Canon XL1 3CCD, Manual

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During a shoot you’d make decisions according to what’s important in the shot. In other words, your
choice in depth of field would be determined by your outcomes for the shot. The
cinematographer/director needs to ask what the shot is being composed for; what purpose it is to
serve; what message it is to get across. Various connotations can be achieved by manipulating depth
of field in this way.
3. Camera to Object Distance
In terms of DOF:
‐ The closer the camera is to the object, the more shallow the DOF.
‐ The further away the camera is from the object, the greater the DOF.
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SHUTTER
Be careful when using the shutter to manipulate your picture!
What it’s for:
‐ To get the maximum amount of light coming through in difficult lighting situations. Essentially
playing with the shutter is a manipulation of the frame rate.
How it works:
‐ The higher the shutter speed, the choppier the image, and the lower the shutter speed the smoother
the image.
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in both of these scenarios having the shutter speed too high or too low can result in a strange
picture.
For example, too high a shutter speed can give a jumpy picture, while too low a shutter speed can
create a smear effect (not unlike the feathered edge effect in post).
FOCUS
Tips:
‐ Auto ‐ focus setting
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this takes the mid ‐ point as the point of focus.
So if you want to focus on a specific thing, make sure it’s dead centre, push AF, and that’ll be your
focus. This focus should stay once you’ve moved the camera.