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So to conclude: When switching from progressive to interlaced (in low-light situations, when reasonable gain-settings would differ by 6dB between interlaced and progressive assuming aperture and shutter speed are fixed), the dynamic range stays the same, the light-sensitivity increases at the expense of vertical resolution and of course the temporal resolution increases (with costs of additional vertical resolution drop+aliasing while movement). Bottom line: If you need 30p/25p and it gets dark, don't play with the interlaced-mode, but increase the gain value, because you will still capture more picture information than in interlaced-mode. |
Hey guys, Doug is a guy you should all take some advise from. He has been at this for a long time and is an expert in his field. I agree impliedly with his call here. Unless you're shooting in an ambient light situation where there's no lighting other than a couple of 60 watt bulbs for light, That's about the only time to turn the shutter off. Exposure is a combination of , iris, ND filter and shutter speed and gain if absolutely necessary.
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My experience is that a shutter-speed of 1/50s or 1/60 looks in general most natural/inconspicuous. So when shooting with 50 or 60fps, turn the shutter off, if you want to get natural looking motion blur. If you shoot with 24 or 25fps, use a 180°-shutter. It gets interesting if you shoot with 24 or 25fps and have a low-light situation. My rule of thumb for that situation would be: If there's just very little motion and you would need a lot of gain to get the exposure right, turn the shutter off. If there's a lot of motion or you would just need a small amount of gain, leave the shutter on. |
Definitely shutter-off for groundglass 35mm adaptor work. My personal preference for direct-to-camera imaging.
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Interesting that people are expressing such strong views on this question. I wonder how many have actually given the matter any serious assessment. The correct answer is that which you find by your own testing and evaluation. I've run my own tests for a variety of situations (including passing traffic) and find that shooting 24/25P shutter "off" does not give strange effects and I prefer the greater motion blur for its impression of smooth motion. However if shooting at higher frame rates or need to process with stabilisation routines, it is a different matter. I have no problems with people disagreeing, but I am interested in their evaluation criteria. Might be some correlation with complaints about jerky motion at 24fps.
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That isn't a persuasive argument, and anyway not entirely true (shutter angle is varied as required). However a film camera cannot have 360 shutter (the shutter must be closed while the film is advanced). I've shot a lot of film, so I'm aware of the related issues. The golden rule is test and assess. What other people (including highly experienced DOPs) suggest is your starting point, not your commandment. Your conclusion is that "off" results in too much blur; that's right for your use.
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Since shutter speed is set for a specific shot you cannot make a statement that a film is shot at a particular shutter speed. Obviously 180 shutter is the most common opening for a film camera, and you specifically have no idea what shutter settings are used for any digitally photographed feature film. That most features are shot digitally is incorrect, as you could have easily determined. But this is quite pointless and irrelevant. I leave you to hold your views.
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The basis of 180 shutter is in film, not video. But I'm pleased you spend your time trying to measure shutter speeds of feature films; keep it up wasting your time. You have rather lost the plot.
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Sorry I have to disagree with this, IMO when shooting in interlace mode there is no need for shutter most of the time it's only when shooting progressive that shutter becomes more useful and even then I wouldn't use it 99.9% of the time. |
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