This is your beginner's guide to the Canon r100 the r100 is one of the best Beginner-friendly and budget cameras That you can get but in order to get the Results you actually want you have to Know how to properly use this camera so In this video I'm going to show you Every single button setting and dial That you need to know on how to get the Best possible results plus a bonus tip On how to take this beginner friendly Camera and make it look like a pro Camera let's get into it first of all we Have the outside of the camera at the Top you have your shutter button right Here then right here this little button With the dot is your video record button So if you hit this button at the front That's black you're going to take a Photo if you hit this button you're Going to take a video and this right Here is the mode dial this has the Different modes that you need to know For different types of shooting Scenarios and I'll get into that later In the video but for now we're just Going to leave it on M and that is Manual and this way we get the most Amount of control over a camera and this In my opinion is also going to give you The best possible results and right Above the mode doll is actually a little Wheel that you can click left and right Like this and this can be used to change
Different settings on your camera and Also navigate the menus as you'll see Later on and right next to this is the On and off button this is pretty Self-explanatory okay and at the front Of the camera you have the lens so over Here you actually have this button if You hold it down and then you twist the Lens over it will actually take the lens Off and then at the top of the lens you Actually have this red line if you match It up with the red line on the camera You twist it back and your lens is back On now to actually use this lens you'll Notice that in the default mode it's Just kind of stuck over here and in this Mode the lens will not work so you Actually have to grab the lens and turn It this way it will extend but now You're actually able to use the lens and On this you have your focal length Markers 18 mil is for the wide and over Here is the 45 which is for detail and Close-up shots one thing to note is that Your aperture aka the amount of light This lens lets in will change depending On the focal lens if you want the most Amount of light you want to keep it at The 18 if you're okay with a little less Light because you need a tighter shot The 45 will give you the best results And if we flip this camera over you'll Notice you have your battery compartment If you move this switch to the left they
Should just pop open and to insert your Battery you want to make sure you have These gold contact points at the bottom So you want to flip this over and put it In this way but sometimes you'll notice The battery won't go in so flip it this Way And boom battery in make sure that Plastic piece right there is on top of It next to that is a little hole for Your SD card this is what's going to Store all of your photos and videos you Want to take your SD card make sure These gold contact points are facing the Back of the camera and push this in and Your SD card is in and done you are now Ready to shoot but if you want to get The best results you got to make sure This camera is on the right settings Also if you want to learn how to take Your photos and videos to the next level Whether you're shoo shooting on a Canon R50 or really any camera there's Actually a video with seven simple tips That will make your photos and videos Better within the outwork and you can Find it in the description down below so Be sure to check that out and at the Very top you actually have a flash so You can simply take your finger move it Up and your flash will activate and now When you take photos a flash will go off If you close it there will be no flash And this little guy right here is your
Electronic viewfinder this is the Eyepiece that you look through if you Want to put the camera up to your face Some photographers enjoy shooting that Way but you know I feel like a lot of People just prefer to use the rear LCD Screen but it is there if you need it Next to it you'll see a little hole that Is actually your proximity sensor I Believe that's what it's called but Basically there's nothing in this Electronic viewfinder until you put it Up to your face this way you save Battery life now if you wear glasses or You have bad Visions like myself at the Bottom of this is actually a slider if You guys can see that and that slider is Basically going to help sharpen up the Image if you have bad vision and this is Really useful for people that wear Glasses now on the back of the camera You have quite a few buttons but I'm Going to go over every single one of Them so first up is the info button and This really determines what shooting Style you like if you press info Different bits of information will come Up and you know right now you just see a Black screen that's CU I don't have a Lens on the camera so you can have Nothing on the screen and just see what You're shooting but uh you can also have This where all of your basic settings Will come up and you actually use the
