Canon EOS 7D Instruction Manual page 153

Using Manual Exposure
Shutter speed : Turn the <6> dial. The settable shutter speeds
Aperture
ISO speed
AE lock and exposure compensation cannot be set.
If <Q> is set and the ISO speed or aperture changes during movie
shooting, the white balance may also change.
If you shoot a movie under fluorescent lighting, the movie image might
flicker.
With the ISO speed set to Auto, you can shoot a movie as if it were in
aperture-priority AE mode (fixed aperture, standard exposure).
If [8C.Fn II -3: Highlight tone priority] is set to [1: Enable], the
settable ISO speed range will be ISO 200 - 6400.
When shooting a movie of a moving subject, a shutter speed of 1/30 sec.
to 1/125 sec. is recommended. The faster the shutter speed, the less
smooth the subject's movement will look.
Changing the aperture during movie shooting is not recommended since
variations in the exposure, due to the drive of the lens aperture, will be
recorded.
If you playback the movie with "Shooting information display" (p.163), the
shooting mode, shutter speed, and aperture will not be displayed. The
image information (Exif) will record the settings used at the start of the
movie.
When the shooting mode is <a> (p.102), you can
manually set the shutter speeds, aperture, and ISO
speeds shown below and shoot a movie. Using manual
exposure to shoot movies is for advanced users.
depend on the frame rate <9>.
• 7 / 8
• 4 / 5 / 6 : 1/4000 sec. - 1/30 sec.
: Set the Quick Control Dial switch to <J>, and turn the
<5> dial.
: Press the <m> button, then turn the <6> dial.
• Manual setting range : 100 - 6400
• Auto ISO range
: 1/4000 sec. - 1/60 sec.
: 100 - 6400
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