joechiazza wrote:So the question is: is there any advantage to shooting at 30p or 29.97 and then rendering in a 24p timeline (not slow motion). Specifically for film work not documentary.
No, the only reason that shooting 30P makes images sharper is the faster shutter speed, hence less motion blur. 24P @ 180 degrees = 1/48 seconds, 30P @ 180 degrees = 1/60 seconds. If you want 24P but the same sharpness it would be the same as using a 144 degree shutter angle.
Also there is no way to perfectly convert 30P to 24P, going from 30P to 15P is easy just keep every other frame but going to 24P to really do it %100 correct you would need frames in between the frames that were recorded so the conversion is always an approximation.
Save yourself some trouble and hard drive space and just shoot with a smaller shutter angle if you want a sharper image.