Shooting Movies

The most recent Canon digital SLRs and (at this writing) one from Nikon (the D7000) can shoot full HDTV movies with monaural sound at 1920 × 1080 resolution. Your camera may also be able to shoot stereo sound if you plug in a microphone. In some ways, the camera’s movie mode is closely related to the digital SLR’s Live View still mode.

In fact, digital SLRs use Live View type imaging to show you the video clip on the LCD as it is captured. Many of the functions and setting options are the same, so the functions and setting options discussed elsewhere in this book will serve you well as you branch out into shooting movies with your camera.