Snapper123
Well-known member
I know this question has been asked before, but I feel it's hard to trust alot of sources.
What FPS should I be using? 24, 25, 30, ect ect?
See, the way I see things, 24 (23.9?) is a frame rate that is sort of a bad invention. It seems to serve no special purpose, from the research I've done, and doesn't make things exactly simple.
Now, 30 FPS on the other hand, you'd think it'd be able to be converted to Interlaced footage for TV just by seperating each frame into two fields. Lots simpler. Also, if I'm correct, theater projectors display at 60 FPS, which means you just double each frame in the 30 FPS footage. Simple. Where in the world does 24FPS fit in? Maybe if you're doing a filmout? Not sure there.
But I'm not doing a filmout, so what specific FPS should I be shooting in if I only am interested in 1. Most of all; Digital cinema and DVD, and 2. Less importantly, Cable TV. Doing a filmout would be the last thing I'd ever consider, unless a company throws their own money into filmoutting one of my films. Even beyond choosing between 24P and 30P, there's the oddity that neither of those are exact numbers, meaning how is it that I'd be able to pull frames from the footage, like progressive scan is supposed to do, if there's not exactly 30 or 24 frames per second? I do want that frame pull option, and somewhere down the line, I want to see for myself that my frames are being recorded high quality and seperately.
Cuz see, the fact that the UK records things in exact numbers is appealing to me. Right away, it seems more beneficial. Who knows, it might even create better quality. So could it even be considered to use the UK FPS settings on my camera? Where would that exactly be problematic in post, compared to the weird numbers like 23.9? Has anyone ever tested between these forms of footage? Just sort of wondering and thinking out loud.
What FPS should I be using? 24, 25, 30, ect ect?
See, the way I see things, 24 (23.9?) is a frame rate that is sort of a bad invention. It seems to serve no special purpose, from the research I've done, and doesn't make things exactly simple.
Now, 30 FPS on the other hand, you'd think it'd be able to be converted to Interlaced footage for TV just by seperating each frame into two fields. Lots simpler. Also, if I'm correct, theater projectors display at 60 FPS, which means you just double each frame in the 30 FPS footage. Simple. Where in the world does 24FPS fit in? Maybe if you're doing a filmout? Not sure there.
But I'm not doing a filmout, so what specific FPS should I be shooting in if I only am interested in 1. Most of all; Digital cinema and DVD, and 2. Less importantly, Cable TV. Doing a filmout would be the last thing I'd ever consider, unless a company throws their own money into filmoutting one of my films. Even beyond choosing between 24P and 30P, there's the oddity that neither of those are exact numbers, meaning how is it that I'd be able to pull frames from the footage, like progressive scan is supposed to do, if there's not exactly 30 or 24 frames per second? I do want that frame pull option, and somewhere down the line, I want to see for myself that my frames are being recorded high quality and seperately.
Cuz see, the fact that the UK records things in exact numbers is appealing to me. Right away, it seems more beneficial. Who knows, it might even create better quality. So could it even be considered to use the UK FPS settings on my camera? Where would that exactly be problematic in post, compared to the weird numbers like 23.9? Has anyone ever tested between these forms of footage? Just sort of wondering and thinking out loud.
