Shutter speed help??

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So i have been getting used to our 2 DVX100A's for shooting live music. I have only been using them as stills since im usually running around mannign other mixers, lights, broken strings etc... I have them set pretty much default, 60i (though i am going to start trying 30p), with auto fucus, and shutter of 1/60.3 which i think is causing a bit of motion blur/jitter?? Whats a better shutter speed to use for some fast paced metal head banging, and what are some know scene settings for live concerts??? If you dare share :kali:

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If you're shooting 60i, and you want it to look like regular video, the proper shutter setting is "shutter off", which defaults to 1/60th.
 
thats what i was shooting, was 60i with shutter off and it seemed to blur a little but maybe thats just the playback quality taking effect? Im going to start shooting 30P so i will try some faster shutter speeds.
 
Anyone got any scene settings tips for live concert shoots, im not trying to achieve a look really just any settings that increase detail and quality maybe some settings to help with the shadows and sometimes brighter stage lighting... Open to ideas to try out here.

Thanks
 
Try Cinelike-D for flater, grading friendly footage (thanks Barry). Also I recommend turning auto-focus off. If nobody is moving the camera then the focus should be pretty much the same. In the case auto-focus can cause weird little focus hiccups when the camera thinks it should change focus. If your grading or correcting in Final cut you might not want to adjust scene setting to dramatically. Just make sure they match as much as possible. The rest of your shadow/ highlight issues can be controlled with proper lighting. Almost any good lighting guy will help you balance out the light if you give him lighting credit on the footage.
 
kgimedia said:
Try Cinelike-D for flater, grading friendly footage (thanks Barry). Also I recommend turning auto-focus off. If nobody is moving the camera then the focus should be pretty much the same. In the case auto-focus can cause weird little focus hiccups when the camera thinks it should change focus. If your grading or correcting in Final cut you might not want to adjust scene setting to dramatically. Just make sure they match as much as possible. The rest of your shadow/ highlight issues can be controlled with proper lighting. Almost any good lighting guy will help you balance out the light if you give him lighting credit on the footage.
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The auto-focus hiccups could be what i seen on my DVX footage from my last test shoot. Looked a little like line or motion blur in the footage. Both our 100A's were set to 60i, stock scene settings, auto focus, shutter off syncro set to 1/60th, footage overall looked good, the colors on our pdx10 were a little better. The DVX's seemed to be saturated with blues when the lighting was blue, other colors seemed very clear except blues got almost hazy.

Otherwise good advice :Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Red is the real killer. I hate, hate, hate when the lighting guys think a red only wash is needed.
 
Thats funny cuz were about to go on tour and our manager wants from me to set up orange and red par cans to kind of saturate with those colors... Hopefully it works out with the dvx's?

So far while shooting blues seemed to be the real problem color
 
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