In this section we're going to look at the video recording mode of your DSL ah so on I can see you have
an eye to change to the video mode.
You just click it on and then go past on button to the video mode.
Other DSL Lars will have a little switch here next to the Live Preview button or a specific record button.
We also see here this has a little red dot which signifies that that's the button that we're going to
press to actually record video.
So when we're in this mode you already see that the live preview is on and that's just the way that
with this camera it's going to want you to shoot your video.
So really if you just start recording if you just click this button you're just gonna start recording
and you can just kind of go and start making your movies.
There are a couple settings though in the menu that you might want to look at before you start shooting
video.
So if we click the menu button you'll notice that the main menu is actually a little bit different for
the video feature.
So the first camera setup menu has what's called the movie record size.
So if we go into that menu you have several options.
Pay attention to a couple numbers.
The first is this first sort of number under a movie record size.
Right now it's set to 1920 by 10 80.
That's the size of your video.
So that's the pixel size.
Nineteen hundred twenty pixels wide by ten hundred eighty pixels tall.
That's standard HD video.
So most DSL cameras pretty much any of them now can shoot 10 80 HD video.
Some of them can shoot even higher at like 2k or for k.
And by the time you're watching this may be AK or beyond but it depends on your camera.
So if you don't see these exact options don't worry it's just that your camera is a little different.
The next number is the frames per second.
Here we're set to twenty nine point nine seven frames per second.
So in the old film days what this would mean is that for every second of film the camera is actually
taking 30 images or 30 frames now digitally it's a little bit different in the way that it actually
takes it it's not like it's taking 30 frames or twenty nine point nine seven pictures and stitching
it together it's all digital but it's still going to have that same effect of that many frames per image
or per second rather the more frames per second the smoother the motion is going to be but these fewer
friends per second the more steady are jittery it's going to be beyond if you go lower than 24 frames
per second and 24 frames per second.
I know we're going on down a little rabbit hole right now but I think it's important to know 24 frames
per second is the standard sort of film look.
So if you watch an old film that's shot on actual film it's most likely going to be shot at 24 frames
per second.
And that's just a very nice pleasing look.
And if you get a little bit faster like 30 frames per second that might look a little bit more like
a television look or even 60 France per second or the close equivalent of fifty nine point nine four.
That's going to look even more smooth more television like they shoot a lot of sport than in fast paced
move motion with those higher frames per second.
So again this isn't a real class on how you shoot videos but I did want to just explain what those numbers
meant and so you can change it.
So here we have different options.
So we have fifty nine nine point point nine four frames per second so that's close to 60.
So if you are shooting something that's a little faster motion or if you want to slow it down later
on and make it slow mo you might want to choose a higher F P S.
We also have a 12 80 by 720 version on this camera.
So that's a little bit smaller of a frame.
It's still technically HD but it's not foist equality.
I don't know why you would choose that.
It takes up less memory space.
But if you're shooting video I would definitely recommend shooting 1920 by 10 80.
If I were shooting video I would choose this last option 1920 ten by ten eighty twenty three point nine
ninety F Yes that's going to be the most cinematic looking video that you can capture with this specific
camera if you were shooting with another DSL ah that has higher qualities like for k i would choose
that but still shoot in the twenty three nine eight FP Yes that's just my preference just do some test
shots go film something that's moving running around cars moving by and watch those video clips and
a large monitor.
Some people can't even tell the difference.
I personally like twenty three nine eight so that's really the main setting that you want to look at
before you start shooting video in the next lessons around look at a couple other options for recording
audio internally with your DSL ah and adding an external microphone to make it sound even better.
See you there.