Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone with 4K video

This worries me.

The video's are tack sharp, no doubt about it. For wide landscape / city shots 4k is amazing and this phone seems to do a great job at it. Without any aliasing / moiré. That's damn impressive.

What worries me is that 'everyone' will have a phone that shoots 4K in the next 1-2 year. This forces us video makers to upgrade I think. Every company / wedding couple will ask for 4K, because otherwise they just ask their uncle to film the event because he can shoot 4K. 4K is better right?

At the same time I don't like 4K, personally. I'm usually after 'the film look' and I think with the latest gen of 1080p / 2K camera's we have reached a level of sharpness that is more than sufficient. I personally believe that 4K will never look as organic as Arri Alexa footage, which is 2K.
Hey I use a GH3, and I dial the sharpenss all the way down and then I believe it is the limit of how 'sharp' (in terms of resolution) a camera should have to make a film looking appealing.

But this is going to end. 4K is coming if we like or not. So lets start to save up, because in couple of years people will say 'you still shoot 1080p?'
And I was just starting to be happy with my setup. The camera and the computer that work together well. But unfortunately, the customer / audience only thinks in Megapixels and 4K. DR, colors and everything don't matter.
 
I'd bet it has horrible jello and 360º shutter, so I don't think anybody is going to prefer this to your camera, whichever it is. But yes, manufacturers are pushing 4K everywhere, consumers will start to take note at some point. Luckily, since they wouldn't be able to distinguish 4K from 720p, you can also upscale your final result if they complain too loudly...
 
It could have the opposite effect, a collective meh since many of these 4k videos will never leave the smartphone that was used to shoot it.

With respect to resolution, there is a limit in sight. The wavelength of visible light is about a 1/2 micron, sensor pixels exist that are already under 2 micron. So when the pixel density gets to 8k or a little more on an S35 sensor, to continue increasing resolution will eventually require sensors to get bigger, or beyond practical sizes. And display panels will have to get larger still and viewers sit closer to see it. At some point before we reach that limit, the emphasis will have shifted into the place where there is still room for growth and expansion, bit depth. Expect new marketing using terms like, Pro-4k, Wide-UHD etc. to become the new workplace of the professionals, and the differentiator from ubiquitous consumer formats. But clearly, with every smartphone sporting the highest resolution format, the professional pursuing a career in film making is going to need to advance his skills in all facets, lighting, sound, cinematography, editing, color. He will not be able to, and never should have been able to expect that a career could be built around some expectation that would reserve to him advantages that arose from having protected access to advancing technology. It's going to be out there for everybody, and your skills are what will make or break, not the camera you use.
 
Shoots56 said:
Amazing that phones will soon shoot "4K" but i still can't buy a decent 4K professional camera that works simply without spending $30K on an F55.
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Good point. I was worried about how consumers will react and start wanting 4k productions and weddings and hadn't thought of that yet.
 
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