S21 Frame Rate Options

[supertux]

Hi,


I bought the S21 a few months ago and since the date of purchase that i noted something. On the frame rate options, it´s only possible to select 50i and PF25 instead of the supposed 60i, pf24, pf30 and 24F. I let it pass at the time because i thought it would be a configuration thing, not appearing because of confliction with other option activated or something. However , there´s no way of the other options appearing, no matter what´s selected. Cine mode, manual, auto, whatever. I´m going to start a film on this weekend and i want to be able to shoot in 24p.

I searched the web and found no one with this problem. I already saw in videos people with four options in the menu, i only have two.

Why could this be ?

[MarKap77]

My first question is where do you live and the second would be where did you buy the camera? It sounds like you have a PAL camera, not an NTSC one.

Is that possible?

[supertux]

Hi ,


thanks for the answer. I live in portugal, so yes, it's a pal camera.is it supposed to only have 50i and pf25 as frame rate options ? The camera is advertised in the portuguese website as 24p capable and there s no references in manuals about the options not being available in pal models.

[supertux]

Sorry for the double post but i m on a cellphone and i can't edit in any way the above one. The camera was purchased on pixmania, a large european retailer, if i m not expressing myself wrong, since english is not my first language. It sells through all europe, sending them from France. So my camera must have comed from there.

[Chippy569]

There may be a menu choice to select PAL versus NTSC. 50i/25p is a PAL standard and 48i/24p is an NTSC standard. That being said, there is nothing wrong with using the PAL speeds unless you need to sync with a different, NTSC camera.

If you have the manual look up NTSC or PAL.