Sony Action Cam and not Go Pro used in first viral 4K 2160p youtube video !

Anyone who has surfed before understands just how insane this is...awesome footage.
 
The fact that a Sony action cam was used and not a GoPro says very little as a comparison to me when I'm looking at a piece that probably had a $50,000 budget just for post.
Everything I've yet seen out of the Sony Action Cam is that its Image Quality is not as good as the Hero 4 Black.

But this is indeed an AWESOME piece!
 
Darren Levine said:
silly camera people. haven't you learned yet that it's not what camera you use, but what aquatic motorcycle you strap it to, that matters?
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Haha :D

I would say they've chosen Sony because of it's physical size. DC shoes usually used gopros, unless they've got some really good contract I don't think they would switch to Sony just like that.
 
DPStewart said:
The fact that a Sony action cam was used and not a GoPro says very little as a comparison to me when I'm looking at a piece that probably had a $50,000 budget just for post.
Everything I've yet seen out of the Sony Action Cam is that its Image Quality is not as good as the Hero 4 Black.

But this is indeed an AWESOME piece!
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Sony has come a long way since it first got in the action cam market a few years ago. During that time it has quickly become the number two action cam company behind GoPro, but the gap is still pretty significant. The new FDR-X1000V has gone a long way in closing that gap with 4K video that rivals GoPro's quality.
4K resolution, 100 Mb/s bitrates, and decent low light performance is giving us a lot to be excited about for Sony action cams. Here's a full rundown on what we observed from the X1000V in our labs.

[h=2]Sharpness Performance[/h] Sharpness is by far the brightest light shining on the X1000V. 4K obviously brings a giant leap over 1080p in quality, but Sony has taken it a step further by implementing the highest bitrate that we've seen on an action cam–a whopping 100 Mb/s. This is the best way to improve quality on action cams since you can't increase sensor size–due to wanting to keep camera size down–because it improves the write speed, which makes the video smoother.

This is fairly impressive considering GoPro tops out at 60 Mb/s when shooting 4K footage. However, it does come with the downside of having to use an expensive micro SD card that is rated for 95 Mb/s write speeds. These aren't readily available in most stores yet, so it could take a few days if you need a new card.

That said it pays off as we observed a staggering 1250 lp/ph (line pairs per picture height) both horizontally and vertically while shooting 4K. This is about 25% more that what the GoPro Hero 4 Black gave us (1000 lp/ph) and about 80% more than most HD cameras (around 700-800 lp/ph).
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http://camcorders.reviewed.com/content/sony-action-cam-fdr-x1000v-review/science-page
 
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Everyone I know that is at least even slightly interested in any kind of skateboarding/rollskating/motor/extreme sports is talking about this. This is huge
 
John Godden said:
Thanks for posting both links. Some of the best 'crazy vid' stuff ever!

Edit: I've read a few negative comments about Sony's 'digital image stabilization' used in their action-cams. I'd buy one except for this apparent issue. Maybe next gen will have real optical image stabilization.
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I have several Sony Action Cameras and the image stabilization is often good enough that it provides a steadicam smoothness when walking around that I can use without any further work in post. I don't yet own the new 4k version, but the downside on the older models is that using steadyshot changed the fov from 170 to 120 which did reduce the video quality a bit because it did it by cropping in. Nonetheless the action cams have been well worth it. I use them from action videos to weddings and dance recitals, on-camera, on vehicles, on poles, stands, etc.....
Hope that helps.
 
firehawk said:
I have several Sony Action Cameras and the image stabilization is often good enough that it provides a steadicam smoothness when walking around that I can use without any further work in post. I don't yet own the new 4k version, but the downside on the older models is that using steadyshot changed the fov from 170 to 120 which did reduce the video quality a bit because it did it by cropping in. Nonetheless the action cams have been well worth it. I use them from action videos to weddings and dance recitals, on-camera, on vehicles, on poles, stands, etc.....
Hope that helps.
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Thanks for that first hand feedback.
 
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