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Photo quality stills from video - possible? GH4?

Started Jan 11, 2016 | Questions thread
JeanPierre Martel Veteran Member • Posts: 3,304
Re: Photo quality stills from video - possible? GH4?
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ArtAlt wrote:

Has our technology advanced sufficiently to the point where grabbing still images from video on DSLR or mirrorless cameras can have image quality that will rival still images shot individually?

If a movie was shot at 24 or 30 frames per second, when the subject is moving fast, the individual frame will be blurred. It doesn't show while looking at the film but it's obvious when the film is stopped on a specific frame.

But if the subject is not moving, yes a screen grab can be ok if you don't need a resolution higher than your screen resolution.

This 1920x1080p image is a screen grab extracted from an OM-D e-m5 movie:

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