Tips for Shooting Better Video

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Once upon a time, the ability to shoot video with a digital still camera was one of those “gee whiz” gimmicks camera makers seemed to include just to have a reason to get you to buy a new camera. That hasn’t been true for many years now, as the video quality of many digital still cameras has gotten quite good. Indeed, feature films have been shot entirely or in part using Canon dSLRs. The company really ups the ante by incorporating video capabilities that have been enhanced or simply not available with previous Canon still cameras.

A stellar example is the relatively new Canon Log feature, which was added to the EOS 5D Mark IV in 2017 as an extra-cost upgrade, but which is built in to the R5 and R6. It ...

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