Best settings for sports?

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Kanjikid

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I shoot sports both indoors and out. That means frequent pans as I follow the action...and lots of fast subject motion as horses and lacrosse players move. I find the EX1 superbly sharp, except for the moving subjects themselves.

What settings do you recommend for the following situations:
1. Shooting in slow mo, I use 720/30p typically at 60 fps.
2. Shooting at normal speed.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Some examples are the recent work here: http://www.vimeo.com/user901744/videos
 
Kanjikid said:
I shoot sports both indoors and out. That means frequent pans as I follow the action...and lots of fast subject motion as horses and lacrosse players move. I find the EX1 superbly sharp, except for the moving subjects themselves.

What settings do you recommend for the following situations:
1. Shooting in slow mo, I use 720/30p typically at 60 fps.
2. Shooting at normal speed.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Some examples are the recent work here: http://www.vimeo.com/user901744/videos
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I shoot 24p/60fps (will offcouse work with 30p)
than shoot with twice the shutter speed, ie. 120.
For normal I would shoot 30p OR 60p (not true since im PAL 25p or 50p but wanna make it eazy for you ;)

Ex of sports i shoot with these settings http://www.vimeo.com/3393641
 
Thanks Chris, I'll try your settings. My tests with 24p produced jerky backgrounds as I pan. Yours seemed silky smooth. Your work for Skull was great, all the more so given the torturous conditions. I left praise on Vimeo.

Gothenburg, that's where the equestrian World Cup of showjumping was last April.
 
1080 60i will give you the least amount of "jerky backgrounds, but you can't record slowmo at 1080. I guess you could switch formats, but it would be more of a pain to do.

But because you would be shooting "i" (interlaced) you might not like the look when you go to the internet. You'd have to give it a try and see if the benefit of smoother backgrounds out weigh the jagged look of interlaced video transfered to the internet. In my opinion, video will look fine, but if you have lots of text and graphics, it will be noticable. Another option is to shoot 1080 60i and edit in 1080 30p. Then you can add graphics and export to the internet and it will all look great.

Finally, you can also shoot 720 60p. This will also work great. Just as good as 1080 60i, but it's progressive. Might be a better option for you.
 
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