Beginner Recording videos on my canon eos 6d mrk 1

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Hello guys I'm kind of new to photography. Recently my teacher decided to take a class and wants me to record it and later share it online. I usually take photos so I was wondering if it's best if I stick with auto mode but manual focus as I heard that auto focus can be buggy. Any advise would be much appreciated. I'm really enjoying this forum and I greatly appreciate all the advise I have received on this journey.
 
Depends on what aperture and therefore depth of field you will have, and whether the teacher will stay within that or not. If you’re thinking of static camera on a tripod and fairly static teacher manual focus with a moderate aperture will be fine.
 
If you haven't used that camera for video much yet you need to get some experimentation in ASAP as there are a lot of pitfalls at recording, editing and rendering stages.
You might be better using a recent smart phone in some ways.
 
Hi again;

Apologies for my bluntness, but you seem to be of the opinion that the camera is an ‘appliance’ and not a ‘tool’.

You’re approaching photography / videography like all you need to know is the function to use and it’ll just do what you need.

Don’t worry it’s a common misconception. As witnessed by everyone who ever heard the phrase ‘they’re nice pictures; you must have a good camera’.

Your camera isn’t a washing machine; it’s closer to a guitar or a set of chefs knives. The only way to get the results you’d like is to learn, practice, fail, learn some more.

You wouldn’t buy a guitar and start booking gigs till you’d at least learned a few tunes. Stop thinking you can produce work on demand for others until you’re satisfied you can do it well enough for you.

it’s a great hobby, it’s a fun career, it’s easier than playing guitar (for me), but it’s not something you can do without putting in the hours to learn.

Back to your question; how much light do you have, how much moving will your subject be doing? How quiet is your lens focussing? Do you have an external mike or sound recording device?

I’ve shot very little corporate video, but the minimum requirement for me is 2 different camera angles and a separate sound recorder.
 
Hello guys I'm kind of new to photography. Recently my teacher decided to take a class and wants me to record it and later share it online. I usually take photos so I was wondering if it's best if I stick with auto mode but manual focus as I heard that auto focus can be buggy. Any advise would be much appreciated. I'm really enjoying this forum and I greatly appreciate all the advise I have received on this journey.
I should think you would have posted this in the Talk Video Forum.
 
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