The Most Effective Canon EOS R Settings for Video
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- The Canon EOS R is an incredible camera for recording video, so I wanted to share the settings I use for my videos. This isn’t a definitive “best settings ever” guide, it’s just an overview of what works for me.
Time Markers:
0:00 - Video Settings Are Important
1:00 - Exposure
1:51 - Autofocus
2:35 - Frame Rates & Compression
4:31 - Image Stabilization
5:01 - Picture Profile
5:52 - White Balance
7:44 - Audio Settings
9:12 - C-LOG
10:13 - Manual Focus Guide
11:06 - SD Cards
11:56 - Multifunction Bar Settings
13:34 - The Best Camera is the One You Know
Episode 178: My EOS R Video Settings
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Time Markers:
0:00 - Video Settings Are Important
1:00 - Exposure
1:51 - Autofocus
2:35 - Frame Rates & Compression
4:31 - Image Stabilization
5:01 - Picture Profile
5:52 - White Balance
7:44 - Audio Settings
9:12 - C-LOG
10:13 - Manual Focus Guide
11:06 - SD Cards
11:56 - Multifunction Bar Settings
13:34 - The Best Camera is the One You Know
I got a good idea. You should make a fan discord. Actually Ill make it now. Ill put a link here if you want to help me illl give you owner. discord.gg/3HrkK2m
This is THE best video on the Canon EOS R on CZcams by a zillion zillion miles. Owned and watched EOSR vids for +1yr. Great presentation and content
THANK YOU! That means a lot to me, and I'm glad I could do this awesome camera justice. 👍
Superb work brother ! Amazing quality as always man ! 👊🏻
Great video, thanks for all these details!
EOS R is my dream. Can't wait to get my hands on it! Your reviews and demos have been overwhelmingly helpful. And especially because you are using it. It's not just a review and on to the next thing. Thank you! God bless
I’m glad it helps! It’s really been a terrific camera for me 😎
Dude...whoa...you just blew my mind!!! Thanks for passing that knowledge along!!!
You’re welcome, Aubrey! 😎
It's such a great camera I've done some great work with it and this video is going to help me even more thanks for this!
You’re welcome!
Thank you. Awesome video!
Happy it was helpful! The R is an awesome camera.
Wow! So great instructions review! Thank you, Tom! 👍💪
I’m so glad it was helpful!
Awesome just saved these settings
You are actually reading minds. I was thinking to watch the 1-hour video Of Jared Polin for setting my new camera and you just made my day with this video. Thanks
Glad it helped! Jared’s video is a great way to learn more about the photo-specific settings.
Great information and a great channel, Tom. Love Canons, still have A1's , AE1's o F1's around the house.
Thanks so much! I’ve got an AE1 over here too 😁
I really needed this video, currently using auto settings on the EOS R. THANK YOU!
Glad it helped! The Auto settings work well, but taking manual control really helps with getting consistent results. 👍
@@tombuck Yeah for sure! Quick question, is there an easy way to show on screen information on an external monitor? I seem to only have mic levels and white balance on my external monitor (via hdmi).
🌪🌪🌪🌪Another One🤯🤯🤯 keep doing great videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Hey, Tom! Congratulations on you hitting 20,000 subscribers!
THANK YOU! It’s pretty mind boggling 🤯
Great video my man
Thank you! 🙏
Very informative! I just switched back to auto picture style after watching this video! For vlogging, it's better to stick on with automatic.
It works great!
Thx from barcelona bro! now my canon r runs very well!
Good to know! It's a really nice camera!
Hey there, great video but how about the attenuator setting for audio? Should we enable it or rather not?
Question for ya, are you sure about the 1/100th shutter speed when you shoot at 60fps? I would think it would be 1/120th because it's double your 60fps. Just like when we shoot 1/50th on a DSLR for 24fps because DSRLs don't have a 1/48th setting (48 being double 24) so the 1/50th setting is the closest we have to 1/48th. Thanks, great video!
That’s my thought too, but for whatever reason, I get a ton of flicker at 1/120 and none at 1/100 🤷🏻♂️
@@tombuck Humm, odd. But hey, whatever works! Thanks!
