

Forget the interlaced modes, unless you're burning the video to DVDs. What I know is that the 24 and 60 numbers means how many frames are recorded per second and that the p means progressive and the i means interlaced, but thats it.Ĭorrect. I'll try to answer some of your questions. (note: In all my examples I'm only referring to 1920x1080 video) What will you be editing with and how will you be delivering the video? iMovie for example supports all the A57's video formats except for 60P PS mode. But not sure.Ĥ) You forgot to ask whether to shoot in AVCHD or MP4.ĥ) I'm looking forward to an answer to your last question, and will look into blender. Thanks!ġ) Please break up your post - it was difficult to read.Ģ) I don't think the 60 fps is actually slo motion.ģ) I think the higher the M, the less compressed and higher quality. another I've heard of is blender, but what others are out there? preferably free as well. Final question, what is a good program to use for putting everything together, color correcting, and everything else? I know there's windows movie maker, but its pretty basic. Now second question, I know for slow motion 60 fps is better because slowed down it stays smooth, but what 60 fps mode is best? also what 24 fps mode is best for standard speed (non slow mo). I don't know what the 24M 28M 17M means, and I don't know what the FX FH and PS mean. Now what I know is that the 24 and 60 numbers means how many frames are recorded per second and that the p means progressive and the i means interlaced, but thats it. I have absolutely no experience in different formats, or editing or anything like that, so I just want some explanation.

So I've got a sony a57 and I primarily use it for stills but as I and my friends love mountain biking we planned on filming a video.
