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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Which Canons for a High School Photo Program? | |
Getting all of the same cams makes sense (or at least all Rebels or all xxDs), but getting a mix of 40's and 50's definitely might help. The 40/2.8 is definitely an improvement for both video and for FOV on crop, and while the subject isolation capabilities pale in comparison to the shifty fifty, it does render backgrounds far better. I can see the combination of both being great for highlighting different properties of what can make a photograph pleasing.
As for the manual controls- it's one thing to be able to change the aspects of exposure, and entirely another to be able to change all of them quickly with your eye to the viewfinder using dials, and being able to see the immediate result compared to the last metering measurement.
However, given the touch orientation of things these days, it's not hard to see the appeal of Canon's touch-screen. Having used it on my EOS-M, changing settings other than exposure on my 6D feels decidedly clunky, and I'm sure that high school students might be more amenable to using a touch-screen rather than trying to make changes through a viewfinder, and the T4i is a pretty good camera for that.
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