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A note about shutter speed: if you're doing handheld on-the-go vlogging and you don't have a camera with exceptionally good stabilization or a gimbal, you're probably better off using a far higher shutter speed than 1/48s.
Although it'll look less "cinematic" than with a 1/48s shutter, if you want to stabilize vlog footage in post it'll look smeary and weird with a low shutter speed. Personally I'd rather have crisp footage in that scenario than cinematic motion blur that will look distracting when stabilised.
My experience is that the "180° rule" should not be taken as a universal rule but rather as a workaround for the fact that 24-30 fps playback rate is not sufficient to create an illusion of a smooth motion. Once you play back at 60 fps or even more, you can get away with higher shutter speeds without motion looking jittery, unless the motion is extremely fast. An exception is a slow motion video taken at 60 or 120 fps but played at 24 or 30 fps without any resampling. There the "180° rule" still applies.
A special case is a video which is shot at 60 or 120 fps and resampled 24 or 30 fps (but not slow motion, i.e. played at natural speed). This depends on how smart the resampling software is. If it does the most trivial conversion by skipping extra frames, you are in trouble and even sticking to the "180° rule" may not help as you cannot use shutter speed slower than (shooting) frame rate. If the software is smarter and combines multiple input frames into one output frame, it can create an effect similar to the motion blur coming from the "180° rule".
@@michalkubecekHey Michal do you happen to have a recommendation for a RUclips video about what you are talking about in the above comment? I have never shot video on my 7DII but after watching Simon's video I want to give it a try this weekend. I understood what Simon said but what you're talking about is Greek to me. Please and thank you. Turi
@@michalkubecekWhat is the 180 degree rule? Thanks.
@@timgurr1876 That's a historic name for the rule to use shutter speed of twice the frame rate. The name is based on old film cameras which used rotating circular shutters with an angle open and the rest opaque so that the angle corresponds to how much time the shutter is open for each frame. E.g. for 24 fps, 1/48s would be 180° (half of the full angle), 1/96s would be 90° (a quarter), 1/120s would be 72° (one fifth) etc.
My canon r8 don't have ibs
How can I shoot reels, gym videos without shake?
If I try to move little my video shakes even though I handle my camera smoothly
Just a small addition to this amazing video for those interested in doing video content while "on the move". Using in camera digital image stabilization (especially on action camera's), going the 180° rule on fps/shutterspeed and using ND filters for the motionblur will cause the stabilization to fail. Digital image stabilization requires higher shutterspeeds to function, at the bare minimum a shutterspeed of 100 for slow walking and at least 150-200 for higher action footage.
I.e. if you want to film footage while you are walking/otherwise moving or causing vibrations on your camera and still want that smooth motion blur, you will be forced to use a gimbal, which can be expensive and cumbersome. For stationary filming, a good steady tripod will work just fine and even handheld if you aren't too zoomed in.
Nowadays many video editing software also has the ability to add motion blur to your footage in post. I don't have alot of experience with that but it might be worth the shot if you cant afford or want to mess around with a gimbal.
Thanks Simon, I'm not afraid of the video button anymore... :) You have an amazing talent for explaining pretty complex subjects, making them easy to understand!
Wow, thank you!
This guy is great; he just gets to the point and moves on!
I found very helpful to use Customs settings, I have one for outdoor video and one for indoor video, and the rest for still, it makes it easier to switch from video to still without making too many adjustments.
I'm mostly a video guy who got into landscape photography about 4-5 years ago.
AUDIO - I'm so glad you're giving it a lot of attention. TRICK QUESTION: What is the most important part of a video? When you get down to it, it is really the audio. You can have the greatest looking video and the greatest composition or angles in shooting the video but if you have excellent audio most people, if not all, will hang in and watch the whole video. Now if you do it opposite - you can have great looking angles and shooting techniques and have everything perfect, but if your audio sucks a lot of people, maybe most will bail out.
Agree!
