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Tips for shooting ski video on Canon EOS 600D

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codyhotham
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Hey guys,

Tomorrow is my first day shooting video on my Canon 600D, does anyone who has used this camera have any tips? I will be using a 17mm lens. Any tips would be much appreciated (+K), especially regarding maintaining focus on follow cams.

Thanks in advance
Feb 15 2013 7:44PM
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Mag
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If you're shooting at 17mm shoot at around f8, it's the sweetspot and near enough everything will be in focus.
Feb 15 2013 7:47PM
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codyhotham
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At the risk of sounding like a complete idiot, how do I set it to f8. I am using a 17-85mm lens but will be shooting at 17mm. Thanks in advance
Feb 15 2013 9:06PM
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Mag
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Have you got video mode set to manual exposure? If you do you just press and hold the AV button(to the top left of the updownleftright buttons, it's where your thumb sits when you're holding the camera. So press and hold that, and scroll with the dial on the top.
Feb 15 2013 9:08PM
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codyhotham
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thanks so much, max karma for you!
Feb 15 2013 9:28PM
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pjbackwoods
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Make sure you have a memory card that can keep up with your camera
Feb 15 2013 9:34PM
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RawrRawrRob
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Yeah, make sure your SD card is fast, 45mbs or something, or else it'll stop recording randomly
Feb 15 2013 9:56PM
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