Re: [Avid-L2] 29.97 and HD / RANT

Very interesting, and in hindsight, it's obvious why I am wrong about 24 versus 25. The world has changed since I last dealt with international shooting. It makes perfect sense to me that in 50hz countries, people shoot at 25fps for domestic consumption. But I do have a question. If I were shooting for international distribution, should I consider 25fps instead of 24fps? Or are we still shooting 24fps for international?

Now let me deal with my 24 vs. 23.976 and 30 versus 29.97 pet peeve. Outside of an engineering context, the distinction has no meaning. It's merely a display of technical prowess, like quoting pi to six digits instead of 2 just because you can. You don't need to say 23.976 because, if you are talking about video, we all know that's what you mean. In video 24fps is 23.976hz. 30fps is 29.97hz. Neither 24.00hz or 30.00hz exists in video. If you set your DSLR or your iPhone to "30fps," you've set it to 29.97hz. Sure, you can shoot film at 24.00hz and 30.00hz, but when you convert your film to video, it will be 23.976hz or 59.94hz when you are done and no one will know the difference. 

By the way, if you are shooting 24.00hz in film, why?

Cheers,

                 tod

On Aug 2, 2020, at 1:03 AM, luca_gazzolo via groups.io <luca_gazzolo=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:

Tod, despite the historic american hegemony, more people shoot at 25 fps than 24 (I assume You mean 23.976) or 30 fps, simply because the majority of the countries in the world are on 50 hertz power rather than 60. While I do not mind shortening 29.976 as 30 fps, I think that 23.976 fps should be referred to as such, or shortened as 23.98, to avoid confusion with true 24 fps, as shot outside the US.

Regards, Luca