Stupid Questions 101

[johnnyspack]

Here's a couple of stupid questions from a newbie...

Q1: I'm shooting with a pal A1, is the 25f mode a shutter speed ? ie if I'm set on 25f, then go to manual and slow down the shutter to 1/12, then am I still in 25f?

Q2: I'm shooting drama and want a film look, I've been advised to keep everything stock at 50i and to avoid shooting 25f. The idea being that I can "fix it in post" (magic bullet?) whereas if I shoot in 25f I'm making a commitment I can't go back on in post.

I told you I was a newbie!

 

[Capt Quirk]

The 25 f is how many frames are being recorded per second, not the shutter speed. The shutter speed is independant of frame rate, but it will affect the quality of your footage if set too low or too high. 50i is the same frame rate, only it interlaces two fields for every frame.

 

[Noel Evans]

Here's a couple of stupid questions from a newbie...

Q1: I'm shooting with a pal A1, is the 25f mode a shutter speed ? ie if I'm set on 25f, then go to manual and slow down the shutter to 1/12, then am I still in 25f?

Q2: I'm shooting drama and want a film look, I've been advised to keep everything stock at 50i and to avoid shooting 25f. The idea being that I can "fix it in post" (magic bullet?) whereas if I shoot in 25f I'm making a commitment I can't go back on in post.

I told you I was a newbie!

Shoot 25F with shutter speed at 1/50th.

 

[Nektonic]

johnnyspack,

As most will tell you, shooting in progressive (24p/f or 25p/f in your case) will be much better and look more like film than magic bullet.

I only shoot below 1/48 (I'm NTSC) for 2 reasons:

1. I need to because I am shooting in less than ideal lighting conditions (wedding reception, for example).

2. Because I want the slow shutter look (trails, after images, etc.). If you've seen films like Jacob's Ladder, when he sees the people with the twitchy heads, for example. Or timelapse footage of traffic where the headlights blend into light trails.

In my opinion, you can still get a filmlike look and feel shooting below 1/48 or 1/50 shutter speeds. It will look most filmlike at the optimum speeds however (1/48NTSC or 1/50 PAL).