@Alex_K I see that now, I didn't go through frame by frame, but eh, I'm satisfied by the results.

@Tjabo Apparently it is doubling frames, but still, the shutter speed is independent of a recorded frame rate. With Alex_K's information, it's dropping down to 30fps and doubling the frames to keep 60fps, so it really isn't 'true' 60fps, nor is it really a >360* shutter angle. But the end result looks more or less the same, so I'm okay with it.

The beauty with digital is that it's a LOT cheaper and easier to mess around with settings and maybe half-baked ideas than with film. I put two of the first clips I shot that night together to show you the flickering. Both were shot at 60fps, I repeated the clips first at the 60fps, then again at 24fps. The first one I started at 1/125 sec shutter speed, and then as the flickering goes away, I'm going down towards 1/40 sec. The second clip just has some more of the flickering more apparent throughout the shot, even at 1/40. It's much more noticeable in color. Password is 'moont7'

@powderbanks, thanks for that, it seems I have some more reading to do! :)

Initially, I am having trouble conceptualizing how it is possible to divide up a second into 60 segments that are each longer than 1/60th of a second without them overlapping each other. It certainly opens up a bunch more possibilities than I knew existed. At this point in my life I've grown quite accustomed to finding out how much I don't know! :)

@donniewagner, thanks for the answer -- amazing to me that you could crank that out so fast. You have a gift.

@Tjabo. Thanks! I'll see if I can find the raw footage of the flickering. I have a clip where I went through a few shutter speeds while recording to see if it was just the way it was being displayed or if it was actually recording it. I've noticed this before at this venue with some other videos and stills I've shot there, but they got some new lights recently and it's much more evident in video than before.

1/40 sec shutter speed is possible because of the witchcraft of digital. On a traditional film camera, the max is a 360* shutter angle (a little less, otherwise the image would be blurred from moving through the gate), which would be 1/60 for 60fps. But you can shoot down to a 1/2 sec shutter speed in 60 and 24fps modes. I'm not sure how to best explain it, but basically the shutter is staying open for a certain duration independent of the recording frame rate. Because there's no film moving through a gate, you don't have to worry about the entire image being a blur. It's the first time I really shot anything of length with a >360* shutter angle. I had read somewhere that shooting at the same shutter speed as what your final frame rate will be will keep the motion blur consistent. I liked the exposure at 1/40 on 24fps, but I wanted slow motion and 1/125 was too fast for 60fps without cranking the ISO, so I just went with it. I think I'll shoot more 1/40 ss for 60fps now that I've seen the results. That extra exposure is nice, and the extra motion blur, IMO, is nice. 60fps @ 1/125 just looks off to me for some reason.

@powderbanks, is it really possible to shoot 60fps at 1/40th? If not, maybe the shutter speed the camera was having to push into was causing the flickering? Seems like 1/60th is the minimum that is actually possible, and not even quite that. No? Great video though, I don't think the flickering caused any problem.

@donniewagner, WOW! That is a fantastic piece!!! How long did you spend on the various parts of the project? Really a beautiful thing with the lighting, the shooting, the audio and the editing. I would hope you'll get plenty more work from this!

@driftwood Moon T7 and old Nikon 24 2.8, 50 1.4, and 80-200 2.8 My first real commercial work.

can some 1 tell me how do you guys view your files on MAC base platform your GH2 files the .mts one's???? when even im looking at my they just play for few seconds before freezing up and that should not happen. I have macbook pro i7 2.6Ghz 8GB-Ram 512GB SSD and it should pull just fine, but it doesn't and im using VLC player to play my videos. However if i import it in to premier pro cs6 it plays just fin???? can some one help me plz.

@ dancerchris & IVIavericks52: thanks for the valuable information. Dancer, I do have the 64GB card you mentioned which is in my BMPCC so I'll just switch them around! Never would have known that it would perform differently than the 32 GB card....also good to know the UDHC 3 card is not good for the hacks, that will just stay in my GH4 then. And thanks for the the other hack recommendations should I have continue to have problems.

@crowbar For some reason the 32 GB Extreme Pro is not as capable as the 64GB card as it is a SDXC card (not SDHC like the 32GB card). If you want the best card for the hacks use that. The GH2 cannot utilize the UDHC 3 cards capability, it dumbs it down quite a bit. Also you need to do testing as to the reliability of each hack with your setup. Each Mode, lens, hack, setting and image detail combo has different results. There are other hacks for uber reliability (Cake or Sanity for example). Moon is not uber reliable especially when spanning, although some people get it to work for them.

Iman, check Hack & Patches Categories in the right Topic Box of this web page. Use suitable preset for your camera. Goodluck!

Oh and now it works again.

I know I'm being remarkably stupid, done it a bunch of times before, but I can't download Moon T7. Not had a GH2 for a good while now but promised to put the hack on a friends, I right click on the file image at the front of the thread and get option to download image, which is exactly as it says, an image. Am on Mavericks on mac. D'oh what to do please?

Got the 60p working