Want some more frame rates?

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Barry_Green

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Not that we're greedy or anything -- I mean, we're using the only camera on the market that offers variable frame rates under $67,000 after all...

... but what if 12, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 30, 32, 36, 48, and 60 just aren't ENOUGH?

Wouldn't you like more?

At least a few more?

Like, say: 6fps. Six would be nice.

But 4 would be better.

And 3 would be better too.

And what's with the jump from 48 to 60? Why can't we have 52? Or 56? Or 44 or 27?

That sure would be nice, wouldn't it?

Aw, never mind, I imagine I'm just being greedy. No other camera offers more than three, so a dozen frame rates should be more than enough for anyone, right?

Never mind.

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And the thing is, if you're shooting in the Native mode, a slower frame rate could give you even more runtime on a P2 card.

For example, if I just put one single solitary 4GB card in the camera, it'd be pretty cool if that single, solitary, lonely 4GB card could give me a runtime of, say, two hours.

Probably would look something like this:
4gbcard-123min.JPG


Of course, that would require a REALLY slow frame rate to do that.

Something like two frames per second.

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Your article on variable frame rates did hint there was the possiblity for different combinations than advertised...

If you could kindly tell us all of your secrets, I promise not to go Jack Bauer on you...
 
Well, see, here's the thing -- if you were to shoot at something as low as 2fps, you would get 123 minutes per 4gb card. But you'd have to accept that your footage would have really long exposure times, which might make for time-lapse-style streaks.

Like these, perhaps:
TwoFPS-collage.JPG


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Maybe the Barry that just tells us has been kidnapped! I think this could be really cool and I am dying to find out WTF is up!

Bring it!
 
Well, I'd tell you, but -- it's already on the board. Someone else already brought it up.

In fact, I'd never seen his post, so it's something I learned about at the BootCamp from one of our users, who goes by the handle ChakaMonkey...

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So, everyone remembers that old chant "2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?"

Maybe the new one should go:
"2,3,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,23,24,26,27,28,30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,50,52,54,56,58,60, who do we appreciate? ChakaMonkey!"

Because those are the frame rates that your HVX can shoot at.

Today.

No firmware upgrade necessary.

(of course, this is TOTALLY UNSUPPORTED by Panasonic, this is a little bit of a hack, sort of like 'overclocking' in a way, so if you break your camera, don't complain to them, or to me, or to ChakaMonkey!)

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