while it focuses.
The battery lasts plenty long when doing photos, but video...not so much. If you plan on doing a video shoot of any length, you'll need to purchase additional batteries. I'd recommend getting a battery/power grip. They have a cheap one on here that comes with 4 batteries and has a timer for doing delayed photos and time lapses that I'd recommend.
Also, for fun, install the Canon EOS Utility on a laptop. You can use your laptop to take pictures, do time-lapses, change settings on the camera, and more.
Technicolor has a picture profile you can download called CineStyle, which is good for color grading your video in post. Otherwise, I recommend the Faithful picture style that the camera comes with.
Check out LegendaryMedia and 8bitDigitalTV for pictures and videos using the T3i.
Review by L. R. Jackson
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