Do I Have To Shoot at 1/160?

[tflak]

By the way, there is nothing magical or sacred about 180 degrees. Film cameras have all sorts of shutter angles. I currently have four film cameras, not one of them has a 180-degree shutter; they range from 156 to 220 degrees, and they all produce images that look like film. 1/60 is well within the ballpark, and it avoids complications. When working with a CMOS camera, I advise to always use 1/60th in NTSC territories, and just forget 1/50th.

This is the first time I've seen this info about varying film camera shutter angles coupled with the 1/60 advice and it's really good to hear. I'd always shot pretty much locked down at 1/60 (NTSC land), but recently started to shoot at 1/50 outdoors in daylight simply because it was closer to 1/48. Nice to know it doesn't really make that much of a noticeable difference (if any) because anything that simplifies things, even a bit, is always welcomed. Thanks.

 

[Jonathan_Healey]

I've been away on holiday since starting this thread. I want to thank everyone for taking the time to respond. I'm glad it was a productive discussion for everyone. As someone pointed out, I started the topic stating 1/160. That is in fact what I was using. Whoops! I'll be shooting at 1/60 from now on. I'm going to need to invest in a matte box and some filters to keep me at that shutter.