Electronic viewfinders to see what your Camera's seeing um with this you can see What your camera is seeing with all the Uh settings on top of it you can get a More advanced version of that even with A histogram at the top now if you're Just starting off with cameras and You're like a pure beginner make sure to Pick the right info setting for yourself Because this is going to determine your Shooting style some people become better Photographers because they just use the Electronic viewfinder to uh composer Images but some people maybe if they're Shooting video they like to use the real LCD screen with the histogram on there So they get the right exposure really Play around and see what style works Best for you and over here at the bottom You have your playback button which is a Little triangle if you hit this whatever You've taken photos of will come up and Over here if you press this button you Can actually use that to zoom in and if You guys are wondering what that is that Is actually my YouTube setup and if you Press this button here at the top you Will zoom out so you can zoom in and Then out and if you keep zooming out you Will actually be able to see all of your Photos taken all at once don't mind the Question marks I this camera the SD card Came out of a different camera but this Way you can quickly see everything that
You've shot and quickly scroll through Whatever you want to look at it this way If you have hundreds of images on your Camera can quickly find it without Having to scroll through every single One of them but just so you guys know if You are just regularly in your U Playback you can actually use this Button up here at the top and you can Use that to scroll through your images But at the same time if you're uh this Is probably obvious if you're looking Through images and you hit left and Right on this d-pad you can also scroll Through which is probably a good time to Talk about the d-pad so this d-pad right Here can actually click in Left Right Top and down I hope I'm not blocking That with my finger and there's a button Right here at the middle for your quick Menu which I'll show you guys how to use But let's go over the more basic Settings first if you press right a Flash menu will come up and if you click Left or right you can choose flash on or Off but in my experience just generally If you open the flash as I showed you Guys earlier if you just open it here it Will automatically go to uh flash on Even if you have the setting off now if I click this d-pad up right here you'll Notice this little yellow icon pops Around and what this actually is it's The scroll wheel at the top and when I
Go scroll left or right it will change These numbers now on the left you Actually have your shutter speed so if I Change that that moves if I click it Again next to that is f00 I don't have a Lens on this otherwise you would see a Number if I go left and right that will Open or close your aperture and that Aperture determines how much light is Coming into your camera now if I click Left on this d-pad right here this will Bring up your ISO menu and ISO is Extremely important in making sure You're getting the best image possible ISO is essentially the sensitivity of Your camera but every camera has a peak Sensitivity or a sweet spot for Something like the Canon r100 you Probably want to be somewhere between 400 to 800 maybe a th000 if you're Pushing it 12,50 if if you're pushing it 1,600 you're getting a lot of grain 2,000 out of this world 3200 unusable But you could probably still use it if You don't care about the grain but if You want to get like the crispest image You want to go between 400 to 800 if you Just want to get a photo of something And you don't care really about the Quality like it's just like a photo of Like something random on vacation you Can go as high as600 or 3200 it won't Really matter now lastly if I press down On this d-pad it's going to bring up one
Of your most important settings and that Is is how fast you want to shoot first Up you have single shooting and then you Have continuous shooting this is where It's shooting Non-Stop and this is the Mode where it's going to shoot as fast As possible and then next up you have Self timer self time basically it's Going to countd down from 10 seconds and Then it's going to take a photo and next To that you have self timer two seconds And then next to that you have self Timer continuous what this is going to Do is you can choose how many shots you Want and then it's going to countdown And it's basically going to take that Many photos for you now you're probably Wondering what happens if I push the Middle button well let's press it Because this actually brings out one of My favorite features in this camera and That is the quick menus this is going to Allow you to access all of your major Settings the ones that you need to Regularly change in a quick menu it's Just going to all be there and you can Navigate this menu just using the d-pad So let's go over what each of these Icons does and what settings they Control because these settings are Really important to making sure you get The best possible results with your Camera so over here on the left side You'll see a little face with a square
