How to Setup Your Canon 7D

Posted on September 27, 2010 in Cinematography | 2 Comments

Here is a video tutorial on how to setup your Canon 7D and create custom photo and video presets.

In addition to the custom picture settings, they cover a few hidden tips on how to setup your multi-controller direct button to quickly achieve auto focus, how to reverse the direction of your shutter and aperture dials, and how to fast forward and rewind video footage in the 7D. Along with covering the basic fundamental camera settings in the 7D along with the proper way to setup your shutter speed in video mode to obey the 180 degree rule.

VIA: Tyler Ginter

This tutorial is broken up into the following six sections:

00:00 – Introduction
00:33 – Setup Custom Photo Preset
06:50 – Setup Custom 1080P 24FPS Preset
10:03 – Setup Custom 720P 60FPS Preset
12:00 – Edit, Fast Forward, and Rewind
13:28 – Conclusion