GOOD I LIKE YOUR MAIN CAMERA POSITION
Thank you!
For Matt 🤣🤣.. thanks for this video I’ve been waiting on it for so long
Glad it helped!
You have a very nice voice that is easy on the ears. You would be a great radio announcer or speaking in a documentary film.
Awesome!
Thanks
Nice. Still waiting for price on the R5. Same with me...Always shoot All-I on my Mark III. It’s so good. 😁
Part of me wants the R5 to be wildly expensive so there’s no way I could possible afford it. To protect me from myself.
@@tombuck uhh... You got your wish as far as I can tell! I certainly can't afford the R5! Just got an EOS R instead and I totally LOVE it so far. Shot video with it for the first time today in London and boy... Those codecs are beefy and beautiful out of camera! I'm coming from a GH5 so I'm used to the crop when it comes to 4K, but picked up the 10-18mm Ef-S used just in case. Thanks for the video settings and the hint on what the hell to do with the MF bar. Audio level is perfect there! Looking forward to a good couple years with the R and really happy to shoot Canon after Sony demotivated me with the menus, and Panasonic with the unreliable AF AF ... 😊 Keep up the great work T.
I have a friend that bought a new camera to video his daughters wedding. He took it out of the box 20 minutes before the wedding.
You probably figured out he had nothing except a few pics he took with his phone.
He’s a slow learner, he put it back in the box and waited until his sons graduation to take it out again. This time he gave himself 40 minutes to try and figure out the settings.
It might have worked if the battery didn’t die. 😂😂
Have a great day and be safe out there!
It DEFINITELY pays to spend a bit of time learning the tools.
Nice info :) Question: How are you recording the EOS R screen?
I used the CamLink to record in OBS on my computer 👍
@@tombuck Thank you, I'll take a look :)
Awesome video. Thank you for all of the content. Quick question, does the camera save all of your settings when switching from photo to video mode?
Yes! Thank goodness. So you can have separate setting for photo/video.
@@tombuck Awesome! Thank you for the response.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. How did you display the camera settings on the display monitor? I've connected the EOS R to a field monitor but it doesn't display the settings. It only shows video. But when I click on the menu button, it does show the menu on the monitor.
I appreciate your help.
In the camera menu, there’s an option to output the settings via hdmi 👍
@@tombuck Found it! I had to enable display only and not both camera and display. That did the trick. Thanks again.
1st thank you so much for your amazing vedios .. I am using that lovely cam , but I want to ask ,
On photo mode , why when connecting the cam to monitor with hdmi , the cam screen is off & only the monitor work ???
How can I make the cam screen & the monitor work together in photo mode ???
Hey man, another great video. I'm shooting on a Canon M6 (Mark 1). Needless to say, it isn't great. Would you recommend buying the EOS R still?
Hey Patrick!! I would definitely recommend the R. Canon is announcing the R5 and R6 next month, and while both of them will be more expensive than the R, there's always the chance their release could lower the R's price (although that's pure speculation, and I don't know if it's worth actually waiting for).
Long story long, yes I recommend the R 100%.
@@tombuck thanks man, appreciate it!
Great video as always bro. I have a question wondering if you can help? I've just purchased the R and wanted to record 59.9fps slow motion, when i play back the footage on the R, there is no slow mo, do you have the same issue? Now ive owend a gh5 and i had to turn Variable frame rate on and then select 60 frame I'm not sure how to do it on this camrea? Can you help me understand please and thanks!
I can definitely help. Recording at 60fps won't automatically playback in slomo. You'll need to use your editing software to slow the footage down somewhere between 50-60%. If you're using Final Cut, just click on the clip in the timeline, press shift+n, then you'll see a green bar on top of the clip that you can drag to adjust the timing to be exactly what you want.
@@tombuck wow ok. I used to on my gh5. I quess canon is different. My men i appreciate you
Hi Tom and thank you for this great video. There is one problem I´m having and that is that when I use the Manual video Mode and I press the Q button on the screen in Video mode the picture style can't be seen as an option. The strange thing is that it seems not to work in Manual mode but it does in others such as Program AE, Shutter priority and so on. Do you have any Idee why the Picture style is not available/visible in the M Mode? It´s also not visible when I go into the MENU.
