Canon XL1 3CCD Manual

A SERVICE OF

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Duringashootyou’dmakedecisionsaccordingtowhat’simportantintheshot.Inotherwords,your

choiceindepthoffieldwouldbedeterminedbyyouroutcomesfortheshot.The

cinematographer/directorneedstoaskwhattheshotisbeingcomposedfor;whatpurposeitisto

serve;whatmessageitistogetacross.Variousconnotationscanbeachievedbymanipulatingdepth

offieldinthisway.

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3.CameratoObjectDistance

IntermsofDOF:

‐Thecloserthecameraistotheobject,themoreshallowtheDOF.

‐Thefurtherawaythecameraisfromtheobject,thegreatertheDOF.

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ASIDE

SHUTTER 

Becarefulwhenusingtheshuttertomanipulateyourpicture!

Whatit’sfor:

‐Togetthemaximumamountoflightcomingthroughindifficultlightingsituations.Essentially

playingwiththeshutterisamanipulationoftheframerate.

Howitworks:

‐Thehighertheshutterspeed,thechoppiertheimage,andthelowertheshutterspeedthesmoother

theimage.

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inbothofthesescenarioshavingtheshutterspeedtoohighortoolowcanresultinastrange

picture.

Forexample,toohighashutterspeedcangiveajumpypicture,whiletoolowashutterspeedcan

createasmeareffect(notunlikethefeatherededgeeffectinpost).

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FOCUS 

Tips:

‐Auto‐focussetting

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thistakesthemid‐pointasthepointoffocus.

Soifyouwanttofocusonaspecificthing,makesureit’sdeadcentre,pushAF,andthat’llbeyour

focus.Thisfocusshouldstayonceyou’vemovedthecamera.