I put the 70D straight into action, switching the focus to tracking mode and trusting in Canon’s claims. It’s also risky to attempt a static stand-up and impossible to record a moving one. Without a second camera operator it’s tough to guarantee focus while conducting an interview – you either concentrate on the focus or the interview. I like to work alone from a single backpack and DSLRs have proved an invaluable tool to cover both video and stills.
#Update software for canon 70d plus#
My stories generally entail shooting a video package, plus stills, graphics and text. My plan had been to read the instruction book once I had arrived but at 4,200 metres (13,700 feet) my head was starting to pound from the altitude and so I ditched the instructions and set off onto the grasslands to start my assignment. The camera arrived in Beijing just before I left for the airport to Yushu on the Tibetan plateau. After some fiddling, I did manage to connect it to the Canon App on my iPhone but only to shoot still images – there seems no obvious work around for video. “Movie recording disabled when wifi enabled” blinked at me on the back of the screen as I switched it on to start to monitor on my phone. I soon learned the wifi was not going to work. Secondly, built in wifi, which I hoped could use to monitor and control my interviews, POVs and stand-ups from my phone. Firstly the promise of smooth and accurate autofocus on a DSLR – a long awaited solution to all my focussing woes. There were two reasons I was first in line to buy the new Canon 70D.
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