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		<title><![CDATA[Forums - Bricks in Motion - Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent posts in Canon EOS 550D.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/219636/#p219636</link>
			<description><![CDATA[to add to all this stuff, here's one last thing i forgot to mention.
turn off the auto lighting optimizer.  it's basically a feature that will give the camera power to override manual settings if it thinks the scene is too bright or too dark. 
ok, first hit the menu button and go to the second "tab" and select Auto Lighting Optimizer
[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/1ln52.jpg[/img]
next, turn it to off and hit ok
[img]http://i51.tinypic.com/2eozlld.jpg[/img]f]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (StanTheLegoMan)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/219619/#p219619</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi all, I have similar problems with flicker, even when shooting with ISO, Aperture, shutterspeed and whitebalance all on manual. I came across a solution that works 99% of the time. 

-Set your aperture to something like 5.6 or 8
-Set EVERYTHING to manual
-Press the 'Depth of Field Preview' button
-While holding it in, press the lens release button, and twist the lens until your aperture is displayed as 00. 

At this stage, the lens is disconnected from the body, and the aperture wont have the fractional differences between exposures. 

I've shot hundreds of timelapses this way, and there seems to be no ill effects on the camera body or lens.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (timeflies)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/218558/#p218558</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Don't know about it software-wise, but it's a full 100% manual camera, if you set it up to be. Beware of your lamps (they can't flicker). If you keep aperture and shutter speed at fix levels, there shan't be any flicker. You should get it tethered to the computer.

Also, if you don't have experience in pro photography, either think it through, or do heavy research.



Best of luck. PM me if needed.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[filipejrsmonteiro@gmail.com (FilipeJMonteiro)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 19:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/218528/#p218528</link>
			<description><![CDATA[whoa Stan, you got the camera? Good for you! Excepting to see some good animations from you soon!

When I get home, I will look at what you have said and give you some more feedback :)

~Storm]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (DWStorm)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 14:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/218416/#p218416</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oh, don't you need Nikon lenses for a Canon DSLR to not have any light flicker?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[anynameproductions@hotmail.com (pacific)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/218412/#p218412</link>
			<description><![CDATA[i just got this camera, so i think i know what your problem is.
1. make sure the aperture is as wide open as possible (f/3.5 if you're zoomed out or f/5.6 if you're zoomed in)
2. keep the iso as low as possible
3. compensate with the shutter speed until you get a good brightness.

if you need 10 seconds to take one picture it could be because your aperture wasn't open very wide (at like f/22).  or it could be because the iso is too low for the lighting conditions.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (StanTheLegoMan)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 13:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/218394/#p218394</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Okay, I have been doing loads of tests these past couple of weeks.
I found that if I put the shutterspeed to real slow there is no lightflicker :D 
Except I lose motivation because it take at least 10 seconds to take one picture...
Oh and changing the apuarture did not work out too good, lightflicker D:

Any other ways?]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (DWStorm)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 06:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216860/#p216860</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Here's a tip to avoiding light flicker caused by you moving: Never stand (or sit) parallel to your set wall. Move yourself over to the left or right of your set.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (minifig051)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 22:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216766/#p216766</link>
			<description><![CDATA[To add to Stan's post, I wouldn't always keep the aperture as high as possible. It depends on what look you want to achieve. High aperture will get you little depth of field - if that is what you want, great, but if not then you should keep the aperture low, meaning you would have to select a high figure (for example an f-stop of 6). 

Generally speaking, I would at first determine the aperture before shooting. Then, you need to increase or decrease shutter speed in order for your image to be correctly lit, neither underexposed nor overexposed. Well, and then the focus has to be set. ISO should be as low as possible all the time (gets you a higher quality image with as little noise as possible).

Good luck with your new DSLR, I'm kind of jealous. :)]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[anynameproductions@hotmail.com (pacific)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 15:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216762/#p216762</link>
			<description><![CDATA[make sure you're on [b]manual[/b]
[img]http://www.dentaldigitalphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/canon-t2-manual-setting.png[/img]
you'll have to adjust the shutter speed, aperture, and iso manually.  keep the iso as low as possible, keep the aperture as "high" as possible (even though it'll show a smaller number -- something like f/3.5 should do fine) and play with the shutter speed until it looks right.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (StanTheLegoMan)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216749/#p216749</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Build a wall out of neutral coloured bricks - tans or greys. Shoot one frame of just the wall. Leave everything exactly the same but put something white in the shot so that it takes up about 1/3 of the frame. Shoot another frame. Compare the two frames. If your wall has changed colour or brightness, some automatic adjustment has taken place. If not, you just need to stay really still while filming.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (0ldScratch)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216718/#p216718</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a tiny bit of natural light, but everything else is powered by lamps. But like I said before, when I do not touch the set, nothing happens, its when I start animating, the lightflicker flicks up.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (DWStorm)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 05:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216630/#p216630</link>
			<description><![CDATA[About your light flicker...do you have the main light in your room on (and behind you)? If so, your only light source should be the lamp(s) that you have lighting up your set and your set only.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (minifig051)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216554/#p216554</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Indeed it would! Rather a lot of money in my case...

I am now having lightflicker problems. However I don't think it is the lense. Because whenever I stay still without doing ANY animation it has no lightflicker but it is as soon as I start I have this problem. So I'm going to go back to the basics, black shirt, standing in the same spot while animating etc...Seeing if that works :DD]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (DWStorm)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 14:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Canon EOS 550D]]></title>
			<link>https://bricksinmotion.com/forums/post/216131/#p216131</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[quote=Filmfire96]Would [url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sigma-70-300mm-f4-5-6-Macro-Canon/dp/B000AM7CJ0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1302627589&sr=8-4] this[/url] be any good?[/quote]
for brickfilming... probably not.  it's a telephoto lens, which basically means that it's always zoomed in.  so for cinematography, you really don't want that.  you want to have a good balance of being zoomed in or zoomed out. 
[url=http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=nikon+18-55mm&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=13618179693673806512&sa=X&ei=uZnOTffXBObr0QGLk5WXDg&ved=0CIUBEPMCMAE&biw=1218&bih=640#]this[/url] would be a great lens for brickfilming.]]></description>
			<author><![CDATA[dummy@example.com (StanTheLegoMan)]]></author>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 15:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
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