On it this is for face tracking and over On the top you'll see if I hit info it Will enable and disable something this Is actually enabling and disabling your Eye tracking I recommend always keeping It on now if I go to the right here You'll see spot AF when I click into This you'll see a little square and that Square determines where your auto focus Is sitting now if I click over one you Get one point AF it's simply a bigger Square it's really not that much of a Difference in terms of performance for Autofocus but I would say the spot AF is A little bit more precise because it's Smaller and when this uh 1. AF I'd Recommend using this for like bigger Targets like maybe faces or like details On something now if you click over You'll get Zone AF and you'll get an Even bigger scare as you can tell the Squares are getting bigger but this way This is a better um autofocusing mode For something that just simply is bigger And doesn't need to be as precise um What I would say is that for something Like spot AF this is better for product Photography and then something like Zone AF is maybe better for portraits or Animals or like if you're getting just Some like some kind of like logo on Something it's really about like Whatever you're shooting okay and Underneath that is a really important
Setting and that is one shot or Servo This is actually your autofocus setting With one shot this is for something That's not moving it's simply going to Get autofocus and then stop take a photo Now with Servo when you click into that It's going to constantly be getting Autofocus it's going to constantly make Making sure that if the subject moves The autofocus moves with it and this is Better for moving subjects now Underneath that is your drive mode or How fast you're shooting and we've Already cover you can already access it Using this button right here but it's Also available through the quick menu You've got your single shooting Continuous shooting self-timer Self-timer 2 seconds and then self-timer Continuous and then if you press info You can change the number of shots here Now right underneath that is metering Mode and this is more of an old school Way of shooting if you still like to use A light meter but basically right here At the bottom you'll see these numbers In the middle is when your photo is Properly exposed so if you're shooting With it if this if there's an arrow in The middle that means you're properly Exposed if it's a little to the left You're underexposed if you're a little To the right it's Overexposed means it's Too bright and the way your camera
Determines that is through its metering Mode so now when we go into metering Modes you'll see that there's a bunch Available so the first one is evaluative Metering as you can see they literally Tell you what it is so I swear I know What these are I'm not just reading the Menus but basically this is for like General scenes where like you have Dramatically different lighting Something is bright something is dark And it kind of tries to take the entire Scene into account when uh choosing the Ex when telling you if it's too bright Or too dark next to that is partial Metering this is best for bright Backgrounds such as with backlit Subjects so if you have a really bright Light behind you this way it's going to Make sure that it's just looking at the Subject and not determining it based on What's behind it behind this is spot Metering this is what I really use this Is where it just basically takes Whatever is in the center of that square Right there the circle is your um light Is your metering mode basically it's Going to take a look at exactly what's There and be like if that's too bright Or too dark and it'll tell you I Personally just like to judge exposure Based on my eye and then what I actually Prefer to do is just kind of hit info And use the histogram at the top um I
Have a video on the channel on how to Use histograms I recommend checking it Out but uh right next to that is Center Weighted and basically what that is it's Going to just look at whatever is inside That little box right there and it's Just going to kind of be like it's a Little bright here it's a little dark There and it'll kind of give you its Best guess now this is a really Important one and this is your image Quality so depending on if you're a Casual shooter or Pro shooter this is Going to make a pretty big difference Inside of this you'll see a bunch of Different options for what quality it Should be and there's actually two Different ways to change your quality I'll show you the second one later but Basically you can go between um large With the little semicircle next to it And that's going to give you the best Quality jpegs next to that is large with A little staircase that's slightly less Quality and the next to that is medium What this set what this means it's not Medium quality it's actually reducing The pixels in your jpeg so this is only Going to take 11 megapixel photos now Here's the key thing SD cards are Getting bigger and bigger every year if You bought a camera like this there is No reason to ever ever ever shoot Anything below large because you're not
Saving that much space and you're Basically not using quality that you Paid for so I'm not even going to go Over the other settings I recommend only Ever using large now if you hit info You'll bring up your raw settings now Raw settings are really important and There's also a really major mistake that A lot of people make here so when you're Shooting raw you're actually taking all Of the data that your camera sees Throwing none of it away so you can edit That photo later if you're not planning On editing your photos do not shoot raw It actually makes it so your camera Cannot take as many photos in a row Before it needs a break so in raw mode You can only shoot seven photos in a row Whereas if you're just shooting jpeg you Can take anywhere between 28 to 42 Photos in a row depending on how fast They shooting so if you're not planning On editing do not shoot raw but if You're like me and you like to shoot raw Here's another mistake that a lot of People make is that once you're in raw Mode you'll notice that there's two Settings there's raw and there's CW if You have a slower computer Compu I Recommend choosing raw this is going to Give you the maximum data that it Possibly can CW is actually going to Give you less sorry um it's going to Give you the same amount of data but
