what does it mean when you record the video in raw? i know how to idk what it does though. are you suppose to?
shooting with canon t2i in raw
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You can't. Not on the T2i. If Zensteve were here, he'd tell you to RTFM, and we'd all get a good chuckle. 
1080p is the max resolution to shoot video on the T2i.
1080p is the max resolution to shoot video on the T2i.
RAW is to do with compression, not resolution - you could shoot 1080p ARRIRAW on an Alexa, if you so desired.
That's for shooting stills, not video. There are options for RAW, various qualities of JPEG or both at the same time.
You can still shoot stills in video mode, you just need to press the shutter button. Very useful for checking exposure using the histogram.
I feel like Caveman Lawyer, when you say stuff like that.
Whatever. You can't shoot RAW video on the T2i. Like I said. Case closed. Caveman Lawyer strikes again!
oh ok, i knew you could still shoot photos on vid mode. I was just wondering because i was helping out on a shoot the other day and the guy was using a t2i, when i looked at the screen i saw that it said RAW. I was thinking about it today and i was like what the heck does that even do haha thanks for your help 
I feel like Caveman Lawyer, when you say stuff like that.
Whatever. You can't shoot RAW video on the T2i. Like I said. Case closed. Caveman Lawyer strikes again!
To answer what RAW video is (because a couple higher end cameras can) it's video that has all the data so you can adjust color, exposure and more AFTER you shoot. It's incredible. That means you can do HDR with one camera, (almost) never have a bad take due to exposure problems, etc.
Alright, so as a compression thing where the consumer and prosumer cameras drops X% of "perceptually" redundant information to record in H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 or AVC codec, RAW recording does not drop "as much" to record?
Additional info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format
And there may be some more fun stuff in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cameras_supporting_a_raw_format
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RAW is just the untouched data from each pixel of the image sensor. Any settings you set in-camera (like saturation, white balance, etc) are not permanent. When you open the RAW file on a computer, you first must process the file, where you can adjust all the settings and change them if desired, before you open it in your image editor.
There is no compression of the data. For example if I shoot a full-res pic with my Canon 50D, a JPEG version is around 4-6MB. The RAW version is over 40MB.
The T2i most definitely does not record uncompressed video.
There is no compression of the data. For example if I shoot a full-res pic with my Canon 50D, a JPEG version is around 4-6MB. The RAW version is over 40MB.
The T2i most definitely does not record uncompressed video.