How to take a video snapshot for a Canon 600D camera

I would like to give you a detailed explanation and share with you how to use the video snapshot function of the Canon 600D camera.

Analysis and sharing:

1. Place the model turntable in the short video shooting mode

 

Rotate the turntable and select the short video shooting mode.

2. Enable IS image stabilizer

 

During handheld shooting, if the camera IS equipped with an IS image stabilizer, place it ON ).

3. Set the video record size

 

Press the MENU button, find "short video record size" from the short video MENU 2, select a full HD size of 1920x1080, and the frame rate is 25fps. If you enable the 3-10 times digital zoom function, the zoom range of the lens will change to 3-10 times the original focal length angle, and the wide-angle focal length will not be available. Therefore, you can set this function to OFF during shooting.

When digital zoom is used, the image is processed in numbers. The larger the digital zoom ratio, the thicker the image.

4. Select the video snapshot shooting time

 

 

Select the duration of each clip from the "video snapshot" in the video Menu 2. Optional items include "disabled", "2 seconds short film", "4 seconds short film", and "8 Seconds short film ". We recommend a "2 second short video" when you first use it ".

5. Focus on the shooting object

 

 

Focus on the object you want to take. Before shooting, you need to determine the focus position through the auto focus box (white box) displayed on the LCD monitor on the back. When you press the shutter button halfway, you can hear the focal tone of the camera and the auto focus box turns green.

6. Shooting short videos

 

To keep the focus unchanged, please take the camera and press the short video shooting button with your thumb to start recording. The video is automatically terminated when the specified number of seconds is reached.

7. Save as a portfolio

 

After the video is taken, three options are displayed: "Save as a portfolio", "play back a video snapshot", and "do not save to portfolio. If you are taking the first video snapshot, select "save as a portfolio. You can save or delete the clip you just shot after you view it through "playback video snapshot.

8. Append a video snapshot

 

Repeat steps 5, 6, and 7 to add new video snapshots to the portfolio. If you have already selected "save as a portfolio ", after the next shot, four options are displayed: "Add to portfolio", "save as a new portfolio", "play back video snapshot", and "delete without saving to portfolio. You don't have to worry too much about it. Simply add it to your portfolio to make interesting short movies.

9. End adding a video snapshot

 

 

Set "video snapshot" in the short video Menu 2 to "disabled" to end adding a video snapshot to the portfolio. If you want to continue shooting later, and the selected number of seconds is the same as that before, you can also choose to "add to portfolio ", if you want to save it as a new video snapshot set, you can also select "save as a new portfolio ". In addition, you must note that the following operations are performed during the video snapshot process: change the size or duration of the short video recording, switching the recording setting between automatic/manual and disabled, or switching the memory card slot cover or battery compartment cover will create a new portfolio for subsequent video snapshots.

All right, the above information is the detailed shooting method of the video snapshot function used by Canon 600D cameras for photography enthusiasts, you can see that photography enthusiasts here, Xiaobian believes that you are now very clear about the shooting method, so all of you will go and follow the methods provided above to take a video snapshot and see the effect.