Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

cgrosso74

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Ok I should know this, but that's why I'm here. What is the advantage of shooting 30p vs. standard 60i, what are the downfalls (if any?).
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

Shooting 30p is meant so you can grab very high resolution stills from your video. I haven't heard of any other reason to use this setting. Did you mean 24p? Probably not because I believe that difference is the reason why everyone bought the camera in the first place.
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

Advantages – looks more filmlike than 60i without the motion touchiness or pulldown issues of 24p. It’s progressive, so its vertical resolution is higher. Definitely much less of a video look.

Disadvantages – unacceptable for film transfer. Not quite as smooth in slow motion.
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

Thanks!! No I didn't mean 24p, I'm not that daft ;). Are there any issues bringing 30p into a NLE timeline?
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

Nope. You can edit it perfectly in a 60i timeline :) No problems at all from normal 60i footage.
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

To add to David's excellent response, an additional disadvantage to 30P is that you can't make a PAL conversion of it.

Another advantage to 30p is that it can make for glass-smooth slow motion in a 24p project.
 
Re: Advantage of 30p vs. 60i?

When is 30p the right format for me?

When you require an NTSC formatted output with maximum vertical resolution, no interlace artifacts and easy conversion to still frames. For example videotaping of legal documents or police forensics / evidence recording. The 30p capture mode is also ideal for the production of streaming video or downloadable video or as a component of flash animations, due to its very high efficiency in compressing to a low bit rate, and compatibility with computer graphics software applications.

click on this link for more info.
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webap...14571&modelNo=AG-DVX100A&surfModel=AG-DVX100A
 
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