25p 0r 50i

[rory7788]

I am shooting a music video over the weekend on my 100b, and was wondering if i should shoot in 25p and 50i, the shoot involves lots of flashing lights and pans.
If someone could please advise that would be great.
Cheers
Rory

 

[ryan brown]

25P, unless there's some shots you plan on slowing down in post, then shoot those in 50i and detinterlace in post.

Just try not to pan too fast, and you'll be fine (otherwise you may see some slight "jitter" during playback on the faster pans).

-brown

 

[rory7788]

Ok i am just gonan run a few tests between the 2, is it just your personal prefrence or does it have alot of advantages

 

[Joshua Provost]

Do you want a film look (25p) or a video look (50i)? That is the question.

 

[ryan brown]

is it just your personal prefrence or does it have alot of advantages

Well, it's basically the determining factor of why filmmakers buy this particular camera. So I'd say, yeah, it has a lot of advantages.

Sounds like you've got a lot to learn... I'd suggest reading through the manual, reading Barry Green's book, and spending sometime on the forums to familiarize yourself as much as possible. This camera is a sophisticated peice of machinery, not your average point and shoot video camera.

-brown

 

[Evro]

Sounds like you've got a lot to learn... I'd suggest reading through the manual... This camera is a sophisticated peice of machinery, not your average point and shoot video camera.
-brown

As an owner of 2 x DVX102 cams I agree, and you can forget about using autofocus in 25P. Also you need to understand that shooting in 25P slightly reduces your light sensitivity when compared to shooting in 50i.

If you're just getting into it, reading the user manual is okay if you want to know how to do something, however, like most user manuals it is quite dry and does not tell you why you should choose a particular setting.

rcbrown is right, Barry's book demonstrates the 25P thing quite well, however you really should look to other books for guidance with Progressive shooting and one particularly good one is published by Thomson and called "24P: Make Your Digital Movies Look Like Hollywood" by Pete Shaner & Gerald Everett Jones.