degrees equivalant to shutters

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Ronster

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so i am use to using my shutters on my dvx and have been trying to switch over to my degrees on my hvx

i'm trying to find a scale or chart that breaks it down for me

I tried to do one

here is what I think is correct

please let me know if there is a chart for this somewhere that is more accurate

I personally don't feel I am 100 percent but i think i am close on a lot of these

1/24 shutter = 360 degree
1/48 shutter = 180 degree
1/54 shutter = 162 degree
1/72 shutter = 135 degree
1/96 shutter = 90 degree
1/192 shutter = 45 degree
1/250 shutter = 40 degree
1/500 shutter = 20 degree
1/1000 shutter = 10 degree

i'm not sure on all these please chim in and let me know for sure

I'm a huge fan of shooting 1/60 and 1/250 so I want to make sure those degrees are correct so I can set my hvx to degree instead of shutter

Ronster
 
i believe 1/60 shutter = 144 degree

and I am basing this off a 24 frame situation on the hvx

yeah i don't feel that 250 shutter = 40 degrees seems right...but 10 degree = 1000 so I just did the math.....500 shutter = 20 degree and 250 shutter = 40 degree????????

so confused

its 3:07am someone clarify

so 24fps hvx
want to convert my shutters to degree because I want to stay in degree but know what the shutters translate over too
 
now here is a weird follow up question.....

is there an advantage to shooting degree over shooting in shutter mode? I remember Barry Green mentioning on his dvd that when you use variable frame rates the hvx needs the degrees over the shutter for some reason?

my question is mainly that you can't get a true 1/24 shutter with the hvx when you go to degree because a 350 degree shutter is 1/24.68 on the shutter

and on the flip end you can't get 1/1000 shutter because that would be an 8.64 degree and the camera only goes to a 10 degree which is equivalant to 1/864 shutter

i know these are pety but if those equations are right.....then at 350 degrees you are not as open as if you shot at 1/24 shutter

and on the other end you are not pushing the shutter all the way at 10 degrees you are at 1/864 rather than a 1/1000

some feedback and thoughts please
 
Can you get true 360 degree on a film camera? Don't you need to roll the film to the next frame to be exposed, would that not take some time? Leaving the gate open may smear the frame, as it moves to the next frame of film. I don't know the true answer.
 
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No, it's not possible to get a full 360 degrees on a film camera; it would mean having no shutter whatsoever and so the film would come out horribly streaked and not usable.
 
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