Video/Film With Canon 60D

The word “film” in the title of the post needs some explaining. One of the reasons I was excited about the prospect of being able to record video with a Canon 60D (or T3i or 5D Mark II) was that the “look” of video from these cameras is capable of resembling the look of film movies. With the larger than typical sensors and the ability to use high quality, wide aperture lenses these cameras can achieve the kind of look you might normally see in a film shot with much more expensive cameras. I have begun exploring the possibilities for video with this camera and I’ve only scratched the surface; however, that’s not going to keep me from posting some examples of my work so far.

Both of my efforts so far can be seen on Vimeo.com. The first video “Flow” was a good way to tie together some of the test video I had been shooting which involved motion – from flowing water to flowing traffic.

Flow