Experimenting with full HD Video

Full HD video is now available on Canon DSLR cameras. In this tutorial we take you through the many advantages of this feature on an EOS camera as opposed to a dedicated video camera. We also show you how you can use different lenses to achieve interesting effects on your video, as you would with your photos.

Other tutorials

Find out more about the Canon EOS products in this tutorial.

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Full HD

Full 1080p High Definition.

DSLR

Digital Single-Lens Reflex.

Macro lenses

Lenses for shooting close-ups.

Fish eye lens

A wide angle lens that takes in an extremely wide, hemispherical image.

Long lenses

Lenses whose focal length is longer than 50mm. Such lenses are effective for shooting faraway subjects, making them look closer.