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Can’t get to 180 degree shutter, is it worth getting closer?

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
John Vickers Contributing Member • Posts: 911
Re: Shoot at 50 fps and Don't Worry About High Shutter Speeds
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timmytooltime wrote:

Sorry Mark, I don’t follow, why wouldn’t I have to follow the 180 rule if I was shooting 50p?

I was actually thinking if I shot in 50p and was using it in a 50p timeline for normal speed footage I’d have to shoot at 1/50th, rather than faster shutter speeds.

As Mark says, as the frame rate goes up, the shutter speed increasingly becomes a free choice.

That's also true as the movement within a frame-time goes down. For example, if you are videoing a snail race:

- Subject to any potential flicker problems, as mentioned earlier.

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