GH4 4:4:4 ETC with GH4

Vesku

Well-known member
Can I have 4:4:4 1080P ETC if I use 4k and 2x digital zoom?

Chroma is then recorded 4:2:0 4k which is the same as 1080P 4:4:4 and the image size is the same as ETC.
 
4x looks bad.

2x looks really good laid down in the 4k 100mbps stream, but it's not as detailed at the standard 4k (more like very alias-free 1080).
 
I made some samples. http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/54849358


1. 4k center crop


2. 4k 2x dig zoom downsampled to fullhd


3. ETC fullhd


4. best JPG center crop 1920x1080


5. RAW (ACR) center crop 1920x1080


I noticed that the sensor debayering ruins fine color detail even in RAW photo and levels the differences of different modes. GH4 4:2:0 4k video and ETC is very close to best camera JPG in 100% sensor readout. 4:4:4 RAW is sharper but not perfect.


If I use 4k/2x dig zoom I get a little sharper result that cropping 4k or using ETC.


I think that Samsung NX1 with 6.5k sensor debayering and downsampling is maybe far better than GH4 in 4k video. I think that even 100% RAW is worse in GH4. We will see.



 
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