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Filming for Slow Motion Playback and FCP Handling
Hi everyone
Using a Sony HDR-FX1E HDV camera we want to achieve something in the order of filming at either 50 or 100 frames per second. Given our equipment limitations will shooting 1440×1080 at 50i with a shutter speed of 1/100 or 1/200 achieve anything like 100 frames per second shot. We are hoping to produce a shot that has more detail and less motion blur when its speed is slowed considerably in FCP?
And just as important we are wondering would you still digitise the footage using either of FCP’s following Capture Presets [in order of preference]?
AJA Kona 3: 1080i 25 Apple ProRes 422 even though the colour space is 420 for PAL HDV and the pixel res for this preset is 1920×1080 – no option for 1440
and/or
HDV-Apple ProRes 422And then edit into a Sequence with either of the following settings for best real time performance and nil in-sequence conversions [in order of preference]?
AJA Kona 3: 1080i 25 Apple ProRes 422 1920×1080
and/or
Apple ProRes 422 1440×1080 50i 48kHz
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HDV – 1080i50
and/or
Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50I know the first part of the question is geared toward a DV Rebels type forum but given the obvious knowledge on shooting and then posting it in FCP on this forum I thought it would be a good idea to ask here as well.
All contributions to this post is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Mitch
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3 Replies
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Your camera is limited to shoot ONLY 25 frames per second.
Shutter does not effect the frame rate.
Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
[Steve Eisen] “Your camera is limited to shoot ONLY 25 frames per second.
Shutter does not effect the frame rate.”While it is true that shutter speed does not directly affect slow motion acquisition, good crisp images will (or can) assist optical flow in rendering ‘tween frames.
If you want buttery smooth slow motion, you MUST acquire more than 30 frames a second. you need at least 90.
bogiesan
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Thanks Steve and David for your confirmations.
Mitch
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