1/48s vs 1/50s

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Paladin

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For the DVX100B, is there really much difference made to the image between 24p shot with the shutter turned off (1/50s) and when it is set at 1/48s? I am trying to achieve results as close to "film" as possible.
 
Are you in PAL-land or NTSC-land? In NTSC-land in 24p with shutter OFF, it is 1/48, not 1/50. I think the manual may incorrectly state that it's 1/50, but it's not.

Either way, the difference probably would be imperceptible, but 1/48 is the standard shutter speed for 24p work.
 
Thanks. I live in the USA and you are correct: The manual says OFF is 1/50 of a second. However, one of the selectable shutter speeds is 1/48 of a second. Just to be sure, I think I'll use that.
 
WOW....WOW...WOW...I thought if you turn off the shutter it would be at 1/24, because you are leaving it open for the frame rate to close it. I know that's how it works on other cams like the genesis etc. That's what my most recent issue of American Cinematographer said.
 
You're correct, other cams work like that. The HVX and DVX do not; turning the shutter "off" sets it to default speed instead. Alex.Mitchell is correct.
 
Will,

As Barry said there's nothing special to do. When you turn the shutter on it defaults to 1/48. The first press of the shutter button after that takes it to 1/24. That's how my 100B works anyway.

Cheers,

John
 
No, that one is a preset, I messed with it and made the one syncho one 1/40, cause I read the michael mann shoots 1/40 at night. I didn't like how it looked on my cam, so I'll just set that one back to 1/24.
 
Use caution with 1/24, if you want a film look. A shutter speed like that (basically no shutter at all), is rarely ever used and not even possible with many film cameras. It's definitely a "video" look and Mann/Bebbe got slammed for treading that territory on Collateral, because people noticed and said it looked like video.
 
Yea but that was with rediculius handheld stuff, running through the streets of la. I have just used for for stationary shots of stationary things.
 
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