I am shooting a documentary with canon xf100, can anyone explain the reason to shoot 60i vs 60p and the visual difference between the two?
MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
60i uses 60 Interlaced FIELDS which run at 30 frames per second.
60p consists of 60 progressive FRAMES and runs at 60 frames per second.
As far as I know, you would only use 60p for (silky smooth) slow motion (ie. shoot at 60p, drop the footage onto a 30p timeline and conform, so that it runs at half speed).
Andy
Just to add to what Andy said: the only 60 fps option for the XF 100 is 720 resolution.
Russ
Thanks Andy and Russ. I have done a bit of reading on the subject but haven't found a great digestible piece on it. I understand the concept and saw a video sample online but it was not well done and could not really see the difference between the examples. The 720 resolution closes the door for this shoot but I am still looking for a well done explaination.
Rokeach wrote:
… can anyone explain the reason to shoot 60i vs 60p and the visual difference between the two?
interlaced fields have to be 'blended' to be displayed on any screen (except tubes from the last cent).
that blending is a silly simple way to blurr = avoid 'stutter' on fast horizontal movements.
therefor preferred by sports-channels. and consumers with a favor for fast panning .......
actually, there's no real reason to use interlaced.
if your familiar with the basics of cinematography, that 'wanted blurriness' can be accomplished, and even better, with progressive recordings too - just use a longer shutter-speed.
that simple.
on the process of getting interlaced recordings useful for any web-usage, 99% notice 'jaggies' etc.
I would avoid interlaced as much as possible.
I am shooting a documentary with canon xf100, can anyone explain the reason to shoot 60i vs 60p and the visual difference between the two?
