>>3130241>When taking a video, I don't really understand the difference between the frame rate and the shutter speed.Frame rate is how many frames per second the video is being recorded. Shutter speed is the length of time per second that the exposure is being made.
>Frame rate is how many "pictures" it takes a second. So, 60fps = 60 frames captured every second.Correct.
>How does shutter speed come into this, and why does it make things look choppy?OK, so looking at the anatomy of older film video cameras, there would be a rotating series of shutters timed to expose each progressing frame in perfect synchronization. By doing this, the shutter was closed for literally half the time during filming. Whether this has caused us to be trained to see this effect, or it just coincidentally is what seems best to our eyes for whatever reason, the general advice is to have a shutter speed at double your frame rate. 24fps, 1/50s exposure. Set ISO and aperture accordingly. It is long enough to provide a little motion blur in faster action, slow enough to provide a natural appearance.
>Also, why can I go below 1/60s shutter speed when shooting at 60fps, shouldn't that be impossible?With modern digital cameras, the sensor is constantly exposed. During normal video recording, that may depend on the camera itself. During time lapse, it is generally better to have a longer than typical exposure, to add motion blue in stead of having jittery snippets of completely still frames.
>Also, if I'm shooting video in bright sunlight, having a shutter speed of 1/30 is just ridiculous, everything is fuckbright even with 100 ISO and f/16. So I'm assuming my only option is ND filters?Uh ... fucking duh?
>Anything else?Yeah. Study on your own. All of this information is out there on the internet, sitting on a plate with people ready to spoon feed it to you.
