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I think it's worth to add that in case you don't do much video editing and don't have software capable of creating quicktime movies you can use freeware video converter MPEG streamclip (http://www.squared5.com)

I save my settings in premiere elements, on the train now, so can't access it.  Still confused about frame rate.  I started with 30fps but switched to 25fps for the European PAL market but some people on Pond5 that have been doing this longer than me say 30fps is better.  There are lots of threads in forums about frame rates and I'm still not sure what would be best for me to use.

thanks for the reply dnavarrojr

One thing that always confuses me is 30 fps compared to 29.97 fps.  Sometimes people actually mean 29.97 fps when they say 30fps and other times 30 fps is actually 30 fps. 

The 5d Mark II shot at an actual 30fps until a recent upgrade (I believe) and now it shoots at 29.97 fps ... or am I mistaken.

30p = 29.97 fps
25p = 25 fps
24p = 23.976 fps

In any case, I shoot my video at 30p or 29.97 fps and render/upload clips at that frame rate.  Down-conversion to 25p or 24p with modern tools is fairly straight-forward.  Up-converting 25p to 30p can be done, but it doesn't quite look the same.  In any case, I would never personally upload a clip at a frame-rate other than what I natively shot it.  And my own personal experience is that doing conversion myself isn't necessary.  Either the site I upload handles it automatically (ShutterStock and iStock for example) or the buyer can do it.  I haven't run into a situation yet (as far as I know) where a buyer didn't buy my clip solely because it wasn't downloadable at a different frame rate or lower resolution.  And actually, if a buyer contacts Pond5, they will do conversions of purchased clips for free.

There are people who will do conversions of different frame rates and sizes then upload all of those to Pond5, but I find it a waste of time.  I'd rather spend my time creating new content than rehashing content into 5 or 6 clips.

Well to put it short and what works for me is:

- MOV container format
- PhotoJPG for animations
- MotionJPG for filmed clips
- 95% quality
- Full HD 30fps

Use motionjpeg for interlaced and photojpeg for progressive. Yep. There is some debate about the compression settings. At some point, probably well before 95 percent, you begin to just create larger and redundant (in terms of information presented frame to frame). You may find the page I have created about it useful at: http://www.stockvideoseller.com/public_html/topics/3-the-universal-formats-wha.html

How do I know if my camera records interlanced or not? 

I was going to ask if there were any good sites for beginners, thanks for the link I will read up this week. 

Any other sites you guys can refer?

Let me Google it for you:
http://www.retrevo.com/search/v2/jsp/mytrevo/myTrevo.jsp?page=man

or just download the manual from other sites.

My guess is that it records progressive. But just get the manual.

Interesting thread even though I don't shoot video except with the P&S cameras. They take nice clips for the web and fun. Pretty much like this (A620 specs.) I thought I took a 14 minute clip with the A590IS, but maybe it was at 320? Yes, Not For Stock.

Movies are saved in AVI format, using the M-JPEG codec, video at 640 x 480 (30 frames/second) with sound until either your memory card is full or the file size reaches 1GB. (eight minutes) The My Colors and Photo Effects features work in movie mode.