GH4 Shutter angle instead of shutter speed. Life changing!

Niche market, I suppose.

I'm invested in my own art practice, beyond my commercial jobs, so sometimes if it's conceptually important that there be the immediacy of the actual light hitting the film, which then is the actual object that viewers see, then I find myself picking up the Bolex. Not to mention that the texture of the film and the way mechanical shutters capture movement is really attractive to me. So back full circle to shutter angle! ...haha

But yeah, I definitely understand selling it off. If you don't use it, it's just taking up space. From a business standpoint, you're better off liquidating assets that don't meet ROI standards.
 
Bruce Foreman said:
Our DSLRs (in motion picture mode) all have electronic shutters, and like C3hammer says references to shutter angle are a holdover "relic" from early film days. Still works out to a shutter speed and the only effect it can have on something maybe having a "filmic" look is degree of motion blur. 1/48th matches the motion blur we seem to be used to, 1/50th is so close there is little difference, and 1/60th is still close enough.

More important these days may be "banding" and "flicker" from artificial lighting (flourescents and CFLs are worst about this) on a power line frequency that is not in synch with the shutter speed we use. I got banding bad with CFLs on 60Hz power while using 1/50th shutter speed.
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