To make changes to the Canon 4000D for video, you need to be in video mode, which is the last icon on the mode dial. This allows you to see through the LCD display screen on the back and is the only way you can record video. You cannot record videos through the viewfinder.

The rear screen gives you access to menu tabs that are dedicated to video, and the first thing you need to do is choose your video system. There are two video systems, one is NTSC and the other is PAL. NTSC tends to be the system that is operated in the United States and PAL tends to be the system that is operated in Europe and other parts of the world. There isn’t a huge difference between the two, however it does change the way the camera works ever so slightly when you start looking at frame rates. In NTSC, you get a frame rate option of 60 frames per second, or 30 frames per second, and when in PAL, you get a choice of 50 frames per second, or 25 frames per second.

The second thing to think about when shooting video with the Canon 4000D is file size and frame rate. These go together and are quite important because they will decide the quality of the videos you record. This camera is pretty good: it will capture 1080p, which is Full HD, and it will also capture 720, which is standard HD. Both are perfectly suitable for social media platforms. To make these changes, we go back to video menu two and the top option is the movie recording size. In that option we have four options. They depend on whether you have chosen NTSC or PAL. In NTSC, you will have the option of 30 or 60 frames per second. In PAL your choice will be 25 or 50 frames per second. I would choose 1920 by 1080 at 25 (or 30) or 1280 by 720 at 50 (or 60) frames per second.

The third thing you need to think about is exposure. When you shoot with a Canon EOS 4000D, you have many options. They are all on the mode dial. They range from fully manual, semi-automatic, and then fully automatic preset options, and in most cases the camera will try to get the best possible exposure for the images you’re taking, within the parameters of the preset modes you’ve chosen for movies. you have two options. You can shoot automatic or you can shoot manually. With auto for video, the camera will try to get the best possible exposure for you. In many cases it works very well. If you enter the manual mode, you can change the parameters, as if you were taking pictures. Enter the video menus. Video exposure is in video menu one at the top. This offers two options: automatic or manual. Go to manual mode and you will be able to control the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. You can see these settings at the bottom of the screen. To change shutter speed, turn the main dial on top of the camera. You can move the aperture up and down by pressing the AV button on the back of the camera and turning the main dial. In fact, you can change both settings while recording the video or of course before. However, you can’t change the ISO when you’re shooting live video, you have to change the ISO by going to the quick control button and changing it in the options here as if you were taking stills.

The fourth thing to consider is the sound, now that the Canon 4000D does not have an external microphone jack, it only has an internal microphone. So sound recording can be a bit limited with this camera, but if you go into the menus and video menu 2 then the second down is sound recording. You can set that to one of three options: you can have automatic, manual, or disable. I would choose between automatic or manual.

When you’re shooting video, you’re shooting through the rear screen and that means the autofocus system will be a bit slower than when you’re taking stills. It has a couple of good options for autofocus when you’re shooting video. In video one menu go to AF method and then you will see it has flexizone which is single focus shooting. When you press the shutter button, the camera focuses and doesn’t change focus until you press the shutter button again. The advantage of that is that you can focus while recording at the same time and that can be very useful. The second option is called live mode and it is quite useful because it has facial recognition that can make focusing easier. The third option is fast mode and it tries to be faster by bouncing the mirror around inside the camera and using the viewfinder system to focus. But obviously you can’t operate fast mode while you’re shooting a video.

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