In search of gaining more
control, I starting searching around the internet for ways around this and to
my delight I found one. Now I don’t
think this is something that would be exclusive to the T1i, and should work on
any DSLR that you can’t manually control your settings. I guess I should also give a disclaimer that
doing this technique could potentially end badly for your gear; trust me you’ll
figure out why; so you’ve been warned.
The first step is to be in AV (aperture
priority) mode. Here you’ll change your f
value to your liking, say f 2.8. The
next step will revile the danger in this technique. You’ll need to press the lens release button
located on the front of the camera next to where the lens connects, and turn
the lens enough to change the f value on the back display to 00. This should only require you to turn the lens
ever so slightly.
Taken from T1i User Manual
This will keep the aperture set
at your desired choice while the camera will still adjust ISO and exposure
speed for you.
Now switch your mode to video
mode. When you do this you’ll notice an
error message on the back of the camera.
To clear the message and to start
shooting simply press the ISO button and the record button at the same
time.
Now you are in business and you
can shoot video with that shallow dof look.
Just be very cautious about how you hold your camera as you don’t want
your lens to fall off. I’ve never had a
lens fall off yet, but just aware that it is a possibility.
Here are links to video’s I’ve shot
with my T1i using this technique:
No comments:
Post a Comment