Shooting 4K 60FPS

[MavicJeff]

Hi, I've always used 30FPS with my drones. It mostly looks good but if the drone or gimbal movement was a little too fast in a section of a well shot sequence it suddenly looks choppy or blurry, interrupting the otherwise great looking footage.

Practicing for an upcoming shoot I have been trying out 60FPS and I am amazed at how much better , sharper and more consistent the footage look especially with faster pans.

Do I lose that advantage when I export the edited footage at 30FPS? Do I have to export at 30FPS for typical multi media/ social media use? Or can I keep it at 60FPS?

I typically keep my shutter speed in auto on my Mavic 3 classic . Will shutter speed affect the process of exporting 60FPS to 30FPS?

This is not for slow motion playback. Thanks for any advice

 

[mavic3usa]

I dunno, I shoot 60fps all the time and I'm not finding it to be a reliable solution to some shots that suffer from blur or choppy. But then again, I rarely ever shoot at 30fps so maybe I'm just not aware.

You are free to shoot at, process, export, and upload at 60fps all day long and for the most part, all is well if you like that look.

 

[SmilingOgre]

Panning is a real bug-a-boo in video. You will loose the advantage of filming at 60fps played back at 30fps. If you can force your camera into using a slower shutter speed that too will help in smoothing out panning, however introduce blur which can be preferable to watch. Super slow pans are the best answer that I have found.

 

[GadgetGuy]

. Super slow pans are the best answer that I have found.

That's also what all the professional cinematographers do!
They even have calculators for determining the max pan speed based upon the field of view of the lens in use. A general guideline is to pan no faster than a full image width every 7 seconds to minimize judder.

PHFX.COM | tools - panSpeedCalc

A Panning Speed Calculator for SDR and HDR Cinematography

phfx.com

 

[SmilingOgre]

That's also what all the professional cinematographers do!
They even have calculators for determining the max pan speed based upon the field of view of the lens in use. A general guideline is to pan no faster than a full image width every 7 seconds to minimize judder.

PHFX.COM | tools - panSpeedCalc

A Panning Speed Calculator for SDR and HDR Cinematography

phfx.com

Thank you for the confirmation and the link!!!! I read the 7 second rule but I am not satisfied with that, still get judders. Almost tossed an edelkrone slider at one point thinking it was flaky. I watch a lot of documentaries/reality shows and some of those cinematographers are really sharp. I'll see a fairly fast pan but it is against a mountain range slightly blurred with no distinct vertical lines. That same shot against a picket fence would look like a cracker jacks flip chart movie. There's a lot to learn and that makes it a lot of fun for me.

 

[hank970]

I shoot mostly stills, but when shooting video, I select only 4K at 60 fps. Though I love the results, file sizes are huge, and my tired old computer can struggle to process all of that information smoothly.

 

[Crash Pro]

I’ve run into the same problem in the past and have tested 24fps, 30fps and 60fps extensively. 60fps wins every time. The only issue I’ve found is that you loose some of that motion blur when flying at fast speeds close to the ground.