Thanks Philip ... for the honor being added to your group ... and the interesting comment about the shutter-speed.
I agree with you ( it sounds logical for me !!! ) but I got confused by another thread, posted here:
vimeo.com/groups/JVC/forumthread:182
Maybe there is some missunderstanding but your post gave me more confidence to believe in what actually should be the truth ;-)))
On the other hand ... it makes me sad, because I couldn't find any possibility to choose the fps in my camera yet. There is something like a "sports mode", obviously for faster moving objects but even in the manual, there is only something written about a shorter shutter-time in this mode ... mmmmh ... still confusing, I think.

Hi James. It would indeed be nice if we have frame speed control on the HD7. This would be similar to film speed if you're old school (fps). Sorry to break the bubble, but its not available on it. I wish there was some kind of hack for this. ;) since it is software based. But even if its hacked, it would not be higher than 30fps since the chip is already working at its peak, but I would like to be able to slow it down since that would be less than the limit the 3 CCD would be able to capture. There will be even more room for creativity if given this option. See what Moua did with this ability to slow frame speed to lower than 24fps. NOT shutter speed. Its important to note the difference in technicality deriving to this effect.
vimeo.com/1154969

24fps would be the minimal needed to place good enough sounding audio bits in each frame (film history) and achieve visual deception to the human eye we now call film or motion capture.

Thanks for your interesting comment again. As far as I don't have any experience with movies yet, I am so grateful for every idea ... and Moua's movie is indeed wonderful.
But ... there is one thing, I still don't understand. I agree with you, that shutter speed and fps can be seen and chosen completely independently but only within certain limits. Lowering the shutter speed automatically lowers the fps ... just thought by logic. For example, if you choose 1/2 sec, the fps can not be more than 2.
So actually, you don't need to hack your camera ... lowering the shutter speed must lower the fps too.
I guess, that was all, Moua did ... and I guess, she was shooting with an extrem zoom. Within a smaller frame, objects are moving much faster. The distances between the flies are only cm and they are moving fast ... so lowering the shutter speed just down to maybe about 1/20 sec could have caused the trails ( and necessarily also a fps of 20 ). The bigger zoom combined with a focus not exactly pointed at the flies, could also have avoided the over-exposing and could have made the trails bigger. Please correct me, if I am wrong but this is the only logical explanation, I can imagine.

BTW, you seems to know a lot about JVC-cameras. I still do have another big problem ... dealing with the TOD-files on my MAC. iMovie 08 and Final Cut Express can not import TOD-files ( only the older iMovie HD and the expensive Final Cut Pro-edition can do it ). I have Final Cut Pro, but I don't know it so well yet and as long as I don't need to use it, I still prefer working with iMovie 08 as it is much easier for me to use.
So usually, I am coverting my camera-TOD-files into MOV-files by using Quicktime-Pro first ( setting on highest quality ) ... but in fact, a lot of quality is getting lost by that ... especially under "limit conditions" ( less light, etc. ). Do you have any idea or experience about that ? If so, it would be great !!! Thanks a lot.

Thanks Lisa ! Greetings to LA !

Thanks Ray ! What do you mean by "interpolation for deinterlation" ? Sorry for my stupid question. I just edited it in iMovie 08 and exported it the way, it was suggested by the vimeo-hd-tutorial ( Quicktime ). What can I do better ? ... and how ?

Thanks for adding my video to the Japan-channel and also thanks for your comment ! Indeed the tunas might have been over-filmed, but maybe I went there a little bit to late, so the other fish was already packed ... or ... maybe the fact, that I like "maguro" ( raw tuna ) so much, dazzled my view ... hahaha ...