The recent trend is to put music over video on social media. Most of the wildlife video I watch, I watch on mute anyway. I would argue the topic is most important. To you record video to get the sound, a bird singing, lions roaring etc, or did you record the video to capture the image? But even then, I would say the image is always important, you can put music over a lovely scene, but you can't fix a bad image.
Most of the time when I shoot video lots of other people are nearby me. As you can image the mostly talk a lot and this also gets in the audio. Mayby a good shotgun can take this less but for now I have no idee witch one.
Thank you for this! Shooting video is definite hole in my photography tool box. You have given us lots to practise here! :)
Excellent video, Simon! You always explain somewhat difficult concepts in a simple & concise way. Best wishes.😊
NTSC and PAL are 30fps and 25fps respectively, not 24 and 25. It comes from the 50Hz and 60Hz AC power in different regions, as you mentioned.
24fps came from cinema framerates; it was one of the lowest framerate that still allowed for truly smooth motion, saving expensive film. It stuck around to this day 🤷🏻♂️
Very true.
Note that the North American standard is called NTSC not NSTC. I typoed my script, just read it off the teleprompter, noticed it was wrong in editing, re-recorded that section, fixed it in post, then uploaded the wrong version! Duh!
Loving your videos. NTCS is 30fps (29.97) not 24fps. 24 is Cinema's fps.
@@ROVideos came here to say this. rare miss for Simon but a big one.
Hi Simon. Excellent video! I always get good value from your perfectly executed explanations. Your delivery is fantastic and so are your photos and videos. Congratulations! 🎉
Very nice and to the point. Helpful for beginners.
Glad it was helpful!
This was great. Thank you! It’s made me interested enough to want to plan some video for an upcoming holiday. And practice ahead of time, naturally!
Fun addon to the last tip: For many cameras, when you hit the shutter in video mode the camera will record a jpeg instead of a raw, at the resolution that the camera is set to record. So, if I am in 4k30, and I press the shutter down I'll get an 8.3mp jpeg. The kicker here is that it uses whatever shutter speed you have set, and records photos at the frame rate. This means that my Z50, in video mode, can write 30, 8.3mp JPEG images per second to the memory card. I can also drop down to 1080@120fps, and flood the memory card with 120, 2.1MP JPEGS per second. The only time i've found this useful was when watching a Violet-Green Swallow preening itself in the middle of the day, where I could use a high shutter speed to freeze the motion. You have to take care and make sure what you see in the liveview is what you want from the image though, since with such a small jpeg, you don't really have any leeway for editing.
I heard for quick pans, increase your shutter speed to help smooth it out. Been shooting 4k HQ 24fps, 1/50 with the Meike ND Adapter (R5). Being lazy, I've kept the screw on circular polarizer in place along with the ND filter. Got to be careful with color shifts. I normally shoot during high noon as I'm in the forests. Most of the time I keep the clear filter on with the VD ND in my pocket. Also, I've heard it's better to use your external microphone in manual mode (higher quality recording) than to keep it in automatic. One tip for Canon users that shoot a lot of waterfalls/ stream rapids in bright sunlight. Set your camera to D+ (Highlight tone priority) and make sure you have Zebra on, so you can see the whiteouts in real time and adjust your exposure accordingly.. Waiting for the R5 II, hopefully it will come with a built in ND filter and automatic exposure adjustment like Sony has done. 🙂
Once again a really useful, clear explanation and demonstration. Thanks Simon, your the best.
Very welcome
Simon thank you so much for doing this video. I am going to flip that switch after rewatching this video a few more times and checking my camera settings. I’ll also be getting a microphone. Up until now I’ve had only a rather dim understanding of video but as usual your teaching style has brought it all together. You really have a way of organizing and explaining and speaking to your audience. You even knew I have been looking at that switch on my camera and wondering!
I really gotta do this.
Great video I learnt a lot about how different the 2 mediums really are. It really doesn’t seem like it on the surface with smartphone shooting these days but there are a lot of intentional choices on the art of photography and videography!
