Canon DSLR Questions

[unknown_user0004]

It appears that it was set to FlexiZone single, when I have it as L+ Tracking it seems to work a load better, now its like it's tracking something moving correctly where as before it wasnt detecting movement and a small change would end up in the output being blurry, my current video settings are L+ tracking for the focusing 1920 x 1080, slight white balance adjustment to cover my poor lighting at night and RAW which I think might be forced with video anyway.

You seem to be having much better results than I am. I've had my stuff on L+ tracking on the 18-135mm, and it still mucks up if I change depth by more than foot or so. I wouldn't mind a little blur, but the focus "snap" can be pretty jarring. I usually have to make sure I get 2-3 good takes of everything just to be safe.

 

[Michael]

You seem to be having much better results than I am. I've had my stuff on L+ tracking on the 18-135mm, and it still mucks up if I change depth by more than foot or so. I wouldn't mind a little blur, but the focus "snap" can be pretty jarring. I usually have to make sure I get 2-3 good takes of everything just to be safe.

I was having impressive results with it the other day but I have went back to it and found that at times it doesnt want to focus at all, I am pretty sure I must be doing something wrong, I will have to keep on testing things

 

[unknown_user0004]

I was having impressive results with it the other day but I have went back to it and found that at times it doesnt want to focus at all, I am pretty sure I must be doing something wrong, I will have to keep on testing things

I think it may just be a hard limitation at the moment. I know AVByte uses the Canon 5d and 7d, and I've noticed a few examples of focus "snapping" in their videos as well, and those are much swankier cameras.

I've also encountered troubles with the 650D just being really lazy when it comes to focusing. Especially when I'm more distant, sometimes covering my face and revealing it manages to convince the darned thing to wake up. It's a heck of a lot faster than manually focusing, but boy can it be frustrating sometimes.

 

[Michael]

I think it may just be a hard limitation at the moment. I know AVByte uses the Canon 5d and 7d, and I've noticed a few examples of focus "snapping" in their videos as well, and those are much swankier cameras.

I've also encountered troubles with the 650D just being really lazy when it comes to focusing. Especially when I'm more distant, sometimes covering my face and revealing it manages to convince the darned thing to wake up. It's a heck of a lot faster than manually focusing, but boy can it be frustrating sometimes.

I know exactly what youre saying there, I try waving my hand in attempt and moving my head from side to side to wake it up It only seems to have this trouble when youre recording yourself too

 

[unknown_user0004]

I know exactly what youre saying there, I try waving my hand in attempt and moving my head from side to side to wake it up It only seems to have this trouble when youre recording yourself too

I've really only noticed this when looking for outtakes, but I've discovered a few clips of me just saying "Here you go....it's my face. I'm over here....THERE you go."

 

[PET]

I personally have a Canon 7D and it's great! However I just use my HD Webcam to record myself. It's much faster and easier.
As some people say, with a DSLR, don't rely on the auto focus. If you are going to stand in one place then it's ok.

Ah, and you will also need a microphone for it.

 

[IftiBashir]

Deffo have a mic for it.
For my uses the 650D works fine. Sometimes I set it to manual focus as I know I won't need the AF while I'm recording, but because I'm rarely recording anything moving around, or myself, its been pretty good for me!