30FPS vs 60FPS?
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I feel the same way and I really don't like the way the extreme fish eye looks for vlogs.
A lot of great information here, thanks ! This isn't even my post and I'm excited to read all the comments! GREAT TOPIC VLotoMog!
Superview is actually pretty neccesary for dirtbiking as there is a lot more head movement than on the road and because your sitting more upright it's hard to get the bike in frame without angling the camera at the ground, and then it's just annoying because your eyes always want to look up when watching the video. I know it's just dynamically stretching the video but it saves the trouble of doing it manually
Also I suppose the fisheye effect would be worse riding around town but for when your riding offroad it's awesome.
Huh? Never thought of it that waySuperview is actually pretty neccesary for dirtbiking as there is a lot more head movement than on the road and because your sitting more upright it's hard to get the bike in frame without angling the camera at the ground, and then it's just annoying because your eyes always want to look up when watching the video. I know it's just dynamically stretching the video but it saves the trouble of doing it manually
Also I suppose the fisheye effect would be worse riding around town but for when your riding offroad it's awesome.
Fluidity of motion, clarity and lack of blurring etc.
For fast moving action I don't think I could stomach using 30fps after seeing the glory of 60.
30fps will be fine for panoramas etc, but 720p60 is far better than 1080p30 imo for the motion in moto vlogs.
Maybe you don't have the proper wide-angle lens. Think about it. To get more of the scene around you into the frame you need a wider angle. The camera is handling the angle of the lens by choosing what part of the sensor to use for the video. Instead of using the full sensor area, it is cropping it or skipping pixels and averaging to give the illusion of a wider or narrower lens. It is all done in software and your camera calls that "Superview".
If you get blurring, check your encoder/video editor settings. There shouldn't be any. Make sure "frame blending" or anything that sounds like that is NOT selected.
50 and 60 FPS has been around since ages ago. And movies are still shot, processed and played back in 24fps. And people still enjoy them in such a low frame rate. And nobody is saying that there is a lack of smoothness in the moving parts. If the pro's and the industry chose such a low frame rate, there should be a reason, and there is, it has physiological effects.
Even though current technology is capable of 120 and 240 FPS, it is not being (and won't be) used in movies because there are key parts of the whole movie experience that would be lost.
Some TV's carry a 120+Hz gimmick that magically invents frames to fill up from 24 to 120.
What do you mean I don't have the proper wide angle lens? It's a common problem for all dirtbikers and superview fixes it. It's not about the scenery around me it's about getting more of the ground and sky in frame. When you shoot in 16:9 it's taking a 4:3 area of the sensor and cropping it to 16:9 so obviously you keep the width and loose height. The problem with that is when you are dirtbiking you really need more ground and sky in the frame to help your eyes watch the video. So the obvious answer is to shoot in 4:3 thus retaining the height however all technology in this day and age is made for 16:9. So the problem then becomes how to stretch the 4:3 out to 16:9 without cropping and loosing the height. And the answer to that is dynamic stretching which works brilliantly however it requires a lot of extra time in editing. Here is how to do that: http://abekislevitz.com/43-gopro-footage-explained/ . Now gopro isn't hiding the fact that all superview is is dynamic stretching http://gopro.com/support/articles/what-is-superview . So basically I don't care if gopro calls it superview or whatever else they want to, the bottom line is it saves me a lot of hassle and does exactly what I want it to
Nope, it's not that.
A 30fps recording WILL absolutely blur more than 60fps as, by definition, the sensor is receiving light for double the amount of time at 30fps, and therefore motion will appear slightly more smeared.
It's just the way video recording works, and is also why 30fps is better for low light as more light can enter the sensor.
Taking a 60fps video down to 30fps at the rendering stage results in a markedly sharper picture than filming directly at 30fps on the GoPro's.
To clarify, I'm purely talking about the capture side of things, before an editing application is even opened.
I know your pain, but remember in your wall of text I'm only talking about the RAW footage, nothing to do with editing.
30fps. But mostly because I can't go any higher on my Drift Ghost HD. On the other hand, 60fps might chew up too much battery and SD card space anyway.
