Friday, January 31, 2014

Tip Time: Silent touch control with EOS 5D Mark III

The EOS 5D Mark III features a Silent Touch Control pad on the quick command dial, found on the back of the camera.
During movie shooting, this is used to adjust settings such as audio recording level and aperture without the risk of causing clicks to be recorded on the audio track. For adjusting the audio level live, it is very effective, however if you adjust the aperture, you should pay particular attention to the audio track afterwards as you may find the internal microphone has picked up the sound of the motor driving the aperture blades. To avoid this, use an external microphone that will not pick up the lens motor.

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