Canon Community

burlesonj · 05-28-2014

I believe my camera is automatically refocusing using the AF, and it's causing intermittent blurring within the playback. The lens that I am using with the Canon EOS 70D is the EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STM When I playback the recording, I can physic...

burlesonj · 05-18-2014

Hello, I recently purchased a brand new Canon EOS 70D 20.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with the EF-S 18-135mm lens. I've noticed several times with the camera focused while recording in movie mode, the picture for a split second will go blurry and back in...

burlesonj · 06-05-2014

Yes...I will try the 24-70mm lens the next chance I get to shoot video. The 24-70mm (2.8 aperture) lens definitely is a step-up than the EF-S 18-135 lens that I have that came as part of the kit with the camera (3.5-5.6 aperture). I'll see if it make...

burlesonj · 06-05-2014

Thanks so much for the reply. I will try your suggestions as you indicated. It's funny that you mentioned to set the lens in AF and then switch to MF, as that was my line of thinking as well. Since I was shooting in outside conditions, I was not t...

burlesonj · 05-29-2014

Thanks for your reply. Are you saying that EF-S 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS STMlens is not beneficial in regards to locking focus? I have shot in a lot of dim light / low light situations. I do have the EF 24-70mm F2.8 Generation 2 Lens from Canon. Howe...

burlesonj · 05-19-2014

Yes...it does sound like it's refocusing. When I playback the recording, I can physically see the actual camera adjusting focus automatically, and it causes a major distraction since spur of the moment blurring is involved and in each case, it's abo...

Canon Community

User Statistics

User Activity

How can I best prevent from automatically refocusing during movie mode recording?

Canon EOS 70D Movie Recording Automatic Refocusing Issues

Re: How can I best prevent from automatically refocusing during movie mode recording?

Re: How can I best prevent from automatically refocusing during movie mode recording?

Re: How can I best prevent from automatically refocusing during movie mode recording?

Re: Canon EOS 70D Movie Recording Intermittent Blurs