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Advanced Video Recording Options
Shooting HD video with an EOS DSLR, it’s simple
to take advantage of the image quality and
characteristics intrinsic to DSLRs, as the large
sensor found in EOS DSLRs means more high
quality pixels, the potential to shoot at higher
ISO sensitivities without loss of detail and full
use of Canon EF and EF-S lenses with their wealth
of focal lengths, depth-of-field and other creative
shooting features. Most EOS DSLRs feature
1920 x 1080 Full HD video capture, delivering
professional frame rates, adaptive exposure tools
and phenomenal image quality. The new EOS-1D X
offers users a choice between All-I and IPB
compression and supports High Profile under the
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard, combining high
image quality with high coding efficiency and
producing files that are well suited for transmission
or broadcast. It automatically splits files greater
than 4GB (FAT limitation) without interruption and
offers the option of timecoding at all times (Free Run)
or only during recording (Rec Run), useful for multi-
camera shots. It also features improved sound
recording adjustment capabilities, offering 64-step
volume control accessible through the quick settings
screen during video shooting. New sensor technology
in the EOS-1D X significantly increases image quality,
reducing color artifacts and moire.
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EOS Full HD
Video Advantage
EOS Full HD Video
EOS DSLRs increase shooting
flexibility for the videographer in that they
allow for full use of Canon EF and EF-S lenses,
including wide-angle, macro, super-telephoto,
tilt-shift and fisheye, providing a wealth of
focal lengths, depth-of-field and other creative
shooting options once reserved for still
photography. All Live View AF features can
also be used in shooting video, and playback
modes are available in-camera, with sound.
Combined with their size, image quality and
flexibility, EOS DSLRs with Full HD video
capture are superlative all-in-one, multimedia
image-capturing tools.
Manual Control
For complete creative decision-making on the
go, select EOS DSLRs offer flexible manual
controls for their movie modes. Not only can
one take advantage of the DSLR’s range of ISO
sensitivities, it’s simple to control exposure
and depth-of-field, all of which can have a
profound effect on the mood of a scene. It’s all
as easy as the press of a button. By controlling
depth-of-field, it’s simple to create gorgeous
background blur. Exposure can be determined
and set even in complex lighting situations,
maintaining the same look and feel throughout
an entire scene, not just the initial shot.
Large CMOS Sensor
With amazing Canon CMOS sensors, video is easy
to shoot, and looks better than ever before. Large
sensors provide a look and perspective impossible
to achieve with traditional video cameras, and the
quality must be seen to be believed. Large
sensors also capture more light, and can record
at high ISO sensitivities with less digital grain and
reduced image noise. This enables low-light
shooting, without loss of detail, in situations
previously impossible without artificial light.
Although many devices, even mobile phones,
offer HD recording, the quality of video captured
by an EOS DSLR and its CMOS sensor is markedly
vibrant and truer to life.
Depth-of-field
When shooting a video on an EOS DSLR, it’s
simple to control each shot’s depth-of-field, an
option previously available only when filming
with expensive professional cinema cameras.
Thanks to the physical size of EOS DSLR CMOS
sensors, combined with the large maximum
apertures achieved by Canon lenses, depth-of-
field, or lack thereof, can be a creative decision
reached solely by the photographer. If a large
aperture is chosen, thus creating shallow depth-
of-field, evocative, dramatic moving images with
blurred backgrounds can be attained with ease,
something simply not possible with smaller sensors
or compact cameras. If everything must be in
focus, shooting with a small aperture helps
ensure phenomenal depth-of-field, for illustrative
landscapes, architecture or anything else where
all details must be recorded. The drama, beauty
and mood achievable by controlling a movie
clip’s depth-of-field cannot be overstated — and
an EOS DSLR controls it with ease.
Frame Rates
In select models, EOS Full HD video movies can
be captured at 1920 x 1080 resolution, for up to
4GB per clip. Movies are saved as MOV files and
can be viewed in Full HD with HDMI output.
