Canon HF S10 and 60 fps? How?

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Canon HF S10 and 60 fps? How?

I've recently purchased the Canon HF S10 Legria (the same for Vixia in US) and i'm having trouble filming at 60 fps.
When i press the function button and go the menu settings, there is a setting that says
fps - 50i.

Is this the correct setting? When i import the movie file in Final Cut Pro (or iMovie) and play it back with Quicktime, on the info panel it says 25 fps.

Can anyone point me to the correct settings in getting a 60 fps video in FCP?

Thanks in advance!

iMac Intel Aluminum, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 28, 2010 3:17 PM

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Shane Ross

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Jan 28, 2010 3:25 PM in response to Bob Antis

Sorry, that camera doesn't shoot 60fps. It shoots 30fps. 1080i60 means 60 interlaced FIELDS. And two fields make up a frame. The only HD format that is 60fps is 720p.

The most you can get from that camera is 30fps.

Shane

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D Gilmore

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Jan 28, 2010 3:37 PM in response to Bob Antis

Shane's right Bob.
There's been a lot of questions like this so you are not alone, and unfortunately it doesn't help when authors such as Jim Feeley of MacWorld incorrectly write that it records 60 frames per second in their reviews.

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Bob Antis Author

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Jan 29, 2010 12:48 AM in response to D Gilmore

I'm really confused as this is my first camera.
I see a lot of videos on youtube describing that their video is shot in 24bit 60 fps etc.
I only got as good as 24bit 25 fps.

So you're telling me that i have to shoot in 720 to get the 60 fps? is that right?
What about if i deinterlace the video?
What difference will that make?

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Shane Ross

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Jan 29, 2010 9:26 AM in response to Bob Antis

I see a lot of videos on youtube describing that their video is shot in 24bit 60 fps etc

Probably shot with cameras that shoot 60fps. Not every camera does that.

So you're telling me that i have to shoot in 720 to get the 60 fps? is that right?

YOu have to get a camera that shoots 720p as that is a 60 frame format. Your camera doesn't do that. It only shoots 1080i 30fps. You can't get 60fps on that camera.

What about if i deinterlace the video?

Then you have deinterlaced footage running at 30fps.

Shane

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Bob Antis Author

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Jan 29, 2010 12:31 PM in response to Shane Ross

Thank you Shane! 🙂

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