Canon 3814B004 - EOS 7D Digital Camera SLR, Instruction Manual

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k Shooting Movies
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Cautions for movie shooting are on pages 163-164.
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If necessary, also read the Live View shooting cautions on pages
150 and 151.
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You can also focus by pressing the < p > button.
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One continuous movie will be recorded as one file.
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During movie shooting, the top, bottom, left, and right parts of the screen
will have a semi-transparent mask. The area enclosed by the semi-
transparent mask will be the movie image that is recorded. The semi-
transparent mask size will change depending on the [
Movie rec. size ]
setting (p.160).
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AE lock is possible by pressing the <
A
> button (p.110).
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In all shooting modes except <
a
>, the ISO speed (100-6400 or
expanded to 12800), shutter speed, and aperture will be set
automatically.
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Pressing the shutter button halfway displays the shutter speed and
aperture (p.156) on the screen’s bottom left. This is the exposure setting
for taking a still photo (except for <
a
>).
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The sound is recorded in monaural by the camera’s built-in microphone
(p.16).
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Stereo sound recording is possible by connecting an external
microphone equipped with a stereo mini plug (3.5mm dia.) to the
camera’s external microphone IN terminal (p.16).
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The sound recording level will be adjusted automatically.
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You can use Remote Controller RC-6/RC-1/RC-5 (sold separately, p.114)
to start and stop the movie shooting if the drive mode is <
Q
> or <
k
>.
With RC-6/RC-1, set the timing switch to < 2 > (2-sec. delay), then press
the transmit button. If the switch is set to <
o
> (immediate shooting), still
photo shooting will take effect.
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Pressing the shutter button halfway displays the ISO speed and shutter
speed at the screen bottom. This is the exposure setting for taking a still
photo (p.158). The exposure setting for movie shooting is not displayed.
Note that the exposure setting for movie shooting may differ from that for
still photo shooting.
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With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6, the total shooting time will be
as follows: At 23°C/73°F: Approx. 1 hr. 20 min., At 0°C/32°F: Approx. 1
hr. 10 min.