The Canon 600d is the digital SLR camera that I used to film my documentary.
Here is a basic overview of the functions and settings that can be used within the camera.
The video quality from the 18-megapixel APS-C sensor films up to 1080p HD quality.
The camera has many features such as control over the shutter speed, aperture, ISO and gives opportunity to use a wide variety of lenses that gives you the freedom to create a shot ideal for you and to give you access in taking photos or film in low light or bright light.
The high-res, free-angle LCD screen is much more than just a novelty - it's a lot more versatile than the usual combination of optical viewfinder and fixed LCD, providing new angles of view and enhancing your overall creativity. Above all, it's a fun way of composing your images.
The EOS 600D's top-mounted shooting mode dial has a multitude of letters and icons. The so-called Creative Zone features Programmed Auto (P), Shutter Priority (Tv), Aperture Priority (Av), Manual (M) and A-DEP modes.
There's a host of scene modes including Flash Off, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Night Portrait and, oddly enough for an interchangeable-lens camera, a close-up mode as well. The majority of these scene modes allow users who do not want to fiddle with shutter speeds, f-stops, white balance or ISO settings to let the camera know what type of photo they are about to take, which helps the EOS 600D / T3i to optimize
these settings for that particular subject.
Live View is also used for the Canon EOS 600D / T3i's movie mode. If you turn the mode dial to the position denoted by the movie camera icon, the camera will enter Live View automatically. Before you start filming, you need to focus on the subject either manually or using auto focus as described above, and optionally set exposure and ISO. To be able to do this, you first need to enter the menu, highlight "Movie exposure" on the relevant tab, and select "Manual". Now you can set aperture, shutter speed (within limits) and ISO manually. Note that even if you do not enable manual exposure for movies, you can still use functions like AE lock and exposure compensation if you feel a need for it.
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Throughout my filming I used two lenses. A Canon 28mm-135mm and a Sigma 17mm-70mm both are very good lenses. The combination of the two allowed me to experiment with close up shots with 28-135mm as it has a larger optical zoom where as the 17-70mm lens gave me a wider angle shot.
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Throughout my filming I used two lenses. A Canon 28mm-135mm and a Sigma 17mm-70mm both are very good lenses. The combination of the two allowed me to experiment with close up shots with 28-135mm as it has a larger optical zoom where as the 17-70mm lens gave me a wider angle shot.
