Varicam 50fps in the US

[Bjorn Koling]

Hi, Im shooting a musicvideo with a 60P varicam next month in the US and most of it will be 50fps for double speed playback sync. Back home in europe I´ll downconvert to SD on a panasonicdeck and framerateconverter to 25P.

 

Whats the correct setting on the camera to shot 50fps? (60Hz or 59Hz) Also am I likely to get flickering lights at any of these Hz settings? (Im using lots of dischange and neonlights)

 

thanks

 

Björn (sweden)

[John Ealer]

In this case, System Freq would be set to 60hz, since you'll then get a true 50fps. (If you set it to 59.94, then your 50fps would actually be 49.95 fps.)

 

You will have the possibility of getting flicker in low-frequency or non-flicker free fixtures unless you set your shutter to 150 degrees, i.e. 1/120th sec., or 300 degrees, i.e. 1/60th sec.

 

J