It will be better to shoot in 1080 60i or 50i?

[Giuseppe Mangione]

The documentary I’m going to produce can be potentially broadcasted both in the U.S. than in Europe.
Which format it will be better to shoot: 1080 60i or 50i?

I’m thinking about the easy way to do the conversion.

[Giuseppe Mangione]

Thank you Dave for the suggestion.
I’m shooting with the sony EX1r so I have the capability of 24p.
I’m sure this doc will be broadcast in television.

So if I do 24p I have to do 2 “conversions”… and are you suggesting that is easiest to do a 3:2 pulldown for NTSC countries and a to conform to 25p for PAL countries that a conversion from 30 to 25 or viceversa.

This is interesting!

I have to go deeper in this field…

[Giuseppe Mangione]

thanks Dave,
anyways… I want to try shooting in 24p. I have a short video project coming. This will be my 24p test…

Then I’ll post my experience converting the file in 30p and 25p.

[Walter Soyka]

[Giuseppe Mangione] “So if I do 24p I have to do 2 “conversions”… and are you suggesting that is easiest to do a 3:2 pulldown for NTSC countries and a to conform to 25p for PAL countries that a conversion from 30 to 25 or viceversa.”

Exactly. I’ve seen 24p (23.976) called the universal frame rate because of this — it’s easy to add pull-down for 29.97, and it’s easy to conform to 25.

Walter Soyka
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