Can FS100 shoot at 1/72 second?

[Ralph B]

I need a camera that runs at 24P and can shoot with a shutter speed of 1/72 second. Why? I'll be shooting 16mm film being projected with a 3 bladed shutter. Can the FS100 do this?

 

[MattDavis]

No - one of the things that separates the NEX-FSx00 series from the 'professional' cameras are things like ECS - Electronic Shutter Control. This gives you fractional shutter speeds to two decimal places (tautology I know, but you get the gist).

I've checked with my EX1-R and I can dial in (for example) 72.01th of a second, so you'd be able to tune it slightly.

If the background is projected, you don't need DoF and in fact that could be a disadvantage, so I'd look into hiring an EX1 or EX3 or something of that ilk. But wouldn't let that put you off getting an FS700 unless it was a regular thing.

 

[Ralph B]

Thanks - good info. I asked about the FS100 because it's available now. But does anyone know for certain whether the FS700 can do 1/72 sec?

 

[MattDavis]

No, it can't. The FS700 jumps from 60 t0 100 just like the FS100, based on my experience with a late prototype. I used 'FSx00' to mean both 100 and 700.

 

[Noel Evans]

Ralph two cameras Im familiar with that do have the ability to do this are the Panasonic AF100 and the Canon EOS C300 - I only add them here because as its been stated the two you enquired about cannot and thought you might like an alternative.

 

[Ralph B]

Thanks, guys!