Ourstanding video. You read my mind; I was going to ask if you had any videos on how to do video. Now I need to get into my manual and figure out how to focus on moving subjects. Thanks as always for the information and inspiration!
You can do it!
Great coherent video, as always, Simon. I have taken some videos with my Panasonic G9, mostly slow motion for Volleyball, which looks really amazing. I definitely want more video footage and mix it with stills, which is something I really love watching as well.
Thanks for sharing
Excellent, thank you
You are welcome!
Excellent Simon! I am of that category whom never turns on the video features of my camera as I've always focused on still photography. I've thought about trying out the video features but I've avoided doing so to not go through another learning curve (I've been through many just with stills). Your presentation is just what I needed to try this feature on my camera. Many thanks!
Fantastic!
I knew nothing about video so this was super helpful
this was really helpful.
Simon, great video. Lots of great information. great job. Thank you so much.
I'm a programmer working on a project where I need to get 3 cameras to synchronize at 30fps. I have them wired to a hardware clock to trigger the captures, so the only variable now is the camera configuration. I have them synchronized within about 1.5ms right now, hoping I'll learn a thing or two about settings from this video and maybe get sub 1ms
I didn’t even think of you for videography!!!❤ I need to watch more of your videos😅
Very useful tips, thank you, which I hope I can remember and use!!
Great video. I'm going to film and photograph Red Squirells soon so I'm currently making what I call a 'compromise list'. I look at the task and then weigh up the pro's and con's of shooting in various modes so that I can hopefully achieve a balance of quality vs convience. For example, use a VND filter or break the shutter rule etc A few extra tips:
- If your camera supports ALL-I recording you can extract much cleaner stills from the footage as each frame in the video is essentially a photo vs recording in Long GOP which only records every other frame which can lead to motion artifacts
- If people want to shoot in LOG then they may even consider restricting their ISO to the native numbers to achieve higher dynamic range (this rule can definitely be bent/broke though with caution)
- I'd also avoid feeling like you need to shoot LOG footage simply because everyone else is doing it. It's difficult to master and you can end up with similar results to just shooting in a standard mode. So if anyone reading does have a LOG or HDR profile in camera. You don't have to use them to get great results. But they may help if you progress further into video.
- Finally, if your camera supports custom modes, set up a video profile with all the relevent settings so that you have two distinct modes for photo and video
Love your videos man!
Thanks!
A goal that’s why I don’t post on my YT still learning
As always excellent video! Thank you!
I had only seen the diagram on my manual where the video switch is, but had totally forgotten it as I’ve never used it before. Went to an air show a couple weekends ago and wanted to try the video option. I had to google where the switch was 😅 It was bad I tell ya, had to delete it from my external hard drive but it’s still in my memory card. I’ll have to check what settings it was on. I’m assuming on default, whatever that is. I think I need to practice on slow or stationary objects. My mistake was trying it to record a jet plane flying by 😂
Perfect timing Simon, as I have just moved to a video capable camera. This was very helpful, as was the recent Pangolin video on the same subject. Just need to understand zebra settings now, especially when filming Zebras.
Great video as always. Just wanted to point out it’s NTSC, not NSTC.
My bad
As usual, very clear and helpful...though I can't help noticing you didn't give advice on what to shoot IN those videos! :) That's MY stopping point...I'm not intimidated by shooting, but by figuring out WHAT to shoot in video and what to do with the footage once I've shot it....
TNX
I find myself a fan of those tutorials without a bulky mic hanging between me and the talking head. 😊
Cool, thanks!
Hi Simon! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. How about some video editing tips? I really like the way you do that.
Noted!
My canon 5d mark 3 can capture 1080p and 30 fps as maximum, so I just tested video feature and forgot about it.
All birds videos which I saw captured in 4k and 120fps to used it in slo mo and that why that looks good.😢
Guess I am going to have to try it
Excellent!
Hi Simon d'Entremont, Great video as usual.
1:06 Would you be open to making a video showing how you make your RUclips videos? I would like to see your process, setup and how you edit your videos.
