Ahoj!
This is Zdenka.
Everybody loves slow motion.
And sometimes I even feel that it's tiny bit over done but still it's super popular especially
here on Youtube in B roll.
Many entry level cameras such as Canon M50 shoot at 60fps in 1080p with beautiful autofocus.
But it is not the same when it comes to filming at 120fps.
The autofocus is not there, you got to shoot manually and the file size is only 720p.
I do have step up camera which is all that.
Beautiful autofocus and 120fps in 1080p and that is Canon M6 Mark II but this video is
not about that camera.
Let's stick just with entry level cameras like this one Canon M50.
Let the magic begin.
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My name is Zdenka Darula.
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First of all let's talk about frame rates and camera settings.
I am filming this video such as my past videos at 24fps as that gives me the most natural
look.
Actually pretty close to what your eye is seeing.
This camera also films at 30fps, 60fps and 120fps.
I was filming my past B roll such as this baseball one at 60fps.
The results were quite good.
I was actually able to film handheld no problem but I would have more creative freedom if
I was filming at 120fps.
The 720p and lack of autofocus, that's what turned me off from filming at 120fps.
Now, I think it is more of a size issue, the 720p.
I don't actually mind filming in manual focus mode.
Sometimes I purposely film that way.
If I filmed at 120fps, I would end up with these beautiful slow motion shots mixed with
some speed ramping because you can slow down the 120fps so much more.
When you film at 60fps and post it on the 24fps timeline, you can slow it down to 40%.
But if you film at 120fps and post it on 24fps timeline, you can slow it down all the way
to 20%.
And for those interested, I actually created very detailed video on frame rates.
I'm gonna post the link in the video description below so you can watch it after this video.
When you film at 60fps your shutter speed has to double.
So your shutter speed is 1/120th of a second.
Depending on a camera model such as Canon M50, you might have to set 1/125th of a second,
whichever is closer.
So let's go back to baseball field where I was filming in 60fps and let me grab few clips
and convert them to 120fps in Adobe Premiere Pro, but first I have few tips for you when
you gonna be filming in 60fps knowing that you will be converting it later on to 120.
When you film in 60fps, you can use gimbal.
I like to use Moza Aircross 2 or you can film handheld.
You just want to make sure you don't rush.
Hold your camera with both hands and use your whole body for smooth movement.
Slow and steady.
Normally if you wouldn't change your files to 120fps, you would have to move really slow
to make sure you don't introduce shake in your handheld footage.
But again, when you know that you will change it to 120fps, you don't have to be that slow.
Any shake will be kind of hidden.
But now let's grab some clips and import them to Adobe Premiere Pro.
First let me just import regular 60fps clip to Adobe Premiere Pro and slow it down to
40%.
This is the slow motion you normally get when you film at 60fps.
Let's try to slow down the same clip to 20% to reach 120fps slow motion.
Obviously the footage is choppy because there is not enough frames to fill it up.
There is only 60 frames in that second, not 120.
Let me show you frame by frame.
There is no movement in every second frame.
And let's just change that.
Right click this particular clip, go to speed/duration.
At the bottom of the window you will see time interpolation which you can change to Optical
Flow.
What it will do, it will create those missing frames so when you play it now, look.
Done.
Here is your 120fps.
And that was just built in option in Adobe Premiere Pro.
And if you even use Adobe Premiere pro, you can get a plugin, it's called Twixtor and
it does work with Adobe Premiere pro and also other video editors so it is definitely worth
checking out.
I have edit the link in the video description below for you.
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