Top 10 FAQ about Canon Video and Canon Camera

This article will help you solve 10 FAQ about Canon Video and Canon Camera.

Q1: “Is there a way to make it so everything is in focus, becuase the shallow depth of field annoys me sometimes, I am using Canon 550d dslr.”

Solution: Decrease your aperture, such as use f/11.

Q2: “I have a canon 60D that i recently bought with a class 4 16gb sandisk sd card and while trying to start a project everything was fine, but when i tried seeing the videos afterwards they wouldn’t show up. Now i can only see pictures and the vids are no where to be found.”

Solution: (only some suggestion)may be the card isn’t nearly fast enough for video, you can use a class 10 card – the fastest currently available. You can try a usb card reader. They’re not expensive, though we will not be surprised if something in the card is corrupted, it’s certainly worth a try.

Q3: “I recently bought a Canon EOS 600D (Rebel T3i), along with a 16GB Kingston Class 10 SD card.. Now I’m trying to shoot a 5-10 minute video on it right now. However, it frequently stops between 1-3 minutes saying “video recording has stopped automatically”, I was once able to shoot a 20 minute video. Any help would be appreciated!”

Solution: First, make sure you have formated the card first before making a video.if not, try formatting the card. Then, if the camera itself has limit on how much you can record. You can put together the pieces in a Mac video editor .


Tips:You cannot format a memory card on a computer, the camera you are using is the only place to format memory cards.

Q4: “See, the video was recorded with my Canon HD Vixia HG20 Camcorder. I recorded the video as 1080i, and it was 1920×1080. The video exports as MTS files, now I want to upload the video to Youtube, what should I do?

Solution: First, Youtube supports FLV well, you can convert Canon HG20 mts files to FLV, then upload to Youtube for sharing directly by following steps:
1:Click the Upload link at the top of any YouTube page.
2:Click the Upload video button to browse for the video file and select the file you want to upload and click Open.
3:As the video file is uploading, enter as much information about your video as possible in the relevant fields (including Title, Description, Tags, and Category). You’re not required to provide specific information, but the more information you include, the easier it is for users to find your video!
4:Click the Save changes button to save the updates you’ve made to the video file.

Q5: “Actually I have problem that my Canon HFR16 HD camcorder video can`t play on my simple monitor. please suggest me some HD video player for my normal monitor. please help me!”

Solution: VLC, ALLPlayer, MPlayer, Gom Player all can play HD video, if you are a Mac user, you can convert the HD video to MOV, DV, MP4 etc with Mac Canon Video Converter, then imported to Quicktime etc for playing.

Q6: “Is there a cheaper camera with similar video and photo quality to a Canon D7? And Video quality would be my top priority but I also need to take a lot of photos, since I am building a portfolio.”

Solution: You can choose Canon 600D/T3i or Nikon D5100. Video quality probably will not be an issue since no video uses more than 2 mp of the sensor (Full HD, 1080p) and less than 1 mp (HD, 720p). Canon t1i, t2i or t3i also good, the 60D is an amazing camera that will be totally up to what you want and need and then some, but it does not live up to the standards of the older 50D camera , however, the 50D does not have video, so it’s also not an option for you.

Q7: “How do I turn my video light for the canon vixia hg21. I purchased a Canon vixia HG21, and I cant figure out how to turn on flash/video light.”

Solution: (only some suggestion)Try searching the button on the top of your camcoder. Of course, it’s usually not a button but a setting in your camera. Probably you have to set the camera to “photo” and then in the settings find menu that let you choose from : auto – always flash -never flash or something like that.
Tips: The pictogram for flashing is a lighting-bolt, if you don’t see one in your display it means the flash function is disabled.

Q8: “what video formats of Canon camera, and how can I import the Canon video to imovie 11, Final Cut Pro x etc to Mac?”

Solution: In fact, video from Canon camera is always in MOV, MOD, AVCHD etc HD formats Which can not be widely accepted by Mac software or device, however, we can convert these Canon video to MOV, DV, MP4, then import Canon video to iMovie 11, Final Cut Pro X, Mac Lion etc easily.

Q9: “I got a canon t3i, but I cant open t3i video with windows movie maker. is there a way i can change the format so it can work? what program works with .mov files?”

Solution: You can convertt3i MOV files to Window Media WMV etc to Windows Movie Maker.

Q10: “All 1080p looks the same? For example, the Sony Bloggie MHS CM5 video in 1080p 30fps. Will this video look as good as like a Canon 7D or some expensive video camera? Can you label videos with MegaPixels, like 1080p 15 Megapixels?”

Solution:
In fact, not all 1080p is created equally. 1080p is roughly 2 Megapixels, however, that only measure a single field/frame of video.
There are two main factors when considering video quality resolution and data rate. The data rate tells how much data is contained in each second of video. Blu-ray quality video is about 4.5 Gbps making a standard 1080p movie about 30Gb (not including all the extra features)
Most Consumer level HD camcorders record 1080p at a data rate of about 20Mbps about 1/220th of Blu-ray quality. Yes the video is the same size, but major sacrifices are being made to achieve a high resolution at a low quality.
The Sony Bloggie MHS CM5 record 1080p at about 13Mbps which is about 1/350th of Blu-ray quality. While the Canon 7D shoots 1080p video at about 50Mbps which is about 4 times as high a quality as the Sony Blogger.
I usually shoot 1080 video at 280Mbps. So, no all 1080p video is not the same, and no the sony blogger will not do video anywhere near the quality of the Canon 7D.
Full HD on consumer/prosumer cameras works out around 2 Mega pixels, the Mega pixels count is for stills, although “Red” cameras will workout at 5120 (h) x 2700 (v) giving you roughly 14MP, but that camera starts at 25k.
So, its not the standards or media that determines the quality of the images.