Noted!
I just assume the switch is a prop.
Nice name Sir and amazing content!
KING
My d3200 doesn’t have a switch, you have to tap the button to switch from the eyepiece to the screen and then you can press the record button
I’m going to try😊
The Sony cameras with the XLR attachment are most excellent for sound. I plug in wireless mics as well, but I would not want that Rhode you showed, I do not want my audience looking at the excessive white branding.
Great video as always Sir! Not sure if any one addressed it in the comments but its called NTSC not NSTC.. Thoroughly enjoyed this video, its a format I love!
Yes I read from the teleprompter like a zombie...
Back in the analog days we would call it "Never Twice Same Color" (NTSC) :)
Hi Simon great video!
I suggest to elaborate even more on this subject by talking about cinematic profiles / video "raw-s".
What do You think about this idea?
Noted
Certainly, NTSC is not 24fps, but 30fps or 29.97fps.
You say set the FPS and forget it. I'm in Europe so that would be 25 fps but would I need to change it to 24 fps if I went to North America and was filming in artificial light?
i liked this video within 10 seconds because of his voice
I love the theme song. Who is the artist?
Nicer, by Houses on the Hill
Fabulous video, Simon! I recently started experimenting taking videos of birds at my backyard bird bath so this video was super relevant and informative, especially the section on NSTC vs PAL.
Concerning future subject suggestions: I am fairly new to wildlife photography, so I haven't quite graduated to full manual mode on my camera. I usually use aperture priority mode and adjust my ISO to achieve the shutter speed I am looking for, which seems easier than figuring out what the right combination of shutter speed, aperture, and ISO settings. So I'm curious, what is the reason most photographers prefer shooting wildlife in manual mode? Am I missing an advantage that manual provides?
Manual allows you to set the shutter speed for the speed of your subject, and aperture at the lens’ sharpest. Check out my video on Manual with auto iso for a great combo.
Great video
I'm one of those photographers who is afraid the camera is going to explode if I turn that switch to video. But, I think I need to figure it out. My question is, how do I edit my video. Initially, I just want to do simple things, like "crop" the video by cutting off the beginning or end when I'm turning on and off the camera. What's a simple video editing tool?
Most PCs have a basic video editing tool to cut video and add sound. Try searching your PC for “video editor”. Some apps like Capcut can do same from a phone.
Where is the best place near Vancover BC to photograph BALD Eagles in November?
Dunno. I’m waaaay on the other end of Canada.
Uh cool
Beautiful. Every time when i seen yours videos i learn something. I am little confused , can you help me ? I have Canon 70D body and i can't find the best lens for it. I am just beginner and i want to wildlife photographer but i can't spend to much money on it.
A Sigma 150-600 is popular
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Great info 😅
So, I see many folks such as yourself playing video and showing a still in it. How do you do that if just grabbing a video frame may be blurry at the give shutter speed. I understand the option of recording at highest shutter speeds and slowing down.
If I found a sharp one it’s luck, or using a high shutter speed.
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Great video as always! Question: if you are forced to use a high frame rate and shutter speed, can you make adjustments in your video editing software to play back at a normal speed?
You can, but will not always look good natively. Some video editing software has effects thats can simulate the slower rate and improve the result.
About time someone made this video. Often its some degree of people trying to gatekeep. Ive said it too. Its a lie. Knowing what and why equipment wise produces better images. Try long pans with crappy tripod head. Yep. Nice pan head: woooo.
Good stuff. I only try to shoot a little video of birds on occasion, just off the cuff while I'm shooting. Keeping a 500mm lens stable without a tripod is definitely a challenge, much less the noisy audio. One of these days I'll try doing it right, but the photography has always come first.
Thanks Simon for the video. I want to know how to edit the video footage and like photography, does editing play a big role in getting the final video ? Thanks.
It depends on the genre
Do you have a video of your complete video set up on the camera?
No, just this one.
