Shutter Speed - 1/60 most of the time?

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AllenGH1

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Coming from photography (new to that, too, though), I think of the exposure as being composed of three factors, aperture, shutter, and ISO, all of which are changeable.

In video, it seems from reading here, you should always shoot at certain shutter speeds to achiev a film-like look. Is this true? What would be the reason to shoot in 1/80 or 1/100 or any other speed? I know higher speeds are useful for slow mo.

Is shutter speed less mutable in video than in photography? Am I making sense?
 
Shutter speed is much, much, much less used in video than it is in still photography.

In general, if you're in the USA or other NTSC territory, you should stick your shutter speed on 1/60th and never ever ever change it unless you know exactly what you're doing and you have a compelling reason for doing so.

Do *not* be seduced by those who would tell you "use 1/50th, it's more like film" because down that path lies image artifacts if you ever shoot under magnetic-ballast fluorescent lights or HMI lights or mercury-vapor or sodium-vapor.

Get out a tube of epoxy, glue your shutter on 1/60th, and forget about it. Use the iris and/or neutral density filters and/or ISO to control exposure, but leave the shutter alone.
 
I'm curious about this too. As long as the image has enough light, are there any negative side effects caused by going above 1/250 for 720p60? Now that I'm typing it sounds stupid.
 
I'm heading up to Stowe, VT to shoot on the mountain- I've got my .9ND filters for both kit lens and FD glass- I just built a sweet little rig to help stabilize a bit, I'm just curious about shutter speeds and and the ability to correctly slow down footage.

I'm shooting 720P60 and will probably just stay at 1/60 & 1/125, as I know this is THE shutter speed to be at for 'slow-mo' And I know unless you want 'Saving Private Ryan' don't crank the shutter too high. As I also know not to use shutter speed for light control- HOWEVER, if I'm on a mountain full of snow, and it's a bright sunny day and I am stopped almost all the way down + the ND filters .....will 720P60 1/250 be able to be slowed down effectively?? what are some of the possible complications of sooting 1/250 VS. 1/125??

Thanks Z
 
Depending on what your shooting, in your case still mountains, you might be able to get away with upping your shutter speed for light control. Since your subject isn't moving the speed will be less noticeable.
 
sorry Phil, I should've been more specific- I'll be on a snowboard - lots o' movement. The subject(s) are other riders.
 
Alignment: I'd keep my shutter speed to 1/125th max. 1/250th will cause definite strobing with the amount of movement you'll see from a moving snowboard. This can make the notorious jell-o effect of the GH-1 even worse. I'd recommend stopping down the aperture a bit more to control the light. My guess is you'll be fairly wide (14mm to 17mm) on the kit lens in order to accentuate the velocity of your moving shots. Because of this, shallow depth-of-field is not really what your're going for, so setting your lens to f8, maybe even f11 would be OK. Doing this plus using your ND9 and setting the ISO to 100 should help.
 
dvbrother said:
Alignment: I'd keep my shutter speed to 1/125th max. 1/250th will cause definite strobing with the amount of movement you'll see from a moving snowboard. This can make the notorious jell-o effect of the GH-1 even worse. I'd recommend stopping down the aperture a bit more to control the light. My guess is you'll be fairly wide (14mm to 17mm) on the kit lens in order to accentuate the velocity of your moving shots. Because of this, shallow depth-of-field is not really what your're going for, so setting your lens to f8, maybe even f11 would be OK. Doing this plus using your ND9 and setting the ISO to 100 should help.
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First off- I don't mean to hijack this thread AllenGH1- sorry in advance!!:dankk2:

Thanks dvbrother- that was my thought exactly - I'll throw the FD 28/50mm (and get my shallow DoF) for those nice set up shots before riding. 1/125 max it is!!!
 
alignment1 said:
First off- I don't mean to hijack this thread AllenGH1- sorry in advance!!:dankk2:
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No problem - I'm learning from all of these anyway. I had many of the same questions, but didn't want to ask them all at once!

Thanks to everyone for their input, it helps a loooot.

One more thing, I have the Canon FD 50mm f/1.4, too, and I just ordered a reverse adapter to take macro shots for 6 bucks, it looks like you can get some great super close ups just by turning the lens around!
 
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