I have a new HMC150 and am trying to improve my skills. In this application, I am shooting a friend's gymnastics competitions. They are generally held in large arenas with poor/ok lighting, and good slo-motion replay of the routines is important as a training aid. The slomo results I used to get with my old setup (DVX100, iMovie) weren't great.
Based on advice in these forums, as well as reading Barry Green's book, I shot some test footage at 720/60p which I thought would be the best setting for sports/slomo. Tried to Log & Transfer into Final Cut Express (4.0.1), but FCE crashed. Posted the problem on the Apple FCE discussion forum, and Tom Wolsky replied that 720p60 media is not supported by FCE!
I can import/edit the 720/60p footage in iMovie (8.0.4). Wolsky also noted that Final Cut Pro supports 720p60 using ProRes, and will give better slomo. I would have to buy the FCP package (expensive) would only use a small fraction of its features.
In Steve Mullen's "Ins and Outs of iMovie 09", he recommends shooting progressive video (especially p60 for sports). Mullen states (page 60) that 29.97 & 59.94 frame rates are supported by iMovie, but that 30.0 and 60.0 frame rates should be avoided.
Sorry for the long post; my questions are:
1. Does 720/60p on my -150 shoot at 60 fps or 59.94 fps?
2. Would the slo-motion, edited with FCP really look a lot better than iMovie slomo? (ie, worth the large investment to upgrade?)
Thanks in advance for any advice! Jeff
Based on advice in these forums, as well as reading Barry Green's book, I shot some test footage at 720/60p which I thought would be the best setting for sports/slomo. Tried to Log & Transfer into Final Cut Express (4.0.1), but FCE crashed. Posted the problem on the Apple FCE discussion forum, and Tom Wolsky replied that 720p60 media is not supported by FCE!
I can import/edit the 720/60p footage in iMovie (8.0.4). Wolsky also noted that Final Cut Pro supports 720p60 using ProRes, and will give better slomo. I would have to buy the FCP package (expensive) would only use a small fraction of its features.
In Steve Mullen's "Ins and Outs of iMovie 09", he recommends shooting progressive video (especially p60 for sports). Mullen states (page 60) that 29.97 & 59.94 frame rates are supported by iMovie, but that 30.0 and 60.0 frame rates should be avoided.
Sorry for the long post; my questions are:
1. Does 720/60p on my -150 shoot at 60 fps or 59.94 fps?
2. Would the slo-motion, edited with FCP really look a lot better than iMovie slomo? (ie, worth the large investment to upgrade?)
Thanks in advance for any advice! Jeff
