GH2 Is slow motion starting to give anyone else a headache?

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L1N3ARX

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While slow motion always has a place in film... I feel like I'm getting beaten over the head with it these days. So many otherwise amazing videos online are slowly starting to get overrun with an exorbitant amount of slo-mo. But what's scary is that, I feel like this is just the beginning. Like we might be in for what shallow depth of field abuse was like a couple years ago. Just ranting here, but it's killing me smalls!
 
About the only new "affordable" camera that has effected slo-mo shooting is the new Sony FS-700, which will likely produce a lot of new slo-mo shoots.

Otherwise, I don't see things changing much. Real slo-mo requires a budget to pay for the camera and high-speed lighting rentals.
 
i am seeing a ton of badly done twixtor on online videos - the shooters havent bothered to crank up the shutter speed correctly to match the final twixtored frame rate (you have to plan for this in advance) and so there are twixtor blur artifacts going everywhere

it really bugs me - but i do love slo mo done well ! Twixtor or Phantom / FS 700
 
L1N3ARX said:
While slow motion always has a place in film... I feel like I'm getting beaten over the head with it these days. So many otherwise amazing videos online are slowly starting to get overrun with an exorbitant amount of slo-mo. But what's scary is that, I feel like this is just the beginning. Like we might be in for what shallow depth of field abuse was like a couple years ago. Just ranting here, but it's killing me smalls!
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For me something like slow motion of a Kingfisher catching a fish looks great! but very difficult to to accomplish,but i am with you all the way regarding the exorbitant amounts on run of the mill films.
 
Slow-mo needs "a reason to be there contextually" I think. When people do it just to do it - oy, it gets tiring so fast.
And yes Twixtor really requires a shutter speed of 2000 if you can get the light. But f1.4 or f1.8 lenses should usually get you there. But forget about deep depth of field. Voightlander one day for me maybe...gotta buy some more lottery tickets...
 
Slow motion is great, i love the ability to use it with my GH2. However, I only use touches of it and in scenes that call for it.
Other then that, its simple 24p and well framed shots. So im not worried at all.
Those that do it right will get more views and more exposure... slowly "weeding" out the bad quality.
Anyhow, the new crop of cameras are gonna offer even more affordable slowmotion capabilities...But like so many high megapixel point and shoot cameras, i really dont see those terrible photos much. I just see the good stuff online, so maybe its a selective filter people start to develop.
 
if it is annoying you then chances are the clip isn't doing its job properly and not worth watching =) when it's done properly you usually don't want the clip to end....well i do anyways.
 
Watch Shark week on Discovery which was filmed with a Phantom Flex that they nearly dropped in the Ocean. The slow motion clips they do are absolutely the best ones I have ever seen.

You never know, the GH3 might be great for slow motion. I wouldn't mind seeing 720p @ 120 FPS on the GH3. With the right lens that could produce so very impressive non-interpolated slow motion for 1/100th the price of the Phantom Flex.
 
Slow motion goes plaid if you go slow enough. I pee on GoPro's 120FPS. I poop on RED's 400FPS. I diarrhea on Phantom's 2500 FPS.

Look what smart people do with slow motion:

 
I don't think I've been watching a video going, "This is so awesome! I love this video!" and then had a slow mo shot come up and ruined it. If slow mo fits, in a well done piece, use it all you want. I think it's beautiful when it's done right, and it would take a long time for me to get tired of seeing the little intricacies that you never notice in real time.
 
Allow me to point out that those of that watch TV actually SEE and appreciate tons of slo motion is those amazing .... Food, eldercare, newborn love, soft drink and fragrance commercials. what other kind of slo mo is there ;) ?
In the hands of amateurs all tools and techniques are overused and are truly gimicks to cover for lack of story or film craft. But watch enough TVC's and you realize that Slo mo has a power of persuasion like no other!
 
The best slow motion is when you don't even realize it is not real time because you are so focused on how cool the subject looks when time is frozen still. Basically still images are the ultimate form of slow motion. If you can make a still image amaze people then you really don't even need the motion.
 
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