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Marcus Martell · July 18th, 2009, 05:10 AM

I'll bring with me the steadicam merlin to film one of my best friend wedding!Wich shutter settings do u sggest to me for the lateral moving shots?I thought 1/125...What do u think?Iìll go out in 21 hour!Pleaseee....

thx

Boyd Ostroff · July 18th, 2009, 07:11 AM

Not sure why the merlin would cause you to use a shutter speed any different from other types of support. Is there some special effect you're trying to create? IMO, unless you have a good reason it's generally best to keep the shutter at 1/60 for NTSC and 1/50 for PAL.

Tom Hardwick · July 19th, 2009, 12:07 PM

I'm with Boyd - stick to the default. If it gets really dark for the static building shots at night go slow, or if it's very bright and you've run out of NDs and can't use maximum aperture, shorten the speed to 1/100th to soak a stop.

July 18th, 2009, 05:10 AM	#1
Marcus Martell Trustee Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: spain Posts: 1,202	Z1 shutter with the merlin.TOday test! I'll bring with me the steadicam merlin to film one of my best friend wedding!Wich shutter settings do u sggest to me for the lateral moving shots?I thought 1/125...What do u think?Iìll go out in 21 hour!Pleaseee.... thx

July 18th, 2009, 07:11 AM	#2
Boyd Ostroff Wrangler Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mays Landing, NJ Posts: 11,802	Not sure why the merlin would cause you to use a shutter speed any different from other types of support. Is there some special effect you're trying to create? IMO, unless you have a good reason it's generally best to keep the shutter at 1/60 for NTSC and 1/50 for PAL.

July 19th, 2009, 12:07 PM	#3
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	I'm with Boyd - stick to the default. If it gets really dark for the static building shots at night go slow, or if it's very bright and you've run out of NDs and can't use maximum aperture, shorten the speed to 1/100th to soak a stop.