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T2i 60fps Shutter Speed Question
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I have my shutter speed set about twice my fps at 120. I heard that was a good speed from reading threads on here. The clips I slow down though look too fast at half speed and have kind of a motion blur to them. It's bugging me and was wondering what a good shutter speed is for that setting.
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Well if you don't want motion blur I know most people will bump it up to 180.
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ya i never shoot at 125, i dont really like motion blur but a lot of guys on the site do, its all about what you want your footage to look like
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I'll be honest I don't really see the motion blur at 125, I think it gives really smooth slow mo. I guess it's all preference, but this is a video that I shot at 125fps and don't see any issues with the motion blur
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1/120 is basically the lowest you can go at 60fps without having too much blur. You can go higher and there really isn't much difference. Are you sure you're at 60fps? Because the blur at 1/120 should be very very minimal, post an example?
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shutter speed IMO depends on what you are shooting. in most cases outside of 'action sports' you want to follow the "180 degree rule", however, for action sports I usually recommend/shoot with a higher shutter speed because (as said above) I don't like the look of motion blur when shooting sports and when it comes to slowing them down.
In the end it all comes down to your opinion and how you want your footage to look. Simply, if you want to get rid of the motion blur, shoot at a higher shutter speed (in turn, it will also allow you to shoot at a lower f-stop)
hope this helps...
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i usually go about 1/250 when shooting 60fps. that works pretty well for me, but like everyone else says its all preference after a certain point. i've used 1/1000 for a certain look i was going for and ive also used 1/500 which wasn't too bad but when i shoot 60fps and plan on slowing most of it down i usually go about 250
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whats the look associated with shooting high shutter speeds like 1000. im just curious
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I also shoot at 1/250 for pretty much all of my skiing videos
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so the look associated with the 180 degree rule is to associate natural motion blur. with a higher shutter speed, such as 1/1000, the crisper the images and the less motion blur and the more staccato movement.
the beach scene of saving private ryan for example was shot at a higher shutter speed to create a certain look/feel to the footage. in terms of 'action sports' it creates a crisper image that is more clear when slowed down.
be careful however, don't use a higher shutter speed to replace ND filters. higher shutter speeds can create some weird effects to your footage...
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Wait what? How are you slowing down your footage? Shutter speed has no effect on frame rate, only motion blur. If the speed of your footage looks wonky, it isn't caused by your shutter speed...
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well, too high of a shutter speed with create almost 'too crisp' of an image and almost make a sort of strobe effect with the moving subjects. In addition, depending on the combination of your light source and your shutter speed, it can create a sort of flickering in your footage.
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this pretty much nails it exactly! i used it once for a scene where someone dropped some crumpled paper so when it was dropped in slow motion it stayed super crisp and just borderline staccato and the other time while someone was golfing out of the sand so you could see all the little sand bits really crisp
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frame rate does not have an effect on the amount of motion blur.
if you're shooting at 1/120 at 24p the frames will look the same in terms of blur as something shot at 1/120 at 60p. frame rate only affects blur in the sense that the lowest shutter speed you can use at 60p would be 1/60, whereas at 24p it would be 1/24.
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