I just checked on my R and when I'm in Manual Movie Mode and press the Q, I definitely have the Picture Style option available and it's also on Paeg 4 of the Camera menu.
I have no idea why it's not showing up for you- that is _super_ strange. Maybe a factory reset will help fix it?
Hi Tom! Great video! Do you use the blue yeti with your canon?
I usually record with a boom mic running into my camera. At the time I made this video, it was the Rode Videomic NTG.
@@tombuck thanks for your reply!
Nice...
Hi Tom please how did you do the recording in this video with your laptop?
Thanks
I run the camera into the computer with an elgato camlink and then record with OBS.
@The Enthusiasm Project how exactly did you get the 4k footage from the 6D mark ii, thought it a 1080 piece. Did you scale the 1080 footage? am confused.
You're correct! It's a 1080 camera, but I upscale to 3840 X 1920 in Final Cut Pro.
11:49 I believe that is where you can actually Format the Card. Doing so will erase everything on the card. In the past you would buy a SD card and to use it in your camera you would have to format the card to your camera's file format. It is still the easiest way to erase a SD card. (SD cards are often FAT32).
Hey Tom, Thank so much for the video. How do I get my Canon R to record video longer than 30 min without stopping?
Unfortunately the 30 minute limit is baked in to the camera. The only real way around it is to use an external recorder of some kind. The Atomos Ninja is a super popular choice, but also very expensive. Another option is to use something like the Elgato CamLink to run the camera into your computer and then you can use an app like Ecamm or OBS to record. Just keep the camera powered on in standby mode and the only limit will be how much hard drive space you have. 👍
Thanks so much@@tombuck
Hey Tom, on my Canon R, even with the shutter speed correct and the image stabilizers turned off in camera and lens, I feel a beat in the image mainly when panning. It feels like the IS is active and is "fighting" the panning movement, however the IS is off. Do you know what it can be? Thanks and congratulations for the good job.
Hey Bruno! Do you have IS turned on with your lens? If not, are you shooting in 4K? The R can be susceptible to some pretty intense rolling shutter in 4K and that might be what you're seeing.
@@tombuck I'm recording in 1080p 25fps and 50fps. Feel more beat at 25 fps, I have been reading about this and I'm starting to realize that at 25 fps the movements, especially panning, have to be very slow for them to look good. I may be panning a little faster than I should, do you think it might have something to do with that? Thanks! 👊
What do you use to record your eos r screen? Just subbed loved the video 😁
I used the CamLink to run it through OBS on the MacBook 👍
Thank you for the reply, really enjoying the channel 😁
Hi buddy thanks for all your help, quick question, on the Eos R when shooting in C log the camera automatically shoots at iso 400 but i notice there is a lot of noise in my footage? Do you have that problem?
I'm probably not the best person to ask because I hardly ever shoot C Log, but I'll keep an eye out next time I do.
@@tombuck Okay thank you brother!
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the EOS R5 and R6.
They both seem like outstanding cameras. I’m very interested in the R5, but nervous about the price. I don’t think it’s in my budget, but if it were, I’d love to have an R5 and my R as a power duo. I used to not care about 4K very much, but now that it’s 2020, having full frame 4K sounds terrific. The only downside is that the new memory cards for the R5 are really expensive.
Agreed! I feel like the R and R5 will be a perfect match. The ability to shoot 120/1080p will be awesome as well and having IBIS for run and gun shooting will be a great addition as well. Hopefully we will get some news on July 9th!
Are you reading my mind? I was just looking up price for this camera last night
It’s a really winner. I’ve been using CanonPriceWatch.com for a while to track prices and get the best deals. It sounds like an ad, but it’s not 😬
Hey Tom, I have a quick question. I'm told that UHS - 2 cards are better, which has 300/s speed and expensive as well. Does that UHS 1(170 speed) works better for 4k videos? If so I would rather by that. Please let me know what do you think. Thanks.
For the R specifically, I've had no issues with my 170mb/s V30 cards in 4K. But on the newer cameras, like the R5 or Sony a7SIII, the faster cards are a must.
if Sony doesnt come out with a flipout screen on the next A7 camera, Im switching to EOS R. Your R camera videos make me jealous.
