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mikeyp433

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What would be the best settings for shooting skiing in cloudy and/or sunny conditions on a Canon T3i? +K for good answers
 
then figure it out. lowest iso you can achieve while maintaining whatever you want for an f-stop and shutter
 
General rule of thumb is have the shutter speed be double the framerate. So shoot at 1/60 while at 30p, and 1/125 for 60p. Keep the aperture pretty small, try to keep it smaller than f5.6 if you can to avoid focus problems
 
Iso as low as possible, like a 200 or so, shutter speed at 2x framerate, aperture at about an f7 or so, or if you have a nicer lens like a tokina 11 16 you can set the fstop lower because you can just set the focus to a little under infinity
 
For now leave your white balance on auto. After a couple weeks/months of practicing you can eventually figure out how to change it up so it's accurate, but for now focus on what everyone above said. (ISO, Aperture, Shutter Speed) Listen to the guy who talked about frame rates, that's key.
 
It does matter when you can come up with these things on your own or find them in an instant on the web. People need to figure out things on their own and not be so depended on others.
 
The guy doesn't even know the basics of his camera, figure he should learn in increments instead of overwhelming himself.
 
I always say never leave white balance on auto because the camera always fucks up the colours. Play around with your white balance in different light conditions to see what works best. It won't take long to figure it out for yourself and once you learn it makes editing in post a lot easier
 
I think the AWB has been fine for me in the past. I guess if you are not just shooting skiing, skateboarding, and outdoor stuff it might be different but I don't think you should stress yourself out over WB when you are just trying to learn. It's better to learn the basics first, like shutter speed and aperture. Just my two cents though
 
Different people learn different ways. I took a crash course and used my camera non stop for a week just to get used to it and then I got rid of all the footage and started properly. If you put in the time you will learn quicker I think everyone will agree on that.
 
White balance on manual setting, so it doesn't go all over the place.

Double your shutter speed from your framerate.

ISO at 100 for a sunny day. 200 for a cloudy/later in the day environment.

Fstop should be at 8-11, almost always in order to keep things in focus, if you're a beginner. You could even stand to bump it to 16 or so.

Honestly, the kit lens (if that's what you're using) is perfectly fine for shooting with during bright sunny days on the slopes, I don't know why so many folks bag on it. Plus, if you smash it, you're out nothing.
 
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