topic Re: shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2 in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2

peterduran — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:11:37 GMT

Hi, this may be a daft question, but I have watched so many videos about setting up for filming wildlife, I have chosen three settings C1 C2 C3, but what about shutter speed?

I was told to use at least twice the shutter speed as frame rate, but do I have to keep going into stills mode to change shutter speed? I cannot seem to see a way to set shutter speed and have it as a preset, or even how to change it at all in video.

On my clog2 preset, at 39 frames a second, the shutter speed and aperture flash at first, aperture options will be often be limited by me using the 200-800 f9 lens, so I have to zoom at often, but at present I'm having to set shutter before going into video.

I use C14KU fine, at 23.98 frames a second, intra, C log2
C2, 4KU at 49.94 frames a second, intra
C3 2KD at 119 frames a second, cropped, LGOP
I can actually change shutter speed in C3, using rolling shutter control, I use for stills, but not the other two.

Re: shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2

shadowsports — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:46:26 GMT

Greetings,

If not already done, please download and review the product manual for your camera.

https://cam.start.canon/en/C017/manual/html/index.html

On the R5 mkII, in order to adjust the shutter speed in movie mode you have to be in Manual or Tv mode.

180° Rule: For natural motion blur, set your shutter speed to double your frame rate (e.g., 60fps = 1/120s or 1/125s)

I need a few minutes to reverse engineer your custom function settings. 😂

Are you shooting in NTSC or PAL?

Re: shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2

peterduran — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:59:34 GMT

Thank you for the reply, I'm shooting in NTSC, one of my hopes is to be able to do nice slo-mo from the 119 frames a second, and 59 frames a second, my frame rate settings have changed a little, but I have had some results too blurry, and some that look too choppy, like a series of stills. It is not just for the slo-mo, I hadn't realised how important it is, or even thought about it at all, until I started using video.

Re: shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2

stevet1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:06:23 GMT

peterduran,

I'm pretty sure I have this right, but if I don't, I don't mind if someone corrects me.

The fps, or frames per second are the number of individual still photos that your video can capture in a second, i.e. 24 or 30, etc.

Your shutter speed is the length of time each frame is exposed to the light. 1/30th of a second, or 1/60th of a second, etc.

Just as in still photography, a real slow shutter speed can introduce motion blur, and a real fast shutter speed like 1/500th or 1/1000th, of a second can freeze that motion.

If you are gett8ng blurry motion, your shutter speed may be too slow for the frame rate you are using.

If you are getting a staccato effect, your shutter speed may be too fast for the frame rate you are using.

The most natural flow of motion is to use a shutter speed twice your frame rate, or close to it.

If 1/60th of a second it's letting in too much light, and your video is overexposed, a lot of photographers will either narrow down their aperture, or use 3 stop neutral density filter to cut down on the amount of light coming in.

Slow motion doesn't come from shooting at 120fps per second per se..It comes from playing that video back at 24 or 30fps.

Steve Thomas

Re: shutter speed settings for video R5 mk2

Waddizzle — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:38:06 GMT

Welcome to the community!

Your understanding of how the custom shooting modes ( C1, C2, C3 ) work. The shutter speed and other camera settings are whatever you predefined them to be.

If you have not already done so, use the link Rick provided above to download an electronic version of the User Guide as a PDF.

When you use a custom shooting mode, the user must setup all camera settings, including shutter speed.