Is it really recording video at 30 or 29.97 fps? Air 2S but would like a general answer.

[mavictk]

Whenever I import a Air 2S video shot at 30 fps into Davinci Resolve it asks if I want to change the frame rate for the project settings of 30 fps. Without making this a Davinci Resolve question I am wondering if I am really recording at 29.97 fps and not 30 with the Air 2S. If so, are there other fps settings that may not be 100% accurate? Is 30 fps really 29.97 industry wide?

 

[waynorth]

30 fps is actually 29,97 fps. And 60 fps is 59,94

Wonder why video cameras shoot at 29.97 frames per second? Here is your answer

If you have ever noticed that TVs and video cameras run at 29.97 FPS and wondered why this is, check out this video from Standup Maths.

www.digitaltrends.com

 

[mavictk]

30 fps is actually 29,97 fps. And 60 fps is 59,94

Wonder why video cameras shoot at 29.97 frames per second? Here is your answer

If you have ever noticed that TVs and video cameras run at 29.97 FPS and wondered why this is, check out this video from Standup Maths.

www.digitaltrends.com

After watching the video does an Air 2S in Europe, PAL based, record at 30 then?

 

[AeroJ]

No. 29.97 as mentioned. Doesn't matter where you are in the world. But if you want to adhere to the PAL standard, then you'll be wanting to record at 25 FPS, which is exactly that number, confusingly ! But now we live in a world where internet video is the primary delivery method, old-school broadcast standards needn't apply to any of us, so we should just use whichever frame rate gives us most like the results we are looking for. 24 FPS is generally regarded as 'most filmic' (Whatever TF that means these days ! ) and is also most economic because you save 6 frames every second over 30 FPS. But most of us choose 30 FPS (29.97) anyway - I do so because I like the flexibility and ease of speed changing things in round numbers. So any footage I have recorded at 60 FPS will play back at half speed (as intended usually) and I can slow any 30FPS clips down by 80% to get 24 FPS which is still relatively smooth and plays back more nicely than less 'mathematically round' percentages. That's quite hard to explain as a concept when 30 FPS doesn't actually mean that !