Canon EOS 7D Mark II Advanced Owners Manual - Page 336

3 Setting the Sound Recording You can shoot movies while recording sound with the built-in monaural microphone or an external stereo microphone (commercially available). You can also freely adjust the sound-recording level. Sound-recording settings are under [z4: Sound recording] (the [z2] tab in ). Sound Recording/Sound-Recording Level Auto Manual Disable : The sound-recording level is adjusted automatically. Auto level control will operate automatically in response to the sound level. : For advanced users. You can adjust the sound-recording level to one of 64 levels. Select [Rec. level] and look at the level meter while turning the dial to adjust the sound-recording level. While looking at the peak hold indicator (3 sec.), adjust so that the level meter sometimes lights up the "12" (-12 dB) mark on the right for the loudest sounds. If it exceeds "0", the sound will be distorted. : Sound will not be recorded. Also, no sound will be output through HDMI output (p.348). Wind Filter/Attenuator Wind filter Attenuator : When [Enable] is set, it reduces the wind noise when recording outdoors. This feature takes effect only with the built-in microphone. Note that [Enable] reduces low bass sounds, so set it to [Disable] when there is no wind. It will record a more natural sound than with [Enable]. : Automatically suppresses sound distortion caused by loud noises. Even if [Sound rec.] is set to [Auto] or [Manual] before shooting, sound distortion may still result if there is a very loud sound. In such a case, setting it to [Enable] is recommended. 336