Couldn't make it far enough in the video to learn any 'how to' - I've tried to shoot with my DSLR and mirrorless, and nothing records.
Hi Simone. I really appreciate your tutorials. Please consider shortening the introduction. For example, in this video, I had to watch your video for 1 minute before you actually began teaching. Your title drew me in, so there was no need to elaborate. I was excited and ready to dive in and learn only to be forced to wade through diversions before the actual lesson starts. Please keep in mind that I am nobody. I've never created a RUclips video (yet), and I have great respect for what you have accomplished. I hope you take my comments as constructive with the intent to help. Regards, Bob
I’m slowly shortening it…60 pct of my views are still from new viewers
DId you get the team to go with to Botswana? Am in Kenya, would love to tag along
Am in Botz now
@@simon_dentremont Ooh, okay.
Simon, this is the best introduction to video for still photographers I have encountered. I’m now eager (instead of reluctant) to flip that switch and experiment. Of course you know what is coming next, a chorus of voices requesting a companion introduction to video editing.
I have never flipped that switch, not even to test it. 😂
Didn’t know there was a switch.
@@vincecaruso7503 what camera do you use? I personally just make short videos for my own viewing because it is not good quality 😅 I use my drone for video/stills and camera for pictures more so
When i was started, my goal was to shoot & edit video. Doing this now
As a follow up to this video, similar to some of your Lightroom photo editing videos, I’d love to see an introduction to video processing on the computer, tips for getting it ready for online viewing, etc. thank you Simon, great video and makes it all a bit less scary to flip the switch!
Yes…. Me too
100% need this!!
As a wedding filmmaker who deals with a ton of different and often dark lighting conditions, I've learned there's only 2 ways to adjust light - add more, or take it away. Either take away using Aperture, ND filters, or turn the studio light down - or turn the light up, or stop up the aperture - DON'T touch the ISO - it adds noise to your footage. If shooting LOG footage, get correct exposure using zebras or false colors, then overexpose to taste to make sure your shadows aren't noisy. If you want to shoot handheld, make the camera heavier - I rigged out my camera with a cage, top handle, side handle, mic, and monitor - instantly made my handheld footage look professional, rather than amateur and shaky.
Some modern camera bodies have something called duel native ISO, whereby the image is clean again at a set higher ISO, so in certain low light conditions it’s better to keep that ND filter on.
24 fps is normally what film was shot at, therefore it's termed "cinematic". NTSC video was shot at 30 fps due to our power grid functioning at 60 HZ. The European grid runs at 50HZ so that's why their frame rate is different. In the days of analog TV, the video signal was split into two fields. As cathode ray tube screens had an electron gun (for B&W) or three (RGB) for color, these guns fired electrons at the screen in lines. Hence the old term lines of resolution. One field was for the odd lines and the other for the even lines. These were interlaced so the image on the screen was a coherent image.
Today's video outputs are much different as they are digital, but we still have legacy interlacing in some formats such as 720i (interlaced). However, the frame rates still hold true. 30fps is very much like the old analog video in appearance though sensor type plays a role too, while 24fps is considered "cinematic" as it mimics the analog film frame rate. I often shoot at 30fps because that's what I'm used to having worked in the TV broadcast industry for many years.
Thanks!
Thanks for the Tips Simon :) Helped me understand a bit better what im actually doing
Hi Simon, personally I made very few films after the painful results obtained and I continued shooting, after seeing your video with all the explanations, I will try to put them into practice at the first opportunity, as I did with photography. Thank you very much..
Excellent Simon. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. As always, you break the subject down nicely and deliver the important facts in a way that my very tired brain can understand. Thank you!
I agree! Everything you need to get going but not so much that you get discouraged. I'm so grateful for all of Simon's videos, but this one is especially welcome, and as usual, I don't see this information presented nearly as well elsewhere. I so often recommend this channel, and I'm not afraid to do it even for people who are just beginning.
Never thought you could see birds breathing, hard to match your beautiful pictures in the flattest country in Europe. Keep it up.
