SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Have you considered shooting a movie and extracting an image? You can using DPP!
Canon expert Brian demonstrates how DPP makes it easy to shoot a movie at high frame rates and extract image
Movies with 4K resolution are part of the standard specification of the latest EOS cameras and, with high frame rates, it can be a tempting option to shoot action as a movie clip and extract a still frame from it afterwards. You just need to think about your Canon EOS camera settings if this is what you want to do.
4K movies are a series of 8MP JPEG images captured in a continuous stream captured at 25 frames per second (fps) and up to 120 fps. So it’s important to remember to make suitable camera settings for the movie file. A shutter speed that is suitable for a movie that plays back with smooth subject motion, will probably be too slow to allow a crisp frame to be extracted. The best option is to use Manual or Shutter priority exposure mode and choose the shutter speed as if you were capturing a still image.
In-Body Image Stabilization (IBIS) is best switched off to maximise the quality of the images captured. When you’ve filmed your movies, use Digital Photo Professional to view the files and extract the desired frames from the movie clips. You will capture a wider dynamic range if your camera can shoot in C-log, but it is still important to set the white balance and exposure correctly. Note the EOS R5 can capture 8K movies resulting in a still image with more than 30MP.
TRACK YOUR SHOT
STEP BY STEP HOW TO PROGRESS FROM FILM TO FRAME
ALTERNATIVELY USE THE RAW BURST MODE
Several EOS cameras now include a Raw burst shooting function, that captures a series of frames at the camera maximum frame rate. As the name suggests this series of frames are all Raw images and so the full capabilities of DPP can be employed when editing single frames from the Raw burst.
01 IDENTIFY FRAME
