It would be nice if you didn't change the framerate. I understand that you aimed for cinematic look with the 24fps, but imho dropping 6 frames out of every 30 frames just makes the video so jerky it's unwatchable :-( The Spark can only record in 30 fps. Keep that, and if you add footage from other cameras, set those to 30fps too. It will look buttery smooth instead of this jerky mess. The parts where you sped it up looks smoother for some reason... Maybe it's just your video editing software is broken.
Hey, thanks for your input! I think the jitter is coming from something else though. I never changed to 24fps, nor would I want to, I know the issues with dropping frames when you don't record 24fps natively (iMovie exported it as 1080p60 for some reason). I think the jitter comes from shutter speed. I don't have any ND filters yet, so I'm forced to use much higher shutter speeds, especially in bright scenes, like this one. I've done some test footage following the 180 degree shutter angle rule (using 1/60 with 30fps) on a darker day and it comes out way smoother. Definitely looking forward to getting my ND's!
Actually seems like the issue lies more in iMovie not playing nicely with the Sparks frame rate (29.97 variable or whatever it is). Thanks for pointing it out!
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It would be nice if you didn't change the framerate. I understand that you aimed for cinematic look with the 24fps, but imho dropping 6 frames out of every 30 frames just makes the video so jerky it's unwatchable :-(
The Spark can only record in 30 fps. Keep that, and if you add footage from other cameras, set those to 30fps too. It will look buttery smooth instead of this jerky mess.
The parts where you sped it up looks smoother for some reason... Maybe it's just your video editing software is broken.
Hey, thanks for your input! I think the jitter is coming from something else though. I never changed to 24fps, nor would I want to, I know the issues with dropping frames when you don't record 24fps natively (iMovie exported it as 1080p60 for some reason).
I think the jitter comes from shutter speed. I don't have any ND filters yet, so I'm forced to use much higher shutter speeds, especially in bright scenes, like this one. I've done some test footage following the 180 degree shutter angle rule (using 1/60 with 30fps) on a darker day and it comes out way smoother. Definitely looking forward to getting my ND's!
Actually seems like the issue lies more in iMovie not playing nicely with the Sparks frame rate (29.97 variable or whatever it is). Thanks for pointing it out!