Good settings for Canon T3i?

ChrisMurphy

I recently purchased a Canon T3i to use for my film making classes. Apart from looks and effects achieved in post, what settings on the camera should I enable or change, that would give a good base image quality while shooting video?
What of the "image quality" settings?
Thanks!!

Triem23

If you don't go for Magic Lantern (you should) then you need to become familiar with how the camera functions. A lot of that will be down to personal taste or depending on the shot. For example, changing image settings to make your base footage more or less saturated. For a "film" look, you certainly want to shoot and set your shutter speed to 1/48. This is like a typical film camera with a 100% shutter. Otherwise, you are better off lighting your scene and lowering your ISO than shooting with a higher ISO.

GKDantas

I think every scene have a diferent setup because light is the key, but I really dont like too much to use Magic Lantern (learn the firmware first, then go to ML after), I use a flat preset for the image from Technicolor its the CineStyle:
http://www.technicolor.com/en/solutions-services/cinestyle
This give me a better image to grade then the default presets in Canon. I think this i a great help for filming.
About ISO you cant use a high value, T3i get a lot of grain very easy with low light situation, so set the Auto Lightining Optimizer to off to get more control over the image.
And when you could get a good lens, maybe the basic 50mm 1.8 that will give a very clear image (aperture 1.8 is amazing) but since its a croped sensor this lens will work almost as a 85mm so you will need a lot of room to get a full body shot.
Here is an example the T3i with 50mm lens, but I shot it in a Mall so I have a lot of room (maybe about 4 to 5 meters from subject to get full body)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj0YgtHP-_o

ChrisMurphy

Thanks!! This question is competley irrelevant but my t3i like auto Sleeps after a few seconds of not being used. Even in live view mode in video mode it sleeps if I don't press a button. How do I turn this off?

AxelWilkinson

You can adjust the Auto power off settings in the camera's menus.  I don't have a T3i, but in one of the menus with a Wrench icon, there should be an "Auto power off" option.

ChrisMurphy

Thanks!

GKDantas

Thats it! 2 minutes its a good time to save battery.

StormyKnight

I have a T2i and I set the frame rate at 24 per second. Looks very 'film'like not at all like video tape.
Does the T3i have the same type of settings?
If so- to get some good results in slow motion, try the 60 frames per second
and in post (HF), use the temporal effect.
Just a couple thoughts.