Video Exposure Settings T4i

I am just experimenting with video for the first time. It looks like its best to switch off auto focus on this camera for video? What are the best exposure settings to use?

I would recommend you use manual focus, manual exposure. Switch off ALO and HTP because they interfere with the exposure and can introduce noise at higher ISO settings.

If you're shooting at 24fps set your shutter to 1/48 (or 1/50), and if you're shooting at 30fps set your shutter to 1/60. Control your exposure by changing your aperture and ISO.

I would also recommend you make a custom picture style based on the Neutral preset. Dial the contrast all the way down to zero, the sharpness all the way down to +1 from the left.

Have a look into Magic Lantern if you haven't already too.

Thank you very much Jo, that all sounds good.

Tell me, is it preferable to set ISO manually rather than select Auto?

markimage wrote in post #15547992
Tell me, is it preferable to set ISO manually rather than select Auto?

IMO, absolutely.

markimage wrote in post #15547992
Tell me, is it preferable to set ISO manually rather than select Auto?

Yes, otherwise you still won't get fully manual exposure.

Oooh, one more thing - get into the habit of white balancing (I'm terrible at remembering). Like Jpegs (and unlike Raw photos), video has the white balance 'baked in'.

If I understand correctly, the only way to adjust exposure while shooting video is to use auto ISO, but that's not recommended. So that means that each scene is shot with the same exposure?

JohnThomas wrote in post #15551471
If I understand correctly, the only way to adjust exposure while shooting video is to use auto ISO, but that's not recommended. So that means that each scene is shot with the same exposure?

No, you can adjust the aperture and shutter speed if you wish to.

You can adjust the ISO manually while shooting video as well.