Colin Mcquillan
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[Chris Barnes] “shoot some at 720x60fps and drop that into a 30fps timeline will it mix well”
Depends on your final delivery. There will be some softening due to scaling, but if web or 720p is you final delivery is shouldn’t impact quality.
As far as 60fps footage in a 30fps timeline – it will look fine. Most editing software basically just throws half the fames away so the footage renders 30fps in the timeline.
What software do you edit with?
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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[Chris Barnes] “Actually the gopro will only shoot 30fps at 1080p”
I stand corrected. I guess wishful thinking go the best of me.. (though I am surprised they didn’t roll out this gen. with 60fps@1080)
https://gopro.com/product-comparison-hd-hero2-hd-hero-cameras/Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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[Chris Barnes] ” If I don’t plan on any slomo, theoretically speaking, should the 1080x30fps keep up with the action as well as the 720x60fps?”
For normal speed playback – yes, 1080p30 will like great. Shutter speed will have more effect on footage than FPS in this case. For a normal look shoot with a shutter of 60. For a hyper-real look crank it high (think Saving Private Ryan battle scenes), and dreamier/motion-blury crank it down.
Keep in mind your new go-pro HD2 should shoot 1080p60 giving you the best of both worlds: 1080 frame size, and 60fps in case you decide you want to slo-mo any of the resulting footage.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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Could be FCP misinterpreting the footage. This happens sometimes.
Does the footage look squished? (as in it is squeezed 4×3 but would look normal stretched out to 16×9)In your FCP browser scroll right until you see the column “Anamorphic” If there is no checkmark click in the column, add one. Now edit the clip into your sequence and see if it goes in properly.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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You don’t have to use other supports, but they do improve and expand upon the shots you take.
Another trick if you need to go handheld is to use your camera strap as a support. You just really don’t want to freehold a DSLR.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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[Jorden Mosley] “I’d expect that from tripods, but shoulder rigs and steady cam keep it stable enough”
Well, not all at the same time 😉 Though i do stack my dolly slider on my tripod at times.
If you plan on roaming with your camera I’d recommend something like a Steadicam Merlin or Glidecam HD4000.
There are other brands and knockoffs that work just as well.Shoulder rigs don’t have to cost an arm and a leg either. You can go all out on a carbon/machined aluminum rig and spend a few $K or on the other spectrum you can find rigs for as cheap as a few hundred. The cheap ones aren’t very well balanced and will be made out of heavier materials.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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For event work you would be better served starting with some type of standard zoom.
For your camera I’d recommend either the Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 or the 24-70 2.8L (I prefer the 24-70 as it is weather sealed and future-proof if you decide later to go full-frame) – then from there as need dictates add something like the Sigma 10-20mm 3.5 for the big wides and a 70-200 2.8L when you need more reach. Just try to go for constant aperture lens’. I personally don’t go for image stabilized lens’ as they usually come at the cost of f-stops, weight, or for fast IS lens’ high prices. With DSLR’s I recommend always shooting from a tripod, shoulder rig, steadycam… and if you do so it negates the need for IS.
Fast primes are great for interviews and other planned shots. I keep a 50 1.4 in my kit at all times. However they are not great for event work where you need the flexibility to adapt quickly to a changing environment.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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Crazy! External power? How does the video look?
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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Can you post a clip or frame? I’m curious to see if it is an interlacing issue. I think it may be something else as your camera only shoots progressive. Perhaps a lighting frequency issue or something else.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”
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[Rafael Amador] “I guess those picture haven’t been recorded in camera, but with a Ki-Pro”…
Of course shooting on something like a KiPro gives you more leverage in post – But I think this would be hard to say if this was shot in-camera or to an external recorder without knowing.. The F3 has good onboard control and if you knew the look you were after you could bake it into the footage and capture in camera.
Colin McQuillan
Vancouver, B.C.“Live, love, laugh and be happy.”