disadvantages of the 50p/60P mode

[TheHHgallery]

Hi,
im about to shoot a commercial and wanted to know
some facts about the 50p/60P mode.
- i assume u get reduced resolution compared to 24/25p, (although it says 1080p.)?
- reduced dynamic range?
- anything else?

and another question... what is the af100`s native iso?
i would like to shoot always at the native iso to get the best dynamic range.

thanks!

 

[dustylense]

Do you mean the 60i mode? Because if you shoot 60p 1080 you will get a slomo commercial.

 

[Shooter]

caveat emptor

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

Native ISO is 400 and if you do shoot in overcrank mode you get full resolution and quality in 1080 24/25/30p. That is it's all in slowmotion. To get real 50p/60p frames you have to shoot in 720p. Dynamic range stays the same.

 

[Barry_Green]

- i assume u get reduced resolution compared to 24/25p, (although it says 1080p.)?

No, it is 100% as high-res.

- reduced dynamic range?

No, it is exactly the same.

- anything else?

It doesn't record audio at all.

and another question... what is the af100`s native iso?

400.

 

[TheHHgallery]

Thank you very much!
that means shooting at 400 provides the highest dynamic range and least noise, right?

 

[Barry_Green]

Well, not necessarily. It doesn't really turn out that way. You get pretty much the same dynamic range at just about any ISO. As far as noise, there's not a whole lot of difference between 200 to 800. It gets more noticeable at 1600+, but even then, it's not bad, it's just ... different. Bigger texture.

Don't stress the ISO -- use whatever you feel like, and use the lowest you can get away with, there's not really any downside to using lower. 400 is the basepoint they rate it at; if you put it in videocam mode, you'll find that at 0dB it's 400 ISO.

 

[TheHHgallery]

perfect, thanks for the quick reply! saves me a lot of time testing