New to video, frame rate confusion

[gsenroc]

Hi,

Having been thinking of jumping into video for some time, I finally get a Samsung NX1. Amazing camera and it's a lot of fun. 

However I'm recently a bit confused about the frame rates I can/should use.

Many people around me recommend using 24p in europe because it's cinema, and some people recommend 25p because we have 50Hz electricity here, some other people recommend 30p because of our monitors running 30/60Hz.

But if I look at the setting in my NX1, things getting a bit confused to me:

Here is the setting available:

UHD: (PAL) 24p, 25p                   / (NTSC) 23.98p, 24p, 30p

FHD: (PAL) 24p, 25p, 50p, 100p / (NTSC) 23.98p, 24p, 30p, 60p, 120p

Then I realize if I use 24p PAL, the 50p/100p coming out from 1080p is not a 2x/4x slow motion. The same for NTSC if I use 23.98p or 24p.

30p seems a good frame rate if I think about slow motion and the monitor, but it seems many people are using 24p as standard.

I'm not going into any broadcast related business, does that mean I can just choose NTSC/30p for the highest frame rate (smooth) or is there something I need to think about first? Having tried to google and read threads from everywhere I feel a bit lost.

Any info/advice would be much appreciated.

Kevin

 

[Mattias Burling]

Dont use 30p if you live in europe. Use 25 or 24. Otherwise eelectrical lights will flicker.

[gsenroc]

Thanks Mattias, The light flickering seems quite critical. Sometimes I see some 24p videos on youtube show stuttering but I don't think it's the frame rate problem. I'll use 25p and see how it works out.

[Mozim]

The difference between 24p and 25p is minimal and I doubt anyone will notice the difference. If flickering lights could potentially be an issue then make sure to stick to 25p when shooting in Europe. 

[Mattias Burling]

Thanks Mattias, The light flickering seems quite critical. Sometimes I see some 24p videos on youtube show stuttering but I don't think it's the frame rate problem. I'll use 25p and see how it works out.

24p can stutter on some PAL screens the same way my 25p stutters on one of my NTSC screens. But for most it will look ok so dont worry about it.

[gsenroc]

Thanks Mattias and Mozim. I'll just stick to 25p then.