Creating slow motion footage

I'm going to need to create some slow motion footage and it seems like I can do this with FCP under the Speed option. If so, just curious why people buy camera specifically to do super slow motion. Are there quality issues when doing it in FCP?
Thanks.

When you take 30fps...and slow it down to 50%, half speed...what you get is 1 frame repeated...it shows up twice.  So the action is not all that smooth.  Go to 33% and that 1 frame is repeated 3 times. 
Now...take a camera that shoots 60fps, slow that down to 30fps, you get frame for frame...1 frame not repeated, so that 1 second shot at 60fps is now 2 seconds, and smooth.  Slow that down to 24fps...that's even slower.  Shoot 120fps...that's even slower and smoother. 
So, if you want slow motion, you need to shoot more fps. 

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