kPreparing to Shoot Movies

EF Cinema (CN-E) Lenses

With EF Cinema single focal length lenses, you can shoot at all movie- recording quality settings. If you use an EF Cinema zoom lens, you can shoot movies only with ISuper 35mm Crop. (Since the image circle is small, the image periphery will be dark if you shoot a movie in HA BCquality or still photo.)

Cards that Can Record Movies

Use a large-capacity card with a fast writing/reading speed (required card performance) as shown in the table. First, shoot a few test movies to see if movies can be recorded accurately with a movie-recording size you set (p.34).

Image Size

Frame Rate

Movie Recording/

Required Card

Compression Method

Performance

 

 

H

4

JMotion JPEG

UDMA7

100 MB/sec. or faster

 

 

 

I

6/5/4

 

20 MB/sec. or faster

A

6/5/4

X

 

B

8/7

MPEG-4 AVC/H.264

10 MB/sec. or faster

C

6/5

 

 

I

6/5/4

 

30 MB/sec. or faster

A

8/7

W

60 MB/sec. or faster

6/5/4

MPEG-4 AVC/H.264

30 MB/sec. or faster

 

B

8/7

 

 

 

If you use a slow-writing card when shooting movies, the movie may not be recorded properly. Also, if you play back a movie on a card with a slow reading speed, the movie may not play back properly.

If you want to shoot still photos while shooting a movie, you will need an even faster card.

To check the card’s writing/reading speed, refer to the card manufacturer’s Web site.

To optimize the card’s performance, format the card before shooting movies. For card-formatting cautions, see zpage 55.

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