60D gets choppy while panning.

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MarcusarilliuS_IRL

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Has anyone else noticed that the 60D gets choppy while panning in 1080p mode?
720 seems ok but 1080 seems jerky. Kinda like it is having problems keeping up, seems to skip a frame or 2 occasionally.
haven't noticed this while the camera is static, only during pans.
I am slowly panning too, not whip panning or anyting like that. Actually quite slow.
 
Nothing to do with the camera or the lens, its normal on these cameras when shooting 1080. Pan slowly, and I mean really slowly or not at all, its all you can do.
 
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That sucks. I read somewhere that the 5D mk2 was doing somethign similar but got fixed in firmware update, is this true?
If so, maybe something can be done? Does the panasonic GH2 suffer from the same issue?
 
i;m sure its because you are shooting in 24p. thats normal. what you need to check now is your shutter speed. If the shutter speed is high then it will be more pronounced. try to keep your shutter at 1/50 or 1/60. this means your are going to have some sort of ND filter to get proper exposure.
 
Have been trying to use the 180 degree rule for the shutter speed. Have the Tamron 17-50 VC lens winging it's way to me. Should this help steady the shot?
I think some of what I was interpreting as stutter was just vibration. Was pretty windy when i was filming.
 
Was panning REALLY slowly :)
Just looked at it on the camera and actually looked far smoother. Maybe something with codec?
Am using quad core Q9550 overclocked to 3.82ghz and 4gb of ram running at 1800mhz and have an nvidia gtx280 hc16.
Normally can play blueray rips and similar files fine. Unless the codec format straight out of the camera doesn't play nice with VLC?

What is the ideal format to convert to from h.264 to edit in premiere and not loose any quality?
 
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native files play fine wth VLC. Would you mind posting a short clip of your problem. that would help us tell u point blank.
 
Qiute normal for 1080 footage, particularly when Youtube or Vimeo has finished working their wonders on your uploaded footage. Its only really noticeable on your quick pans. Just slow your pans to a crawl, and make good use of your tripod.
 
I don't see any jerkiness to do with camera or lens.

I think maybe you need a better tripod head if you're that picky.

Not worth making a thread about imho
 
Oh noooo, It's a brilliant camera! Treasure it man :) It's worth knowing this stuff, sorry I was blunt in my last post. I'm ill today haha.
 
That's the way it is with DSLR Canon video. The more detail you have in the image the worse it is. That's one of the drawback of DSLR. Has nothing to do with the lens or broken camera.

Do a thread search on "panning" "DSLR" if you need more info.

I have pretty much minimized my panning shots when I shoot.

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Just saw your video even though it doesn't apply to the strobbiness issue, which you will see as what I have mentioned above in other things you will shoot. Overall the example you have shown is hard to tell because of the jerky tripod you were using.

Your video just shows a bad tripod is what I'm saying. Strobbiness is another issue but not really displayed in your video.
 
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Ok, good to know. Yea I was torn between this and the GH2 and all my mates said that the 60D was the better choice, so was wondering if I made a mistake.

As I said I'm new to this so I didn't know what to expect.
Thanks for the feedback.

regarding the tripod, I borrowed the sticks from a friend. they are Manfrotto 055xprob and the head is mine, it's a Manfrotto 701HDV.
Are these ok? Should I just hang some weight off it to steady it up?
Was my first time using it so maybe my technique was a bit off :)

I did a couple of recordings inside on tripod. Just stationary shots and turned out really well.
they are here on my channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MarusarilliusIRL

Anyway new to the world of film and have a lot to learn. Hopefully will get better as time goes on.
 
If you ask if the 60d or a GH2 is a better choice in a 7d T2i forum you will get people jumping up about Canon.

I do not own a GH2 but I have seen some great things done with it but I think it's just a different camera in general.

I have never owned the tripod head or sticks you are talking about but from what I've seen on youtube from reviews to footage, the head looks a bit lightweight but I have not experience with it so I cannot say, and I have not read enough on that head. I would try to get the best head you can afford. There are plenty of used ones out there.

The head you have might or might not be sufficient. Maybe someone else who has used this can chime in.
 
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