PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

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PhotoPlus EXPERT

BRIAN WORLEY

CANON PRO

Brian is a freelance photographer and photo tutor, based in Oxfordshire. He has unrivalled EOS DSLR knowledge, after working for Canon for over 15 years, and is on hand to answer all your EOS and photographic queries

I want to give video a try, but which resolution and frame rate is best to use?
Peter Everard, Oxfordshire

BRIAN SAYS… For stills most people opt for the maximum resolution, but for video this can make the editing process much harder than it needs to be. If you simply want to share some video on social media, then FullHD 1920 x 1080 pixels is sufficient. Shoot in 4K or higher if you playback on 4K monitors, though you’ll need more computer power to work with 4K footage as it has four times as much data in each frame as FullHD.

25fps is the standard frame rate, while 50fps or more allows you to retime the movie down to 25fps for slow motion effects. EOS cameras have very high quality movies designed for a wide range of editing so if you only need to combine a few clips, then choose

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