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November 20th, 2010, 09:16 PM | #16 |
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OK...well, as close as you can get with a CCD or CMOS sensor on a video camera. Apologies if I got carried away with comparing this footage to film. Obviously this video camera is not film. The files I get off this camera are 8 bits and compressed. It doesn't respond to light the same way. I get that. But it's closer than exposing the image for the entire duration of the frame which will produce a more smeary effect. I dislike the smeary motion blur, but that's just me. I'd rather have my image look as close to film as I can get it. Following the 180 degree shutter look is only part of the way there, but I'll take it.
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When I mentioned shutter angle, I was not talking about trying to get a film look (for which there is a lot more than just slow shutter speeds.) Personally, I could care less about having a film look for the things that I get paid to do. Mind, I'm not opposed to people trying for film looks. I just do not care about it myself. We got sidetracked because it was not immediately clear how specific Kevin's question was. Now that Kevin clarified his specific aim, I rather suspect that Kevin is shooting the green-screen studio stuff for web distribution. That is a format where shooting in 30p can make sense. I only commented about shutter angle when Justin mentioned it because from what little I understand of it, shutter angle is a way of describing a relationship of shutter speed and frame rate. If you understand it, supposedly it helps pick shutter speeds that avoid artifacts such as the strobing that Pavel mentioned as resulting from using some faster shutter speeds when shooting 30p. Turns out that we do not need to go deeper into this because Kevin doesn't need higher shutter speed for what he is doing. |
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There is only one way how to decide - what do you like on TV screen it is ok. This is what I mean. It depends on the speed of movement on scene, it depends on what look do you like, it depends on the amount of the light - it is a correct answer. If you set a shutter speed to 1/25 (at 1080/25p, right 1080/25F for XH-A1), you minimize a strobe effect - shutter is open all the time, any phase of the movement does not lack (...depends on speed), it maximize amount of light for CCD's. I can only recommend to compare the look of film vs HD video on the same screen with the same dimension. |
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This is going to date me, but I remember many film cameras used a smaller angle than 180 degrees, e.g. it was 135 degree on a Bolex H16, the DVX of its day, and this was variable to half - I think the idea was to provide close to 1/60th and 1/120th sec (at 24fps). - can't remember precisely, someone else do the maths. So you don't lose the "film look" by shooting 1/120 sec. As for 30/60i,p, be prepared for fruitless conversations with people insisting their next camera has at least to be 60p ('cause the salesman explained this is 4 times as good as 30i').
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Ah, yes, the old Bolex. That dates me, too. As I recall, we had a Bolex H16-M-5 for the film class, and it was a year or two after they first came out. (That's a long time ago for you young folk.) I can remember the model number and have a vivid memory of somebody giving a very detailed explanation of the maths. For the life of me, I cannot remember any details from that lecture. Because I cannot remember the maths, I've just used the rule of thumb about shutter speeds being multiples of frame rates. Kevin's studio shot should go fine with 1/60th as the shutter speed. Using 1/120th would require a somewhat larger aperture which could result in a shallower depth of field, but also would work fine. I think 1/60th easiest to work with indoors for a project like Kevin's.
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Confusion is indeed a problem. That's why I explained the nomenclature thing to Kevin in my first post in this thread, and why I tried to remember to say "60i/30i" thereafter. Sorry if you missed that. |
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November 22nd, 2010, 05:17 PM | #23 |
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Ok, i've done some experimenting over the last few days. It seems that under controlled studio lighting, the camera tends to gravitate towared a shutter of 30 when in the "A" mode. there does not seem to be that much of a difference between a shutter of 30 and sixty with the exception of having to let more light in when using a shutter of 60. Since its a stagnant shot, it appears that a shutter of 30 will work just fine. I will continue to do testing under different lighting scenarios and see what happens.
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a quick comment regarding 180 degree shutter speeds, ESPECIALLY in films. just because the audiences are USED to it does not mean they find it PLEASING.
same with the new TSA regulations; i am sure people will get USED to getting blasted by x-rays and peeped at or fondled, but never find it PLEASING. i personally HATE 24P, and i dislike the motion blur at 1/48 shutter speed; i have always noticed the 'flicker' in a movie theatre and it always irritated me. even if i shoot 24P, im usually at 1/60. a person walking or turning their head should not look blurry in a movie. |
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a quick comment regarding 180 degree shutter speeds, ESPECIALLY in films. just because the audiences are USED to it does not mean they find it PLEASING.
same with the new TSA regulations; i am sure people will get USED to getting blasted by x-rays and peeped at or fondled, but never find it PLEASING. i personally HATE 24P, and i dislike the motion blur at 1/48 shutter speed; i have always noticed the 'flicker' in a movie theatre and it always irritated me. even if i shoot 24P, im usually at 1/60. a person walking or turning their head should not look blurry in a movie. With 30P or 60i, i usually shoot at 1/60 for wedding/events, and around 1/250 or higher for action shots (motorsports etc) |
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Update: Thanks to all that gave input. I used a shutter speed of 60 and it worked out great.
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