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Whats up guys Beginner filmer here and i need a few tips. I apologize in advance for any stupid misconceptions I have. I have some film, nothing great and am looking for some tips on the settings to use for my camera. I have a t3i and need some help. I have researched how to set up my camera online but when i come on here the info i saw contradicts what i have seen. For starters with ISO. I read that you want the smallest iso setting possible while still maintaining a good aperature setting. But on here ive heard otherwise. I also read that The highest fps possible is the way to go as there are more frames per second therefore making the shot clearer. But some people on newschoolers talk about using fps around 30 and 24. What would one gain from doing this? And also have tried to understand the difference between frames per second and shutter speed. I know they are related but I am not sure how. Thanks for reading this and Again I am sorry for making a thread that everyone has seen a thousand times before. I feel like a 12 year old asking what skis to buy in gear talk. If any of you would take the time to read this and clear things up for me a bit that would be great!
 
Here are a few quick tips.

ISO - you want to shoot at your cameras native iso setting to reduce the amount of digital noise in your video image. with a t5i I would never go over 1600. 100 would be best for very sunny days.

Frames per second - I would shoot at 60fps if you want to have the option to slow your footage down to half speed in editing. 30 or 24 fps will be just as crisp that depends on the shutter speed.

Shutter speed - shutter speed is the length of time your cameras shutter opens to allow light to hit the sensor. It's the time that each frame is exposed to light entering the camera. For cinematic motion blur with movement you want to shoot at double your fps so 30fps = 1/60 and 60fps = 1/120

But if you want a crisp image without motion blurring and the option to get cleaner screenshots from your video I would shoot at a higher shutter speed. 60fps at 1/240 or 1/500 or whatever.

White balance - this is also important you can either shoot on auto and the camera will guess the color temp of the light source you are shooting in or you can manually set the kelvin temperature for white balance. 5600k is good for bright daylight and 3200k is best for indoor light sources

Aperture - this is the amount of light the lens allows into the camera to the sensor. The lower the f stop the more light but harder it will be to focus. you will want to shoot with a higher f stop in bright sunlight.

I suggest testing out different f stops to see how they effect the depth of field and testing different shutter speeds to see how they effect the motion blur in your image.

You may want to get ND for your lens to give your more options when picking the shutter speed, iso and aperture. ND is kinda like sunglasses for your camera lens
 
13641844:dan_swagner said:
Here are a few quick tips.

ISO - you want to shoot at your cameras native iso setting to reduce the amount of digital noise in your video image. with a t5i I would never go over 1600. 100 would be best for very sunny days.

Frames per second - I would shoot at 60fps if you want to have the option to slow your footage down to half speed in editing. 30 or 24 fps will be just as crisp that depends on the shutter speed.

Shutter speed - shutter speed is the length of time your cameras shutter opens to allow light to hit the sensor. It's the time that each frame is exposed to light entering the camera. For cinematic motion blur with movement you want to shoot at double your fps so 30fps = 1/60 and 60fps = 1/120

But if you want a crisp image without motion blurring and the option to get cleaner screenshots from your video I would shoot at a higher shutter speed. 60fps at 1/240 or 1/500 or whatever.

White balance - this is also important you can either shoot on auto and the camera will guess the color temp of the light source you are shooting in or you can manually set the kelvin temperature for white balance. 5600k is good for bright daylight and 3200k is best for indoor light sources

Aperture - this is the amount of light the lens allows into the camera to the sensor. The lower the f stop the more light but harder it will be to focus. you will want to shoot with a higher f stop in bright sunlight.

I suggest testing out different f stops to see how they effect the depth of field and testing different shutter speeds to see how they effect the motion blur in your image.

You may want to get ND for your lens to give your more options when picking the shutter speed, iso and aperture. ND is kinda like sunglasses for your camera lens
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thanks for the info man that helps lot. one more question. to set the white balance i usually take a pictur of something that is white in the environment that im shooting and then set that as my white balance. is that correct or is there another way to do it?
 
Yeah but if the object is not true white or if the light source on the object isn't the same color temp as the light source you shoot in all day it won't be perfect. Won't be a huge deal right now the video will still look fine.

I think you can use the white balance presets in the camera if you want. I think there's sunny, cloudy and indoor
 
I use the white balance presets for days without a filter but when I use my ND I always take a picture of the white snow with no shadow in it just pure white and expose off my histogram about a third from the blown out side and use that as my white balance to counteract any color cast from the filter. Also like they said mess around with your aperture to figure out what depth you like also maybe look up mtf/sharpness charts for your lens each has a sweet spot. For my 10-18 I would shoot f8 with a 160 shutter 30fps using a .9 ND filter if I was underexposed id bump up my ISO no higher than 800. I set my aperture and my shutter speed and forget them and use ISO to control the light coming in to maintain the same look through the day. I shoot a little faster of a shutter to have some motion blur but to keep it crispish. If I am not using an ND like today I shot on a tokina 10-17 f13 250 shutter 100-400 ISO depending on the light.
 
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Whats up guys did some filming today and threw the clips together. this is me skiing but i set it up before handing it to my friend. For the settings i used 720p at 60fps my aperature was set to the highest setting to let as little light in as possible. and my iso was set to 100. I unfortunately do not know what the shutter speed was as i did not know how to change it. I have now but from my understanding i should have put it at 1/120 right? Because i heard to set it at 2 the amount of the fps. Thats all the information I have. Some constructive criticism will be great on just how the picture and everything looks. the editing and actual filming is not top notch i understand.
 
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