Other recording sizes include HD at 1280 x 720
(50/60 fps) or SD/VGA at 640 x 480 (50/60 fps). No
matter the end-application, the proper resolution
and frame rate is easily defined with EOS cameras.
Movie Crop
The Movie Crop function, on
cameras like the EOS 60D and
EOS Rebel T2i, enables zooming at 7x the
captured focal length for distant action and
extreme close-ups. This feature is perfect when
the chosen subject is in a crowd, like a specific
athlete, when it’s impossible to get close to the
action. Recorded as a VGA movie, Movie Crop
shots are perfect for emailing, posting online,
or editing into other movie clips.
Creative Capabilities with EOS Lenses
From fisheye to super-telephoto, the amazing
Canon EF and EF-S lenses offer a stunning combi-
nation of sharpness, speed, compactness and
flexibility — the perfect complement to a user’s
creativity. With the ability to create images of great
beauty, with controlled depth-of-field, inter-
changeable lenses bring moviemaking to a whole
new level. And the range of focal lengths is simply
staggering. With over 60 lenses available, including
the Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM, the
world’s first real fisheye zoom lens that
functions as a circular fisheye and full-frame
fisheye for a full size CMOS sensor, and as a
full-frame fisheye for APS-C/H sizes, there’s an
EF or EF-S lens for everyone. No matter the
photographer, no matter the situation, Canon’s
superlative lenses help ensure quality results.
Video Snapshot
With the Video Snapshot feature,
found on cameras like the EOS
Rebel T3i, short video clips (of 2,
4 or 8 seconds) can be stitched together, in-camera,
into one video file as a “snapshot album”
perfect for sharing online, or displaying to an
HDTV directly from the camera.
Sound Recording Level Adjustment
To ensure the best possible recording of sound,
a number of EOS DSLRs offer a host of user-
controlled sound recording adjustments. The
manual sound recording level can be adjusted to
one of 64 levels, and an optional wind filter can
minimize unwanted excess sounds. Whether
recording through an external microphone (on
certain EOS models) or through the camera’s
internal mic, this important feature means more
audible voices, less unwanted noise, and better
overall sound.
Movie Digital Zoom
Movie Digital Zoom, found on models like the
EOS Rebel T3i, make it possible to zoom while
shooting motion video from 3x to 10x, adding a
whole new level of drama to video clips.
Automatic Splitting of Video Files
The FAT file system’s 4GB size limit cannot be
changed, but it no longer has to interrupt
video capture. With the EOS-1D X, should a
video file reach the 4GB limit during shooting,
a new file is automatically created, enabling
recording to continue without interruption.
Sequential files can later be joined in an editor
with seamless results.
Select EOS DSLRs feature 1920 x 1080 Full HD video capture and offer the
enhanced image quality, smooth frame rates and adaptive exposure compensation
necessary in professional movie-making tools. By shooting video with an EOS
DSLR, it’s simple to take advantage of the image quality and characteristics intrinsic
to DSLRs, resulting in richer, more detailed and more diverse images. The large
sensor found in EOS DSLRs means more high quality pixels plus the potential to
shoot at higher ISO sensitivities without loss of detail.
Exposure control in the display
Re solution fps
1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 30P (29.97), 25P, 24P (23.976)
1280 x 720 (HD) 60P (59.94), 50P
640 x 480 (SD) 60P (59.94), 50P
Fisheye lenses impart an
extraordinary perspective and
angle-of-view far beyond the
limits of human vision.
Tilt-shift lenses allow you to
control the area of focus.
Macro lenses let you
get up close for detailed
shots of small subjects.
Wide-angle lenses are perfect
for shooting in tight spaces or
to capture large expanses.
Interchangeable EF/EF-S Lenses – Creative opportunities are at your fingertips thanks to Canon EF/EF-S Lenses.
Telephoto lenses
Canon’s amazing telephoto lenses
bring the action closer, emphasiz-
ing the subject at hand.
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