Shooting at 60 frames. Does it pull you down to 720p?

[owaltec]

Question that might sound dumb to some, but I really appreciate your input. When you are shooting at 1080p 24p and use VFR at 60, does it lower your resolution to 720p?

Thanks

 

[dustylense]

No. But you get no sound and it over cranks in camera.

 

[owaltec]

What do you mean by overcranks?

 

[dustylense]

Slow motion.

 

[owaltec]

Oh yhea, thats what we want to achieve. I just wanted to know if it actually pulled down the resolution. Like the REd, when you use slow motion, it pulls you down to 2K instead of 4K

 

[Barry_Green]

No, the AF100 does variable frame rates in 1080p mode. It also expands the recording compression bitrate to accomodate the extra frames so you don't take a hit in compression either.

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Oh yhea, thats what we want to achieve. I just wanted to know if it actually pulled down the resolution. Like the REd, when you use slow motion, it pulls you down to 2K instead of 4K

The newer RED cameras keep you at the same res for most overcranking. It only drops to 2K of you do say 300fps on the Epic-M or about 120fps on the Epic-S. Both will keep you at 5K up to at least 60fps.

 

[owaltec]

Cool, so it is still 1080p at 60 FR?

 

[Jarek Zabczynski]

Cool, so it is still 1080p at 60 FR?

Yes, except it only plays back in slowmo at your recording rate, 30p or 24p.