GH2 Video/still capture question

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minuteman26

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Probably a stupid question, but please excuse my ignorance: The GH2 owner's manual says a 2mb still picture can be saved during AVCHD playback ("Creating Still Picture...", p. 140). Would this in-camera function produce a better picture than saving a video screenshot during playback in editing software?

Thanks!
 
minuteman26 said:
Probably a stupid question, but please excuse my ignorance: The GH2 owner's manual says a 2mb still picture can be saved during AVCHD playback ("Creating Still Picture...", p. 140). Would this in-camera function produce a better picture than saving a video screenshot during playback in editing software?

Thanks!
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My 'guess' would be there would be no difference, or perhaps the NLE version may be 'better'... I've never used this sort of feature... don't know if it's available on my GH-1, but I can't imagine the in-camera snap as being 'better' than what an NLE would produce, since at that point there is only the AVCHD to work with. Sounds like a feature for a happy shooter to get a snap to the lab quickly without having to deal with loading the movie into some software on the computer...
 
That's a good name for an in-camera feature: "Happy Shooter" function! Kind of like 'easy button'. Your guess about still capture is correct, in all likelihood - but if some GH2 expert can enlighten us both, all to the better.

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