GH5 50p PAL converted to 24p NTSC - any problems?

[filmguy123]

As we know, GH5 has no VFR mode for 10-bit HD.

Meaning we can do 60p 10-bit 4:2:2... but NOT 36, 48, etc. in 10-bit 4:2:2... go figure... anyone know why?

Which leads me to my next question. Working with a standard 24p timebase, 60p is often too slow of a slow motion if I just want to give it a subtle slow motion effect, 30p isn't slow enough.

Can I switch to PAL mode and shoot at 50p PAL which allows 10-bit 4:2:2 and is much closer to a personally more desirable 48fps slow motion, and then just interpret the footage in Adobe Premiere back to 24p, and have in essence a nice 50% slow motion shot in 10-bit 4:2:2?

Will I experience any other motion cadence problems or issues that arise from shooting on a PAL standard at 50hz and then conforming to 24p NTSC?

Or is a frame a frame, and this is no problem?

 

[Cary Knoop]

In HD and beyond there is no such thing as a PAL and NTSC standard.
Obviously regions tend to maintain their historically preferred frame rates.

But there is no problem in recording for instance 50P and then in post slow it down to 24p or 30P (or 24.976p or 29.98p).

 

[Arash Ayrom]

You should be fine if you conform it to 24fps as opposed to convert it via frame interpolation / optical flow. I’m not sure if Adobe’s interpret command is smart enough to figure it out on it’s own (meaning, it might, but I don’t know if it is).

In the old Final Cut Studio, you could use Cinema Tools to conform timebases to various standards, but obviously, that’s some dead software.