Large Print from a GH4 4K Frame Grab

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I was an early enthusiast for m4/3 and finally feel vindicated with the newest generation of cameras. Always considered it a compromise between size and IQ. Just with my experience with my GX7, new fast lenses, I don't feel that way any more.

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Me either! Over the last few months I've upgraded to the GH3 and two weeks ago the GX-7 and two new lenses (12-35/35-100). I started with the G1. M4/3 has come a looooong way! This is a great system!

Mark
 
The actual pics are incredibly detailed an look amazing full screen on my 1440p monitor.
 
The actual pics are incredibly detailed an look amazing full screen on my 1440p monitor.
Yep just downloaded the full sized 8MP image and opened it in Photoshop to pixel peep. Really sharp image at 100%. Now I can say to my photographer friend when he asked if you can still take photos with the GH4 while doing video: No need. Just pull some frames haha.
 
That's pretty neat - that technique gives a photographer 30fps!

I really don't know why people get hung up on "how large a print to you plan to make" - having run a large format plotter with a variety of substrates from gloss vinyl to adhesive fabric, you can print amazingly big with relatively low res (especially if prepared right and on a forgiving material).
 
The actual pics are incredibly detailed an look amazing full screen on my 1440p monitor.
Yep just downloaded the full sized 8MP image and opened it in Photoshop to pixel peep. Really sharp image at 100%. Now I can say to my photographer friend when he asked if you can still take photos with the GH4 while doing video: No need. Just pull some frames haha.
Apart from the fact that the sort of shutter speeds that look good on video make for bad stills and vice versa. To pull reasonable stills from video you have to shooting with that intention in mind.
 
Impressive.
 
I don't buy it, we all know Panasonic is going out of business and "rethinking" their place in MFT....
 
As a complete video novice, why is this? I watched a vid that shows rice falling at different shutter speeds and I really didn't notice the difference.
 
Does anybody know what happens if you shoot a fast moving target with 4K video at 30/60fps and then do a frame grab?

What is the resulting still image like? Lots of motion blur?
 
The actual pics are incredibly detailed an look amazing full screen on my 1440p monitor.
Yep just downloaded the full sized 8MP image and opened it in Photoshop to pixel peep. Really sharp image at 100%. Now I can say to my photographer friend when he asked if you can still take photos with the GH4 while doing video: No need. Just pull some frames haha.
Apart from the fact that the sort of shutter speeds that look good on video make for bad stills and vice versa. To pull reasonable stills from video you have to shooting with that intention in mind.
I don't really agree with this. If you step through a video (shot with the normal shutter angle) frame by frame you see some that are very blurred and others that are very sharp. I did this recently with some fashion show footage including a dance routine, so not entirely static subjects.
 
The actual pics are incredibly detailed an look amazing full screen on my 1440p monitor.
Yep just downloaded the full sized 8MP image and opened it in Photoshop to pixel peep. Really sharp image at 100%. Now I can say to my photographer friend when he asked if you can still take photos with the GH4 while doing video: No need. Just pull some frames haha.
Apart from the fact that the sort of shutter speeds that look good on video make for bad stills and vice versa. To pull reasonable stills from video you have to shooting with that intention in mind.
I don't really agree with this. If you step through a video (shot with the normal shutter angle) frame by frame you see some that are very blurred and others that are very sharp. I did this recently with some fashion show footage including a dance routine, so not entirely static subjects.
But you want to control which frames that should look sharp. You don't want the decisive moment to be blurry.
 
Well since 4k is 8MP it is not very special for a photograph. Even the E-1, with it's 5MP sensor, did prints over 60". It just comes down to the software used.
Maybe because it's a frame grab from video that makes this interresting, but it isn't for stills!
 
16MP 60fps can't be too far away now, right? I'd never go back to single shots if I had that.
 

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