John Miller

Hey Thanks! I never considered shutter speed! That makes perfect sense. I will try that. Amazing how much one can learn in one day. I know I sound stupid, because I am stupid when it comes to this..but gettting smarter everyday.

Thanks for the helpful replies. I viewed the DVD I made on better widescreen TV and could really see a difference between the 60i and 24p. But, I did render a 60i piece to 24p and burn it, it looked just as good as the native 24p. Is it better to shoot 60i or native 24p? Are sacrificing some things you could never recover by shooting in the 24p on the xl2 itself? thanks.

Thanks David for you information. What I am trying to say is that with a cheap video camera, you get that 6 o'clock news or birthday party footage. Well, when I shot in 24P and rendered in 24P, I had moments of sharpness that looked like a cheap video camera. But in 60i, this never happened. I expected the opposites. I guess if you render to 24p from 60i shooting, you get a smoother motion picture look. I am just surprised at the results. Will editing be a problem when shooting in 60i and capturing to vegas? Or, will shooting 24P with advanced pulldown be the better way? Thanks again.

Hi guys. I have read numerous posts on everyones opinion about shooting footage in different modes to edit for motion picture type results. Last night I shot all three modes in 16:9 and captured to vegas 7. I didn't add any filters, or effects. I simply rendered each in three different formats. I rendered in 24p, 30p, and 24p mpeg. The others were in AVI. I used DVD Architect 4 to burn the DVD. I used default settings to burn the files, I didn't want to change anything..just raw comparison. I was SHOCKED to say the least at the outcome. I am very new to this and that is why I must experiment instead of relying on others opinions. The most motion picture like look I got was when I shot in 60i and rendered to 24ps MPEG. How is this possible? EVERYONE said shoot in Native 24P and you will get more film like look. The only resemblence to filmlike I really got shooting in 24P was jerking when I panned the camera. 60i was much smoother and had more grain effect. Go figure. I would like to have someone explain to me the BEST setup...someone who is experienced using this camera with Vegas software. Shoot in 24P and edit then master to what? Shoot in 30? The problem is, you can shoot in any of them, but when you render there are so many possibilities. Can someone take me from beginning to end. I want motion picture look for short movies..in hi quality. I am anxious to see the responses. Thanks! BY THE WAY, THIS IS SHOOTING ON MY NEW XL2 WITH 20X LENSE. NEED CAMERA SETUP PREFERENCES AND SONY VEGAS ATTRIBUTES FOR CAPTURE, PROJECT SETUP, AND RENDERING ATTRIBUTES TO DVD ARCHITECT.