To begin with, it’s certainly better to shoot video on a camcorder than on a mirror. But I don’t really want to buy a camera from above for rare video filming. So, what methods can be used to improve focus during recording?
When recording video, contrast focusing is used instead of phase focusing. It is clear that on most SLR cameras, contrast focusing works, to put it mildly, quite slowly.
In good light, I close the diaphragm, which gives a more or less better result. But in poor lighting it no longer rolls (and I need to take off the matinee in kindergarten, where the lighting will not be very good), since at a higher ISO noticeable noises begin. My device has the following focus modes (Canon 650d, 18-55):
The first mode, tracking by face or by object, does not always work well on objects. I haven’t tried it on faces yet, here the question arises: can the camera correctly focus with a large number of faces and moving (again, the same children's matinee) ??
The second mode works a little better on stationary objects and with zoom.
The third, in fact, is the same with one point.
Recently stumbled upon
an article, which describes the shooting modes of video on 650d. So, AFQuick mode is shown there, which, as I understand it, uses phase and contrast focus. But I simply do not have such a mode in the menu (or I did not find it). How to enable it?
What other ways can improve the focus?
Post has been editedKomunikatoroed - 11.02.13, 10:50