Many thanks
Just an FYI the NTSC standard is 29.97 frames per second not 24.
Most cameras when set to NTSC default to 30 frames per second progressive scan or 30p for short.
Also, nobody seems to understand that 24 fps was a practical compromise (good enough), not some magic movie frame rate. It was a step up from 16 fps.
And doesn't work on tvs that are 60 frames a second @@michaels3003
On the very rare occasion that I wish to video something I put my beautiful R6 down and pick up my phone 😂 Maybe I shouldn't be so scared and lazy.
Correction: NTSC is the North American standard used in video production (not NSTC)
I just found your channel and I absolutely love the tips you share so clearly. I haven’t used a camera yet but want to start doing so
24fps is the movie rate and that it's called NTSC (rather than NSTC) which is 30fps due to the mains frequency being 60Hz.
There is a lot more to the NTSC/PAL/SECAM than just the frame rates. The standards cover the transmition of analogue video signalsincluding the audio, chroma and luminance as well as the frame rate and resolution of the image. Now that traansmition is all digital these standards aren't used and only the framerates linger as a memory of years gone by.
OMG this video took me from, video school kindergartener Dropout to I gotta shot at learning YEAH SUBSCRIBED
An iPhone takes great smooth video, not a lot of magnification but super smooth. Also cameras with advanced stabilization can take good video like the Panny FZ 300. Or FZ 1000 1 or 2. As well these cameras have 4K photo allowing in camera selecting of individual frames at 30 frames per second. It works ok, better on the 1000 as it has a 1 inch sensor. The mirror
🪞 less cameras with EVFs can be held against your face to add stability otherwise the older DSLRs require a tripod.
Thank you so much for this incredibly informative video!🙂
In the last weeks I overcame the fear to flip the switch to video mode. But a fear I cannot overcome so far is shooting with less than 1/800s. As an animal photographer without a tripod I'm used to 1/1600s. Going below that feels scary as hell! 😯
Funny you should mention a Photo camera being used for videography. I'm going to sell my video camera Panasonic GH6 for the new photo camera Panasonic G9ii because its superior at video work. 🤣😂😅
you are amazing, thanks for the information provided, much support from Egypt
Simon, I generally enjoy your content a lot. However, this video is a miss. I stopped it at the 2m 45s mark, when you run off the rails.
Your advice on PAL/SECAM/NTSC is just flat out wrong. The ancient, analog TV system standards has zero application today, when the world is using all digital TVs. I suspect technical lethargy as to why cameras still have these setting.
To be blunt: Many RUclipsrs and other influencers are wrong, and the often seen common advice on framerates is wrong.
Unless you _really_ know what you are doing, and have very specific needs particular to your application, then you should be recording in 30 (or 60) FPS. Full stop. Yes, that means your current video, recorded in 24 fps, is incorrect.
The reason is that pretty much all playback today takes place on digital devices of various sorts. A *significant* portion of those devices are running at a fixed playback (screen refresh) rate of 60 Hz. This is irrelevant to where the device happens to be, and has nothing to do with the local AC mains frequency.
Some more expensive devices, like _some_ of Apple's top end computers, mobile devices and tablets, can also run at 120 FPS display rate. However, the vast majority of digital devices around the world still run at a fixed display rate of 60 FPS.
If a video is recorded at 30 FPS, then a 60 FPS customer display can easily accommodate this by displaying each video frame twice, since 2x 30 is obviously 60. On a 120 FPS display, each video frame would be displayed for 4 display frames. No problem. Same with a recording at 60 FPS.
Now the problem child, 24 FPS. How would a 60 Hz display show a 24 FPS recording? Answer: It cannot. Instead the display uses what is known as the 2:3 pulldown: Each alternate video frame is displayed for either 2 or 3 display frames, alternating. This will give an average frame rate of 2.5. And 2.5 times 24 is ... 60!
