Video off T2i

<p>Recently purchased a T2i. I just picked up a class 6 Lexar card for it to make sure the video doesn't bottle up. Anyway when I record at full 1920x1080 at 30fps, any fast moves causes a stutter in the frames. It did this while I was recording, so its not the card. Anyway do people notice choppiness when recording fast moves with this camera when doing video? Are these cameras only designed for slow movements and slow subjects? I don't see any setting to fix something like this.</p>

<p>I have a 5D2 and noticed a stutter on fast movement, usually while panning. I looked in to it and heard that it is the result of shooting at a high shutter speed. The information was that you should shoot video at 1/60 sec and use whatever combination of aperture, ISO and/or ND filters to get there.<br>

I have not tried it and I may be all wet.<br>

Anyone?</p>

<p>Any fast panning of the camera will result in chopiness. That's an inherent feature of the way the sensor records data and is the same for all DSLR cameras. The sensor records data for each frame by scanning from top to bottom rather than all pixels at once. Therefore, fast panning can actually appear to "bend" your subject.</p>

<p>Ideally you need to shoot in manual mode and lock in a shutter speed double that of the frame rate i.e. 1/60sec if you're shooting at 30fps, 1/50 sec for 25fps etc. Balance up the exposure by adjusting the aperture and ISO. For shallow DoF in bright light you'll often have to use ND filters to get the correct exposure and maintain the shutter speed.</p>

<p>The slower the frame rate the more careful you have to be when panning. This is no different to the motion picture industry. You won't see many fast pans in movies.</p>

<p>BH Photo has a nice series they did on HDSLR Video by a guy who uses 5D and 7D's to shoot commercials and music video's. Although I will never use my 7D for such adventures(yet), it was still great info. He talks about the shutter settings like Jamie mentioned. <br>

<a href="http://www.hdslrhub.bhphoto.com/?cm_sp=HDSLR-_-HURLBUT-_-Go2Episode">http://www.hdslrhub.bhphoto.com/?cm_sp=HDSLR-_-HURLBUT-_-Go2Episode</a></p>