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  Some questions about frame rate and dslr/videocameras

  Posted by Tom Thursfield on April 5, 2014 at 2:46 pm

  Hi,

  I’m looking to buy a camera for shooting green screen and other footage that I use for after effects.
  I’ve been using stock footage but there are some ideas that I need my own footage.

  I think I’ve narrowed it down to 3 choices, 2 DSLRs and one camcorder.

  Nikon 3100 DSLR 1920 x 1080 24 fps or 1280 x 720 30 fps
  Canon EOS 1100D DSLR 1280 x 720 30 fps
  Canon Legria HF R46 or Panasonic HC-V210 1920 x 1080p 25 or 50 fps

  I don’t think it’ll be too bad a choice between the 3 as I’ve done some research but I just wondered if there was anything I was missing in regards to after effects and vfx?

  I’d prefer a DSLR as it would be better for still images and more multi functional but the camcorder is full HD. Also I could get different lenses and manually adjust the shots with the DSLRs.

  The footage will be for the web so frame rate doesn’t really matter does it or will this matter for vfx work?

  I don’t think people are going to think my effects work is ruined due to 720p but is it worth getting something that shoots 1080p so my work will look better?

  Thanks for any help

  Oh and sorry If this isn’t in the right section

  Michael Szalapski replied 12 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tom Thursfield

  April 5, 2014 at 9:01 pm

  oh my god I’m such an idiot I realized, hell I even wrote it that the nikon does 1080! Guess I’ll be going for that then, although it is 24fps!

  But does frame rate matter too much for vfx?

  Say if I create something at 24fps and upload it will youtube or vimeo change the frame rate to 30fps and interpolate frames in the video and will this be a lower quality than if I made it myself in AE at 30fps then uploaded it?

  I’m guessing it’s not going to ruin it but I just would like to know the process so I can get the best results or whether it’s worth going to any trouble regarding it
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  Michael Szalapski

  April 9, 2014 at 1:42 pm

  Some DSLRs will let you connect to them and capture the signal uncompressed instead of having to deal with the H.264 files created by the camera itself. If you’re looking to do chroma work with a DSLR, that is the way to go.

  – The Great Szalam
  (The ‘Great’ stands for ‘Not So Great, in fact, Extremely Humble’)

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