Chapter 8

Shooting and Viewing Movies

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Recording your first movie using the default settings

Bullet Understanding the frame rate, frame size, and movie quality options

Bullet Adjusting audio-recording options

Bullet Controlling exposure during movie recording

Bullet Playing movies

In addition to being a stellar still-photography camera, your 90D can record high-definition (HD) digital movies. Not just any movies. The 90D introduces 4K (3840 × 2160) video to the mid-range Canon dSLR lineup. This chapter gets you started on your cinematic path by providing step-by-step instructions for recording movies the easy way — that is, using Scene Intelligent Auto exposure mode, autofocusing, and auto just-about-everything else. After that, you can find details on how to adjust recording settings such as movie frame size and audio-recording volume.

However, note that some camera settings, such as those that affect focusing, exposure, and color, work the same way for movie recording as they do for still photography. ...

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