The problem comes when there is a lot of movement in the video content, like a pan. You get a stuttering effect at 12 Hz(!), the silent movie frame rate from 100 years ago, and this is emphatically _not_ 'the Hollywood film look'. The technical term for this effect is called 'judder'.
Two questions usually arise at this point:
1: How can a 60 FPS device correctly display a video recorded at 24 FPS, so the viewer experiences the Hollywood film look? Answer: It cannot. It is a mathematical impossibility. They get the judder effect instead, which looks awful.
2: Why am I not seeing this effect while I am making this video? Answer: You are probably using a high end Apple or PC display running at 120 Hz, which _can_ (and does) display 24 FPS recordings correctly. Since 24 * 5 = 120.
Bottom line: Uploading RUclips videos recorded at 24 FPS throws all the viewers using 60 Hz displays under the proverbial bus.
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I really enjoy your succinct and logical delivery of information. You are my go to photography channel . Thanks. 🙏🏻
Wow, thanks!
2 time watching about to start my 3 time your the only person on RUclips that is actually explaining video, I think you just tough me how to use slow motion. You ROCK! And again your name sounds like royalty. Ps I have all the best equipment now I am leaning how to actually use this equipment. I knew I would, because I am so passionate about photography, and I always have been and I always loaned for these expensive lens and cameras, but wasn’t financially able to afford them, but no longer on more than I can ever use. Thanks to Jesus.
thanks just bought my first camera with video and new virtually nothing until now!
Simon, another great video - I have shot very little video but thinking about learning more about it as I believe my r5’s do a great job. Thanks for serving amateurs like me.
Some other video tips.
For handheld, ad a slight sway into your motion by drawing an infinity around the subject. The allows you to control any smaller jittery motion by overwriting it with the sway (note it is subject/focal length dependant, test on your own time).
Also the closer to the camera that body part is the smaller the motion should be, this will allow for much smoother motion without the need for gimbals (note most people spend money on gimbals when they don't need them, if you need the absolute smooth they offer than that is up to you).
While 24(technically 23.97 but thats a side point) is the cinema standard. It was mainly chosen as the bare minimum for use with sound to save ass much literal footage of film as possible. You can shoot at 30 frames if your doing vlog style content with out issue or 60 if you've got some action camera footage you want played back at normal speed. It depends on the type of content you're trying to produce. The shutter speed rule still applies, though it can also be refereed to as shutter angle (a hold-over from the film only era).
Lastly, think of video moments in terms of 'beats', this may help you think with time in mind.
I agree with AnotherOtherman. 24fps is sometimes too choppy so I always use 30fps for RUclips videos as it gives you more frames to work with and is smoother than 24 to do with the Hertz in North America I think. It also capture fast motion and panning in scenes better. Many videographers now use this as it still maintains motion-blur and 180 degree rule but is smoother as there are 6 more frames. I don’t know why Simon doesn’t even mention it. (I am a tv Producer) Otherwise GREAT video as usual!!
@@PfagnanThanks for the tip. I’ll try that. Is there much impact in low light situations (indoor filming of birthday parties and blowing out candles)? Thanks again.
@@timgurr1876 Guess it depends on what camera and ISO for low-light. I think frame-rate is not an issue for that unless you want to do slo-mo say at 60p or 120p for a special effect
Here's another parallel between camera work and marksmanship. You can't hold a firearm absolutely still without a support, so you try to control the inevitable movement. In fact, I remember one shooting coach telling me to try to limit the movement to a figure 8, which is obviously very similar to the infinity symbol. Shutter press and trigger pull are also similar. Even the stances and the way you brace a camera using your body is similar to the way you hold a firearm.
NTSC and PAL should be abandoned as they are obsolete since the emergence of TFT based TV's that basically are PC Monitors and no longer electron gun glas tubes.
Also 24 fps looks crap when there is any movement in the horizontal (from left to right and vice versa)
The horizontal camera pan over the hordes in Lord of the Rings was a stuttery mess totally negating the advantage of the huge cinema screen.
Ok it’s ur job I don’t wanna take pictures anymore. Lol 😊