Panasonic G7 Does anyone use the 4k prefocus feature

Brisn5757 wrote:

alcelc wrote:

Brisn5757 wrote:

Thanks Alcelc.

It was interesting to read how you use the 4k photo feature on your camera.
Far as I know there isn't a 'delete all 4k photos except the ones I've marked' option for 4k photo modes

As 4K photo mode will produce a single MP4 and upon this, we can extract frames into individual jpg. Therefore, after orchestrated the useful jpgs, we can just delete that MP4 like any video file.

Those extracted jpgs become a individual photo will need to delete one by one or use the erase all option.

but it would be useful to have one. or maybe the option of deleting a range of photos apart from the protected photos.
The other problem you pointed out is that the camera needs time to recover as it's writing the photos from the 4k photo mode to memory.

It is no difference from shooting video. When we end the 4K photo shooting, it will return to standby mode in not much observable delay. Smart for Panny to apply video technique on still shooting.

I have not used this mode except to test it out but it's good to know that it's available if needed.

Brian

Enjoy it.

I must be wrong as my understanding was that the camera creates a series of still photos to choose from just like it does in the normal photo taking mode, but if like you say it produces a single mp4 file then it's easier to delete once the photos are chosen.

Brian

Yes some Panasonic does it. It is the SH1, SH2, SH1 Per and SH2 Per of G9. It is different from the 4K/6K photo modes of lower spec Panasonic cameras.

4K/6K photo mode, making use of the high speed video shooting frame rate (30 or 60 fps), encoding the recorded image into a MP4 file for still photo application. Such that any 4K video capable camera (could be a lower spec model like the entry class GF10, or a compact like ZS100 etc) can enjoy the feature.

The SH modes of G9, like Pro Capture mode of Olympus, handle the high speed shooting on conventional still photo shooting technique. So, very fast bursting speed, deep buffer, fast file writing speed etc are needed. Hence, we get every shot as an individual photo in full resolution, RAW or jpg or both (4K/6K photo mode will produce 8Mp or 16Mp jpg only). But only the top spec hardware can handle it.