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G85 overheating? record time? light sensitivity? stabilization?

Started Jan 25, 2018 | Discussions thread
hindesite Veteran Member • Posts: 4,893
Re: G85 record time? "Actual" vs "continuous" and other

Quantum Target wrote:

As I mentioned, the session length is planned to be about 1 hour. The G7 is off the table because: "Maximum time to record motion pictures continuously with [MP4] in [4K] is 29 minutes 59 seconds." this is still up on the Panasonic web site.

Mine does unlimited recording in 4K.

Any system that limits 4K uninterrupted record time to less than 1 hour won't receive further consideration. I am ok with 3+ hour file size if that were to require a hard break (it shouldn't) but even at that I expect the record time to be limited only by the maximum supported card size. As far as I can tell the G85 doesn't even meet baseline 1 hour requirement. From website:

" Continuous recordable time (Motion picture): MP4 [4K/30p]: Approx. 90 min with H-FS12060"

and

"Actual recordable time (Motion picture): MP4 [4K/30p]: Approx. 45 min with H-FS12060"

BAH!!! The most unhelpful set of specifications EVER! And why on earth does the lens need to be specified!!!!

Because the lens uses power.

The limit they are referring to here is the limit imposed by the battery.  Since you are using external power you won't to need consider this limit.

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