Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product EOS 7D HDMI Canon
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User Guide: Canon E OS 7D HDMI captur e V ersion 1.0 Syndic ate Ent e rtainmen t AB www .s yndicat e.se Disclaimer: This document is pr ovided without any guarantees or warranty . Any action taken, based on information in this document, is the sole r esponsibility of the r eader .
Introduction The Canon EOS 7D is a great camera to film full HD material with. However , the material you get on the Compact Flash memor y card is compressed using H.264 at a bitrate that might be to low for certain scenarios and with 4:2:0 chroma encod ing, sometimes resulting in somewhat block y primary colors.
Go to the Captur e Pr esets tab and scroll down until y ou find the first entr y starting with ”Matrox MXO2 Mini – Apple ProRes 422 (HQ)”. Select it and click the Duplicate... button. A new window will open with the capture settings. Rename the preset to ”Matrox MXO2 Mini – 7D” and fill in an appropiate description.
In the QuickT ime Audio Settings set the device to None . The Canon EOS 7D does not transmit audio over the HDMI cable so there is no point in w asting valuable processing power on audio. Speciall y if you are on a MacBook. Once this is done click OK on ever ything until you're back in regular Final Cut Pro.
Processing the captured video The output from the final processing takes time and produces ver y large fi les. It is therefor recommended that you edit your film first and then onl y process the takes you really need to process.
An important point after buying a device Canon EOS 7D HDMI (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Canon EOS 7D HDMI yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Canon EOS 7D HDMI - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Canon EOS 7D HDMI you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Canon EOS 7D HDMI will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Canon EOS 7D HDMI, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Canon EOS 7D HDMI.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Canon EOS 7D HDMI. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Canon EOS 7D HDMI along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
