is it possible with consumer grade cameras. I know i can slow it down in editing but it doesnt looks as good, and i know i cant change the speed of the camera but are there any tricks in achieving this?
If you can change the shudder speed on your camera, it would give it the look of slow motion, but it would be pretty bad and really can't be considered slow motion. But I strongly reccomend doing it in post-production. I think it looks best that way, but also remember that the effect is better if the software is better.
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On a film camera it's not the speed of the shutter that will give a motion effect but the speed at which the film passes the gate. On really old cameras this was impossible to control, hence the funny speeded up then suddenly slowed down action.
It may be of interest to note that when filming Top Gun, the camera op had to adjust the film speed and shoot the jets in slow motion 'cause they were just too damn fast!
You could also play around with the ..... erm I forget what it's called! That disc that sits behind the lens....urgg I need coffee! Anyway, it moves to give you, usually, anything from a 90 degree to a 270 degree screen. That's how they get that jittery look on Saving Private Ryan.
If you're talking video here then just do it in post with a motion effect. Even the most basic editing packages offer slow motion but in my experience the better the software, the better the effect will look. Changing shutter speed on a video camera doesn't really give you slow motion, rather a strobe effect instead.
Ross
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yeah, i figured there wasnt a better way. I'm using premiere pro to slow it down, but i think the effect is better in after effects cause you can use the frame blend to smooth it out a bit, but it still doesnt look that great. I know that in order to really capture true slowmotion the camera must shoot in high speed. I know this is possible in film but i was wondering if there are any digital cameras out there that can do this as well.
