TTQ B4U Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 For those that know me, I love cameras and have tons. One little gem I picked up for a recent vacation is the Panasonic FZ-1000. I can't say enough about it and it's capabilities. Image quality is very good and the focus speed is outstanding even when challenged with moving subject. However, one thing that I was intrigued by and thought I would try out as I comb through some video I took with it, is the capture of still images from the 4k video. You do lose some dynamic range and detail but overall, I'm very impressed and while I hardly ever print any more, these shots would be more than find for 4x6 or 5x7 sizes. The following two examples are heavy crops from that 8mp extracted image too. Thought I would share in case anyone was ever curious as to what can be done with a pretty decent bridge camera....even when extracting images from video shot. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1000597%20capture%20copy%20web_zpspqnotsai.jpg http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1000788%20photo%20capture%20web_zpspvsesoza.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cstmg8 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Nice, what's the price range and ease of use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1647545492 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I,m jelly....that 4k crop is a nice feature too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Nice, what's the price range and ease of use? $750'ish. Very easy to use. Yet it has some pretty nice features for even an experienced photog used to pro-gear. Here's one of many good reviews of it. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz1000 Here's still image my son took with it. It's a crop from it's original 20mp image too. Click on the images and go to the full size (cropped for web use) but still, so you can see the larger size. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1000791%20copy%20web_zps6cmamleh.jpg Another of my son while on vacation: http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1000589%20copy%20web_zps2mm7tkwk.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grudes Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Man the quality is amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Man the quality is amazing It does do quite well. I love technology and how far we've come over time on a lot of things. My only hope down the road is the 4k video quality will encompass more dynamic range for still captures. There's a marked clipping of shadows on images on the left of a histogram. The good news is however, not so much on the left so blown highlights aren't an issue. I've not dug deep into the meter modes or compensations for video much though. I'm playing around with my Note 5 and the new camera there and can say the same thing. This is the first time I can honestly say that from a dynamic range and IQ standpoint that I've been impressed with a camera phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 That photo of the water slide is crazy for a video image. does that do 60 fps at 1080p? Ive been recording in 720/60 lately as i think it looks better than 1080/30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 That photo of the water slide is crazy for a video image. does that do 60 fps at 1080p? Ive been recording in 720/60 lately as i think it looks better than 1080/30. I'd have to read through the specs honestly. I'm hardly a video novice even but what was cool is that it did a great job in pure Auto/Newb/dumbass mode which is what I used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 That photo of the water slide is crazy for a video image. does that do 60 fps at 1080p? Ive been recording in 720/60 lately as i think it looks better than 1080/30. 3840 x 2160: 30 fps 1920 x 1080: 60 fps, 30 fps, 24 fps 1280 x 720: 30 fps 640 x 480: 30 fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 3840 x 2160: 30 fps 1920 x 1080: 60 fps, 30 fps, 24 fps 1280 x 720: 30 fps 640 x 480: 30 fps thanks for posting them up. Here are a couple more I pulled from some vids that I'm going through. The first one was cool as it made capturing the water stream as easy as could be. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1000182%20capture%20copy%20web_zpsrmcqtxmd.jpg The second one is a heavy crop from the video as well. Very cool to have just been able to set the camera down on our dinner table, let it go shooting video as we all watched and then to be able to pull stills at a rate of equiv. of 30fps out of it. While this is not a mirrorless camera, many do have this capability and it is one of the reasons why I say the days of Mirrorless are coming fast and the days of SLR's are limited. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj84/crms3er/P1010195%20capture%20copy%20web_zpssx5xu1vn.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 These are awesome. I wish I wasn't lazy and shot more. I would figure out a way to justify the purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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