Canon Rebel T2i

I bought my first DSLR today! A Canon Rebel T2i, or 550D as it is otherwise known.
Hated having to wait for the battery to charge when I opened the packaging, why can't you just get up and go? But eventually it was done charging and I fired it up. Love it so far. Can't wait to learn more about getting the right exposure and messing with the aperature, shutter speed and all that. My previous camera was a lame-o Nikon Coolpix, where the most you could do was adjust the white balance and change the exposure level up or down a bit.

Things I like about it: 18 MP, 1080p 30fps full manual video recording (by full manual I mean you can change the aperature, shutter speed, iso, all that), proximity sensor for your face so the LCD turns off when you bring it to your eye, and a bunch of stuff I haven't played with yet.

Things I don't like: The expensive-ish SDHC card I bought isn't fast enough to handle the video. I guess I'll have to buy another one. Grrrrg. In case you're looking to get one for your T2i, don't get the SanDisk Ultra Class 4 16GB "15 MB/s" <-- majorly false advertising, it can't even break 5.5 MB/s writing apparently.

So I haven't updated my lego in a couple days cause I'm taking some time to learn a lot more about mental ray and rendering. I wasn't happy with my quick 3-point lighting render, and I'm totally getting schooled by a few other participants in the competition. I thought it would be best to buckle down and finally get to grips with Final Gather and Global Illumination among other things.

Happy Friday,
Stuart

PS I've added a couple elements to the blog on the recommendation of Google, so feel free to take advantage of the new sharing features (maybe share some previous lego posts instead of this one).