Switches: This lets you change from the camera screen, to off, to seeing what you’ve filmed.

ND Filter: (Neutral-Density) is like a pair of sunglasses – 2 levels of ND, that lets you block out a certain amount of light coming into your image without changing the hue of colour rendition.

Gain: Lets you control how much light goes in your camera.

Zebra: This button once pressed shows a zebra striped pattern on your viewfinder so you can see when you are close to overexposure.

Waveform: Pressing this button allows you to see a waveform on your screen, and so see if there are any areas that are overexposed:

Peaking: allows you to quickly focus on the subject you want and also to change what you are wanting to focus on, e.g. focusing on something in the foreground, then switching to something in the background. When using this dial, you need to also use the zoom ring on the camera.

Menu: press this button to get the menu to appear on your screen which takes you through many functions use the Thumb Toggle to scroll through the menu’s options:

Play Buttons: When wanting to looking through your material, you can use these buttons to easily go through them, stop, start, fast forward, skip, etc.

SD Card Slot: There are two slots so you can record lots of footage. When the card is inside correctly, the light will flash green so you know it’s working. Once the SD card is inside the slot, there is a shutter that you close to hide the cards away. This needs to be closed, or the camera will not record onto the card.

Battery: This is the battery compartment. It needs to be clicked into place correctly otherwise it will not work. The batteries need charging, so make sure all batteries you take (at least 2) are fully loaded.

mm: Focal length is expressed in mm and a higher number means a bigger zoom, while a lower number mean the lens can be used for wider shots. It depends on the lens placed on this camera for what mm it is. For this camera, they have a 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm.

A (numbers) K: This is for when you are doing your white balance. After you have pressed the WB button on the camera, the number appears which lets you know the colour temperature. Different numbers means different light sources:

ISO: This controls the sensitivity of light. The lower the ISO number, the less sensitive it is to the light, while a higher ISO number increases the sensitivity of your camera. 850 ISO is the number predominantly used (which is why the number is in brackets) as it is in the middle of the sensitivity scale.

Channels: This shows you on the screen how well your audio levels are coming through on the camera. There are two channels which can be manually altered to how you want sound to come through on the camera.

Samyang Lens

For the Canon C100, there are multiple lenses you can use to get the image you want when shooting your footage. One of them is the Samyang 35mm. This lens gives good shots and has two rings to allow you manually create your image.

Focus ring: The furthest ring on the camera allows you to focus on your subject to ensure your picture is clear. Or for artistic shots, you can go from blurry to focus easily and cleanly.

Aperture: The thinnest and closest ring. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens regulates the amount of light passing through onto the film.

Samyang Lens

This 85mm lens lets you have a bigger amount of zoom than all the other lenses. There is no zoom as it is a prime lens. The are two other rings on this Samyang to help you manually get the shot you want.

Focus ring: The furthest ring on the camera allows you to focus on your subject to ensure your picture is clear. Or for artistic shots, you can go from blurry to focus easily and cleanly. This lens has a long travel path, meaning you can focus in and out easily and smoothly while filming.

Aperture ring: The thinnest and closest ring. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens regulates the amount of light passing through onto the film.

Zeiss Lens

Another lens type for the Canon C100 is the Carl Zeiss Lens. This is the 50mm lens which has a good zoom range, it’s sees what our naked eye sees. There is again, two rings on this Zeiss lens, same as the Samyang.

Focus ring: The furthest ring on the camera allows you to focus on your subject to ensure your picture is clear. Or for artistic shots, you can go from blurry to focus easily and cleanly. This lens has a long travel path, meaning you can focus in and out easily and smoothly while filming. This ring is an infinity ring, which means its travel path is very long.

Aperture ring: The thinnest and closest ring. The size of the diaphragm opening in a camera lens regulates the amount of light passing through onto the film.

Canon Lens

This lens is one of Canon’s own and is a zoom lens. This means it can move from varying mms. In this case, from 16mm to 35mm. This allows you to move from a distant to a close image, smoothly, without interrupting the shot being filmed. There are again, two rings on this lens, but slightly different to the Samyang's and Zeiss lenses.

Focus: The furthest ring on the camera allows you to focus on your subject to ensure your picture is clear. Or for artistic shots, you can go from blurry to focus easily and cleanly. This lens has a long travel path, meaning you can focus in and out easily and smoothly while filming.

Zoom: The closest ring is the zoom, which enables you to alter the distant of your image while filming. The range of 16mm to 35mm isn’t very large, so the zoom hasn’t got a brilliant array, but still helpful to change shot size during a shoot.

The aperture ring isn’t on this lens as it is on the camera itself.