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The Sony EX-1 is my main HD video camera, which I love for the resolution the 1/2" chips provide, as opposed to the 1/3rd inch chips most prosumer cameras have. I personally stick to 30 fps and 1/60th shutter speed as a general rule. People are used to viewing video on tv or online shot with a relatively limited number of common frame rates and shutter speeds depending on whether it's NTSC or PAL or some special kind of shots that get slo-moed in post.
If you mess with them too much they tend to look weird in my opinion, like one of those old time herky jerky movies from 1910. It's even worse if just slightly off as it tends to give the effect of something wrong that they can't quite put their finger on.
I also loathe interlaced video at this stage of the game. It's old technology that's been largely supplanted by progressive video cameras that shoot progressive footage that's mostly shown on progressive tvs and computer monitors in most households nowadays. It also has the drawback of forcing the editor to go through the extra step of de-interlacing the footage upon capture, on the timeline or on output to avoid jaggies on fast motion or striped patterns.
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