On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:30:30 -0700, James Gifford <jgifford@surewest.net> wrote:

>Click wrote:

>> What is 24P? I have seen it mentioned & was wondering.

>

>24 frame per second progressive video. It's recorded at 24 frames per

>second using progressive scan (not interlaced), instead of the usual

>video 30 fps progressive or interlaced.

>

>It is typically used for video-to-film shooting, since the number of

>frames matches the number of film frames per second without mucking

>around dropping frames. It produces a smoother image on the screen as a

>result. One of the biggest reasons video transferred to film looks

>crappy is because of those dropped frames; by shooting the video at film

>speeds, much better quality can be obtained.

Unfortunately, the one "prosumer" camera that can

record "24-P" appears to do it by shuffling interlaced

fields (if I recall Adam Wilt's article at

www.adamwilt.com/24p/index.html#24pRecording

correctly on this), which is likely similar to the process

used for 60-I to film transfers, giving little real

advantage for the feature (but I could very well be

wrong on this....;-).