[Konvas] frame rate questions: put on your thinking caps and break out your calculators

[Sean McVeigh]

Adam Frey wrote:
>
> What are the three (or four) most used frame rates in cinematography 
> for capture and projection/transfer (e.g., television, cinema 
> theaters, and home theaters)?
>
> Given, 24fps & 30fps are obviously the top two. But would the next one 
> on the list be 18fps (mostly Super8)? Possibly 12fps for cartoons? Or 
> some other frame rate that I'm not thinking about right now? I doubt 
> 60fps is going to be a number in the loop, since that's usually an HD 
> recorded frame rate. I'm also wondering how much super8 is getting 
> shot at 18fps anymore - I know 24fps has become the de facto frame 
> rate for almost all things film.
>
*cough* PAL *cough*