30fps out of PAL GH3

[Rob Dunford]

I've been searching the internet for a way to get 30fps out of a PAL GH3 and I think I have found it. Now I am wondering if this is common knowledge or maybe I'm barking mad.....

I made an 80% recording using the 24p MOV setting. In Compressor I conform the footage at 30p and reduce the duration by 80%.

I now have a clip that runs at 30p (I did try 29.97, but that ran out of sync after a minute). 

I made a test with separate sound, filming my clapper app on the iPad. It was displaying the timer so I could compare footage against the clock. The clapper syncs perfect over several claps.

Anyways, ignore me if this is common knowledge!

 

[nigelbb]

Ingenious but why would I want to do this?

[Rob Dunford]

Good question.....I deliver work for a US organisation. All their material is NTSC based, so I could deliver 25fps or 24fps but the IQ would take a hit. This way they get a compatible frame rate. Being able to deliver 30p is an essential part of my workflow.

I always understood that the GH3 was strictly regional, but it seems not..... Also the reverse scenario is true for an NTSC body. Using the 48% setting should allow one to deliver 50 or 25fps (24/.48 = 50)