Free View/Edit/Burn Canon Rebel T2i/550D and T1i/500D 1080P MOV files

Have recorded couples of footages on your Canon Rebel T2i/550D or T1i/500D camcorder, now, you may cannot wait to play or edit or burn your Canon files on your Mac or Windows PC. But how much do you know about dealing with T2i/550D or T1i/500D1080P MOV video?

In fact, there are many great freeware can help you play, edit and burn Canon Rebel T2i/550D or T1i/500D MOV files. This article will give you detailed solution about these.

First, freeware for playing Canon Rebel T1i/T2i MOV video
For Windows user, you can using Windows Media Player to view T2i/550D or T1i/500D video. For Mac user, Quicktime is the best player for T1i/T2i MOV video which also can be used on Windows.

Second, freeware for editing Canon Rebel T1i/T2i MOV video
For Windows user, Windows (Live)Movie Maker is the best free video editor for you. For Mac user, iMovie is the right one, which now has new version 11.

Third, freeware for burning Canon Rebel T1i/T2i MOV video to DVDs
For Windows user, DVD Maker is a great free DVD creator for you to burn video to DVDs. For Mac user,iDVD. may be the best one for you.

Tips1:
As WMP, Windows(Live) Movie Maker and DVD maker only work with Windows Media WMV etc files, so before import Canon T1i/T2i MOV files to it, you need to convert T1i/T2i 1080p MOV files to WMV, AVI, MPG etc for importing to WMP/WMM with Canon MOV converter.
Of course, if Quicktime, iMovie and iDVD can not accept Canon T1i/T2i MOV well, you can also convert T1i/T2i MOV movie to Quicktime(MOV) with Canon T1i/T2i MOV Converter Mac.

Tips2: Canon T1i vs T2i
The benefit of the T2i lies in the video side of things. If you plan to use video creatively with your DSLR, the 550D’s manual exposure in video mode, and improved resolution available at more frame rates will be very useful as will the mic input socket.
The 500D can only record HD1080p footage at 20fps, and the other mode HD720p is at 30fps, neither particularly friendly for use with PAL systems (25fps).
The 550D promises to address this, making it a better option for video shooters in a PAL region. For stills the difference will be imperceptable at anything other than massive A2 prints up close.

Now, Step by Step import Canon T1i/T2i MOV files to Free video Editor, Burner and Player

Step1: Connect your camcorder to your computer. (Insert the USB plug on each end of the cable into the port on the back of the Canon T1i/T2i camcorder and any free port on the PC). After connect successfully, power on the computer and wait for the “New hardware Detected” message to display, the program will launch automatically, then download Canon MOV files to the computer.

Step2: Convert Canon T1i/T2i MOV video to WMV.
Download and Run Video Converter as Canon T1i/T2i MOV converter-add T1i/T2i MOV files-set output formats as WMV-Start Convert.
Tips: If you are a Mac user, download and run Video Converter Mac


Step3: After the conversion progress is finished, import converted Canon T1i/T2i MOV movie to Windows Movie Maker etc easily.

Free edit Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D 720P MOV video onto Windows Movie Maker AVI/WMV

The Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D came with three Highlights: Advanced, compact and affordable. It came with Superior 12-megapixel image quality; On-screen Feature Guide; HD video capture; ISO 100-6400 sensitivity; Wide-area 9-point AF system; 63-zone iFCL exposure metering; 6.8cm (2.7′), 230,000-dot screen and Use with all EF and EF-S lenses.

Now, the problem is, if you want to edit the clips from Canon 1100D, what will you do For Windows user, the free Windows Movie Maker is surely the best choice for you. However, Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D record High definition (720p) MOV footage at up to 30fps which can not be natively accepted by Windows Movie Maker.


Tips: Windows Movie Maker is a video editing software , included in Microsoft Windows Me, XP, Vista and 7(windows live movie maker). It contains features such as effects, transitions, titles/credits, audio track, timeline narration, and Auto Movie.

Fortunately, Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D MOV converter supports convert 720P MOV video to AVI, WMV, MPG etc for importing to Windows (Live) Movie Maker on Windows 7, vista, xp.

Canon T3/1100D MOV converter also can act as a video editor which allows you to edit the Canon MOV video with great video editing features like: video trimming, cutting, splitting, joining/merging. With it, you can also adjust video bright, contrast, saturation, set video resolution, encoder, frame rate, bitrate, crop video to remove unwanted parts and merge several video files into one.

Tips:For Mac user, iMovie`11 is the best free Mac video editor which is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 users to edit their own home movies.

Now, step by step import Canon 1100D MOV files to to Windows Movie Maker.
Step 1: Run Canon T3/1100D MOV video converter. Click the”Add Files” button to import .mov files from the camera.
Step 2: Click the “Profile drop-down list”option, and navigate to Common video> WMV as output format.
Step 3: Convert DSLR MOV video to WMV, then import converted Canon EOS Rebel T3/1100D 720P MOV video to Windows (Live) Movie Maker for free editing.



Step additional:
Edit function: click “Clip”, “Edit”, “Settings” to edit your Canon MOV video.