30P for dancing party

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bluong

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Hi

This coming Saturday I am using DVX100B to shoot a party of dancing celebration the Chinese New Year. I have been using DVX100B to shoot School concert , graduation, birthday party in the 24PA mode but I never use 30P . This time I try to use 30P to shoot the dancing party with the auto focus on instead of manual
Is it OK to use 30P to shoot dancing ? I know how to pan and tilt slowly when using 24PA mode. I am not planning transfer to film just to DVD . So 30P will give me the film look and compensate the autofocus so that I can concentrate on composition. BTW dancing party is inside of the local church.

Thank you all in advance
 
30p wont look as much like film as 24pa for obvious reasons, but for a party it would probably be better. it's a bit more lenient when it comes to strobing / motion blur. being inside of a church, my primary concern would be the lighting though.
 
Be aware that auto focus in 30p or 24p are slower than 60i. I prefer manual focus. But it's up to you.

Me, I mostly film in 30p.
 
Just recorded the dancing party in 30P. Result came out , really good. Now, should I use 60i or 24P timeline to edit the 30P footage ?

Thanks
 
bluong said:
Just recorded the dancing party in 30P. Result came out , really good. Now, should I use 60i or 24P timeline to edit the 30P footage ?
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If there is a 30p timeline, that's even better. Look for 29.97 timebase with "No Fields" or "Progressive" setting. There is a difference! A progressive timeline will render effects, transitions, etc. on a frame-basis, not a field-basis.
 
One thing to know is if the output is a DVD, it will be upper field first. (most of the time).

So, do some tests before experimenting non-default settings. And export it to DVD first.

But we don't know what is his software.
 
I had a shooter film something in both 30p and 60i; he did a deinterlace of the 60i and it looked nice. He decided to stick with 60i, despite the loss in resolution so he could get smoother video, plus do slow motion better in post.

David
 
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