Recording in less frames equals more detail

The great debate; 24fps vs 30fps vs 60fps. I’m not going to touch on the use case or pros/cons for each but I will leave you with this little quirk. The less frames the more detail your recording will have.

The less frames the more detail your recording will have

By more detail I am meaning more bitrate per frame and given video bitrate is the actual data for the video file its a decent way to make your footage that bit better.

For these comparisons lets say we have a video clip 40 seconds long

1080p @ 60 fps with a (CBR) bitrate of 20Mbps (2.5 megabytes per second):

60 frames per second gets split into that 2.5 megabytes per second making it 0.041 megabytes per frame

1080p @ 30fps with a (CBR) bitrate of 20Mbps (2.5 megabytes per second):

30 frames per second gets split into that 2.5 megabytes per second making it 0.083 megabytes per frame

1080p @ 24fps with a (CBR) bitrate of 20Mbps (2.5 megabytes per second):

24 frames per second gets split into that 2.5 megabytes per second making it 0.104 megabytes per frame

As you can see the less frames per second means the bitrate can be spread out and more allocated per frame, hence making each frame have more detail. The frame rate you use is going to come down to preference and what you’re shooting but keep in mind the lower the frames the more bitrate per frame.