transfer to film
 

I'm looking into hdv cameras to shoot a feature with, and i've read at some video to film transfer houses, that they say not to shoot in 24F with the canon hdv cameras, are you transferring to film? if so how are you conforming it to 24fps? and if you had it to do again would you do it the same way (24F, xl-h1 etc...)

thanks

I've read in the past that with the old XL1 you should not use the 24f mode because it was so soft, but I haven't seen that at all in relation to the H1 or A1/G1. However, you can even shoot interlace if you want, and the lab can do the 24p conversion for you.

DEFINITELY shoot in 24F mode for a transfer to film. 24F is identicle to 24P from a workflow perspective. The transfer house will want it as 24 true frames and that's what the H1, A1 and G1 records to tape.

Agree! I've shot in the "f" mode and did film-out - no problem att all. I sent my footage in tiff-sequense to post.