The Sony ZV-1 with a "normal" flip out screen has me hopefully that Sony may have seen the light and will start bringing them to the higher end models.
My card says Forjon 🤓 Thanks for the tips!
See! I knew mine was wrong! 😉
The Enthusiasm Project 🤣
6:57 You must like blurred background. It is a little bit hard to do that with digital cameras, they tend to keep everything in focus especially on Auto focus.
I definitely love some nice bokeh. 👍
@@tombuck I just learned a new term, not what I have called the effect before.
0:18-0:22 how did you overlay the camera setting view? did you record using atomos ninja v then transition back and forth?
I used OBS and then transitioned back and forth 👍
@@tombuck that's a very fast reply, thanks! I did notice a difference in exposure and skin color during the transition out at 0:22, still, very informative.
Would you have your shutter that open for live streaming as well?
My shutter stays at either 1/50 (24fps) or 1/60 (30fps) during streams, and I do like to keep my aperture wide open, but that's 100% just a personal style preference.
@@tombuck thank you for your reply man
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Hy! What about c log 8 bit if you compare with standard profile?
You’ll definitely have more room to push colors around, but I don’t personally use log profiles very often.
@@tombuck thank you
I prefer my Canon Vixia HG 40 for all my video needs.
How do you upscale your 1080p to 4K in final cut pro x? What are your 4k settings?
I create my projects at 3840 x 1920 👍
@@tombuck Thank You!
Do you use the same camera and settings for Zoom call?
Mostly yes, although I’ve recently learned the the ATEM prefers 30fps, so I’ve been using that more often.
Did you see that episode where potato jet says he films in IPB🤯🤯🤯 and so does jesse driftwood 🤯🤯
I missed that! Kinda strange since those guys also go all in on huge cinema camera setups 🤔
@@tombuck I WAS SHOCKED. I suppose it makes sense if you are really good at lighting and have less colorful gradient backgrounds. To be clear Jesse Driftwood only uses IPB during talking segments and walk around vlogs because he says "no one can tell the difference." And then he laughed LOL. But, yea, in last Potato jet episode where he is talking about his new studio he just mentions it in passing that he uses IPB... When you think about it, before his eos r he was just using the 80D for studio and m50 for vlog. So the IPB of eosr is still an upgrade. I still record in ALL-I and CLOG for my studio, BUT I wonder if this is purely insecurity?? Like, I'm so worried that I don't understand lighting enough to trust myself? I'm gonna try IPB someday, but, I do worry about upscaling it. But, Potato and Jesse know what they are doing... so maybe they are right??
Those guys definitely know what they’re doing, but I really like ALL-I. I use IPB on my 6D since that’s all it has, and while the footage does look good, it doesn’t have the same clarity as the R. There are a lot of different things that could cause that, but I feel like using the best option available is a smart thing to do. 👍
Could you, if you have the time, real quick explain how you record from the HDMI out?
I connected the camera to my CamLink, and then just used OBS to do the actual recording. Worked great! 👍
@@tombuck thank you 😊👍🏻
Can you change sound settings while recording on EOS RP ??
Some settings yes and some no, it just depends on what you're trying to adjust.
@@tombuck trying to adjust the peak of the sound
I must say I am also worried that my CLOG footage will look worse than the standard one... I should try and compare them side by side!
Also do you upload your videos in advance?
I do, yes. I upload them as unlisted, order captions through Rev.com and then once those are done I schedule the video for when I want it to post. 👍
The Enthusiasm Project awesome! Those are some useful tips! Thanks as always!
Thanks for this video, I didnt know about the MF guidance.....
It’s so helpful!
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I know you are, but what am I? 😬
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Can anyone help me get the settings so I can export videos to Instagram for best quality possible
An Instagram Reel is 1080X1920, so you can create a project with that size in any editing software and if you record with the camera vertically, the footage should fit fine after you rotate it. Beyond that, these same settings should work great 👍
Or if you shoot anything for ABC; 720p 60.
Ha ha Format
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bit rate ?
so you addict 🤔🤔🤔