I have been a bit puzzled about the technical ways these HDV cams claim to deliver 24p or Cine-look, cine-mode whatever. I haven't been shooting much for a while so excuse my ignorance.
Every camera is either native i or p scan right ? The HDV cameras try to appeal to the prestige that goes with the film look by promising a 24p look even if the camera shoots interlaced. Others like Panasonic make a native 720p camera.
I want to know why thepan/tilt strobing looks worse on all these cameras than it would shooting film at 24 fps. Even on the true 24p HD cameras I have seen at trade shows it looks worse. Sony has a new HD camera out, maybe the XD cam which I had a play with and I noticed the srobing in the viewfinder was a bit better than the HDV cameras but not much, certainly worse than what I was used to shooting 16mm at 24fps.
On the other hand this camera was being fed to a HD monitor and I noticed the strobing was not as bad on the monitor as it was in the viewfinder. So there must be a data display issue here. My question is can I trust the stobing that appears in the viewfinder firstly on true 24p secondly fake 24p. Which of the fake 24p systems is the best and how do they work or try to work ?
I would also appreciate a good explanation of true vs fake 24p and the editing issues.
