Match video settings and image settings on Canon 550d

[David Loftus]

Hi guys,

 

bit of an amateur here but we are producing virtual tours and integrating video to the tour. I am using a canon 550d with 8mm fisheye, but the video quality is totally different to the images, is there a simple way to keep the settings, aperture wb etc exactly the same for both the video and the images?

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated 

 

David 

[Mozim]

What do you mean with "totally different"? In terms of sharpness, resolution etc the still image will look better than the video because the resolution is much higher, so there's a lot more fine detail, everything will look sharper etc. 

 

If you want your videos and still images to look the same, you should use the Manual mode for still images and apply the same settings to the video mode. The parameters that you adjust in video will be the same as in the stills mode. Make sure to match the Picture Style, White Balance, Shutter Speed, Aperture, Focal Length and ISO. For video you want to stick to a shutter speed of 1/60s, keep the ISO as low as possible and adjust the aperture accordingly. This will determine the brightness and the depth of field of your image. You can copy these values and apply them in the Manual stills mode. You should learn how Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO affect each other and then you shouldn't have any difficulties taking stills in the Manual mode and applying the same settings to the video mode.