It's going to compress that data and Computers nowadays are getting faster And faster but if you have somewhat of a Slower computer this is actually going To make it harder for your computer to Open up these files because it actually Has to decompress these photos before it Can work with them so if you have a Slower computer I actually recommend Shooting raw it takes up more space but If you're a faster computer you can Shoot CW which is compact raw it'll take Up less space but your faster computer Can handle it also if you like this Video on the Canon R50 and you want to Learn how to take your photos and videos To the next level I highly recommend Checking out the camera boost course or The seven simple tips video for better Photos and videos within the hour the Camera boost course is going to teach You everything from a beginner level to An advanced level it's going to teach You how to set up your camera how your Camera actually works so you can make Any camera out there look good but more Importantly how to actually edit your Photos and videos so they look Professional and there's a bonus module On the creative side of things so you Can actually take your photos and videos From just being content to actually Being professional work or art and you Can check out the camera boost course or
The seven simple tips video in the Description down below now the next Setting underneath that is your movie Record size and this is really important For video people so as I click left and Right you'll notice there's 1920 x 1080 At 50 frames per second 1920 x 1080 at 25 and then there's 1280 x 7 20 at 50 Frames per second there's two things to Discuss here and there's one problem as Well that video Shooters often run into With this camera and I'm going to go Over all of them so your resolution Which is in this case 1920 x 1080 is Essentially the quality of your video This is how many you know like little Pixels in your video resolution is a bit Complicated to explain but basically you Want to shoot at the highest resolution You possibly can now you'll notice this Only has 1920 x 1080 but this camera can Shoot 4K here's the thing if I flip this Camera upside down you'll notice that Mode dial is set to manual in order to Get 4k I have to make sure this is in Video mode and now when I go back here To my quick menus you'll actually notice The quick menu changes because video Settings are slightly different it Actually just takes away certain Settings from you it the major settings Aren't too different so don't worry About it looking different but when now When I go into here now I can choose
Movie record size 4K 25 50 25 and once Again 50 next to that you also have Frame rates now frame rates are often Really confusing for people so I'm in Pal right now which means I'm in Europe And I can only record 50 frames per Second if you're an ntsc which as in You're in America you can actually Record up to 60 frames per second but Basically your frames is how many photos Per second your your camera is taking And then putting them together into Video because video is essentially just Photos taken back toback really really Fast and it creates the illusion of Video so with video if you're shooting In 50 frames per second that's good for Two things one by having a higher frame Rate you'll get smoother motion and this Way your your video looks more immersive It's better for sports live action or Anything where you don't want to have uh Any kind of motion blur because when you Use 24 frames per second you're not Taking as many photos per second so you Are missing some frames in there and That introduces motion blur and a lot of Movies are actually shot at 24 frames Per second and the reason they're shot At a lower frame rate is because by Having that motion blur it kind of Creates a sense of like unrealism now We're not shooting movies with n 100 but I personally find is that by shooting in
24 frames per second things don't look As artificial and if I'm on a vacation If I'm shooting a sunset if I'm like Trying to shoot something where I really Want to remember it and I don't want it To look just look like cell phone Footage I will shootting 24 frames per Second for myself now another added Benefit is that when you take footage And you shoot in a higher frame rate Like 60 frames per second or 50 frames Per second you can actually slow that Footage down later on and get slow Motion video and I'll show you how to do Slow motion properly on this camera in a Second but that is one benefit of Shooting higher frame rates now if I Press down again I'm actually on the Right side of this menu and I'm in AWB This is your white balance white balance Is kind of simple basically in the so Scene there's one part of this image That is white which is probably that Lamp over there if I don't have my white Balance set correctly to make sure that Whatever color that lamp is and it's Actually white it will shift the colors For the rest of the image and that Usually leads to bad skin tone and Messed up colors so you want to make Sure is you have the right white balance Cameras have become really Advanced so I Actually recommend leaving an auto white Balance unless you're particularly
