Filmmaker mode striking a blow against motion smoothing

[John The Grudge]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

"Film mode" on any decent TV achieves natural motion blur with minimal judder, if any at all, by mimicking the flicker of projected film. Thus, it's already possible to utilize high refresh rates to eliminate stuttering without resorting to Soap Opera mode.

Life doesn't happen in frames so there's nothing natural about 24fps. It may be more convenient for people to shoot in such a low frame rate but they're definitely not doing it because it looks better. The argument against smooth motion settings (which is a totally valid argument) isn't necessarily an endorsement of 24fps.