nicolefromgambrills wrote:
… Do i get better results with 1080i 60i or 1080p 24fps?
60i is easier, with correct settings 24p is better, and I slightly disagree with sensei Wolsky … 😉
https://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/i-or-p-this-is-the-question
was a short, illustrated essay I once wrote in this neverending debate ....
due to its inherent blurriness, interlaced feels, esp. on fast (horizontal) subjects, better.
for the price of a resolution loss.
you can accomplish a 'better' smoothness when following basic rules of cinematography, using a slow shutter-speed - which results in 'natural' motion-blurr.- for most situations, that means with the aid of ND-filters.-
but …
if you like to use the material for adding effects, esp. tools like Optical Flow, plugins as Twixtor, short shutter speed is needed, therefor 'better'.-
nicolefromgambrills wrote:
… jerking the camera around, …
avoid that.
or, stabilize it, manually, attaching weights to cam, fly-pods, in-cam-features.-
esp. any vertical movements create odd effects by using interlace.
the (in)famous 'movie look' every video-cam hobbyist is panting for is based NOT upon frame-rate, but upon achievable slow shutter-speeds. and 24fps would allow down to 1/48th - which gives wonderful blurry pics.-
on the other hand, in context with Jackson's Hobbit in HFR, it was noticed that a younger audience prefer the blurry-free, but smooth 'electronic' look.- different viewing habits.
you're using a beast of a cam - I assume, the correlations of iso / f-stop / sec is familiar to you 😁
finally, here, another very interesting read
http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-truth-about-2k-4k-the-future-of-pixe ls
(sometimes a bit too technical, but .... read it anyhow!)