Working with tricky lighting and the Camera is having trouble because that Way if you kind of scroll to the right You'll get daylight shade cloudy Tungsten light florescent flash custom And then you know you can just set your Own color temperature here but for most People especially casual shooters that Have a beginner budget camera like this Auto white balances your friend but one Feature that I really like that Canon Put in here is if if you hit info you Can actually manually adjust your white Point and add more green blue magenta And this way in case you're trying to do Something funky in case you're trying to Do something interesting this is a Really good tool to kind of get that Effect in camera instead of editing it Later on in Photoshop underneath that You have Auto lighting Optimizer and This is a setting that confused me for a Really long time so I hope that I can Help you what it basically does is it Tries to bring out all the highlights All of the bright parts of your image as Best possible so that things like faces Or just things that should kind of Pop Pop in your photo don't look as flat so Here's my rule of thumb if you're Planning on editing your photos or if You're planning on doing something with Your jpeg later keep this off and just Do all those settings manually but if
You really just want to get like the Best possible image in in camera and You're just like just make it look good In camera I would set this to high Because this is going to make sure that Basically your highlights and the parts Of your image that should kind of draw The eye and make the image pop if you Will look as good as possible Right in Camera now I actually have a surpr for You guys because we went over all of the Settings just in the quick menu you now Know 90% of what this camera does and What all of the settings do next up I Just want to go over some tiny Nitty-gritty details of how to get this Camera to perform the way that you want It to this way you're not going why Isn't my setting working properly so Let's go over those settings first up How do you get the best possible video From this camera so for this you want to Make sure you're in video mode once You're in this side you'll see that now When I go into info you'll get a bunch Of different things over here but Instead I'm going to click menu and Click okay here and right up here Shooting mode you want to pick manual And this way you can choose the exposure For your video instead of letting the Camera determine it but if you're new to Cameras and you just can't be bothered Stick with auto it's totally fine now if
You click underneath that you'll see Movie record quality and in here it's Kind of pretty much what was in the Quick menu but you want to make sure You're picking 4K here to make sure you Get the best possible video quality now If you want to shoot slow motion because I personally love slow motion so you Want to go down to high frame rate click Into that click enable and now you can Actually record 720p up to 120 frames Per second in ntsc mode or 100 frames Per second in pal mode now earlier I Said I'm going to help you make this Camera look like a pro camera so if you Go over to page number three in the menu And go down to Picture Style This is going to give you a bunch of Different picture profiles that you can Customize to get the best possible look In cameras so if you're someone that Wants to edit your video later on and You want to be able to get the most Dynamic range and just not have too much Of your color information baked in you Basically want to go down to find detail This is already going to put everything In a pretty good place for you hit info You want to put the strength of your Sharpness click it in here set this to Zero contrast set this to -2 saturation You're going to think I'm crazy but set This to -3 and underneath that color Tone leave that as it is and that should
Be it and now if you hit menu it's going To be saved like that and that is going To be your video profile this is going To give you an extremely desaturated Video but what this does it it gives you More room to put your own color and put Your own artistic Vibe into the video Instead of having all of it done in Camera for you you if you're a Photographer you're probably shooting Raw if you're a video person this is the Closest thing you can get to a cinematic Profile for color grading in a budget Camera like this and if you want can Even go down here and you have three Different user Define modes so you can Press menu here or sorry can press info Here go into all of these and just set Up your own thing you can set up a Really contrasty black and white setup You can set up something really flat for Video in this way you just have a bunch Of different modes for how you want it To looking camera that are just right There based on what you like also if you Want to learn how to take your photos And videos to the next level whether You're shooting on a Canon R50 or really Any camera there's actually a video with Seven simple tips that will make your Photos and videos better within the hour And you can find it in the description Down below so be sure to check that out