Originally posted by paranoia23 how important is 24p as a feature?
I'm assuming this is a serious question. And I don't mean that to be insulting, because I too once didn't see what the big deal was. Before I started filmmaking in earnest, I thought 25p, 24p, 1fps difference, what's it matter? But the answer is, massively important.
The thing with filmmaking is, there are standards. There are ways that things are just done, and for the large part, they don't change. The big thing that struck me as different with video production versus photography is that you are very often working with multiple people, the way you do things matters very much, and you all need to be doing things the same way.
For example, if you are covering an event as a photographer, it's quite likely you are working by yourself, and you can just do everything however you want, as long as it comes out good. Even if you are working with someone else, what does it matter if you are shooting at 1/200th and he is shooting at 1/30 for a slow shutter speed effect. People are used to seing different looking types of images coming from one event and even being present together.
But with filmmaking, that doesn't fly. If all you ever want to do is shoot video by yourself, and not work for other people or with other people, then it doesn't matter. But video production is almost always a group effort, with multiple cameras, and multiple shooters. It's a pain in the ass to mix framerates, and much much more than photography, when you cut together things with different looks, it just doesn't look right.
Since just about the dawn of cinema, 24fps has been the standard, and virtually all things have been shot that way. And while the winds of change are stirring in the filmmaking community, it will likely remain the standard for quite some time. Simple put, to not have the ability to shoot 24p is to not have the ability to be a part of any serious filmmaking.