Panasonic LUMIX FZ1000 announced with 4K recording

[Ken Ross]

Ron, I think there is no hybrid (5-axis) stabilization, but I do believe there is some form of OIS that kicks in at 4K.

[Ronald Jackson]

Now had my FZ1000 a week or so. "Intelligent Zoom" a 2x ETC for those familiar with the GH2/3/4 in video mode works well in 4K. Best on a tripod with the near 1200mm full 35mm equivalent max zoom.

Poor though in "High Speed Video" (a/k/a slow motion) mode where also no image stabilisation.

Controls are fiddly eg the same dial for controlling aperture and shutter speeds (shutter speed control a bit academic in video where in "High Speed Video" in 1080p the cam defaults to 1/100th and stays there.)

Peaking is good, though, and similar to that with the GH4, seems better when not in 4K mode.

My Carryspeed VF4 loupe fits, hooray!

The manual a disgrace even by the standards of Pansonic's GH3 and GH4 manuals. Still and video procedures all mixed together. No alpahabetical index. Bloody awful!

Ron

ps I do mainly wildlife/bird video so have an interest in the longer zoom ranges as well as manual controls

[Ronald Jackson]

Well pleased with this little'ish camera. So portable even when compared with my GH4s and their Nikkor lenses.

No live view on my Swit HDMI monitor while actually recording. I use the Carryspeed VF4 Loupe instead which just about possible to use with both eyes.


Here's a few 4K clips cobbled together via Mpeg Streamclip. External mike, Shure VP83F.

Pink-footed Geese At Martin Mere - YouTube

Ron

[Aldo Erdic]

Here's my nature video along with some side by side comparison with the GH 2. I was basically trying to decide if 1) the FZ1000 was better than the GH 2 and if 2) is it worthwhile getting the GH 4 so I can still use my two lenses for which I had shelled out some $1300.....

The conclusion? Sell my lenses and buy a second FZ1000!

After a month, I really do love the FZ1000. I'm a videoguy and the GH 2 was my first DSLR. I loved the video and photo quality, but it was such a pain in the ass to have to carry two lenses and, on a few occasions, missing my shot because I had to switch from the wide angle to telephoto lens. With the FZ1000 I now enjoy both videotaping and photography again. For my purposes it's the most affordable, near-perfect camera to bridge the photography and video world. Definitely the perfect hiking-camping-travelling camera for me.

PANASONIC FZ1000 TEST: Depth of Field, Zoom, Stabilization - YouTube

[Ian Thomas]

Well I have just bought this camera and the picture quality is fantastic, I also have the Nikon 7100 with the dx18-140 lens and I can't get the sharpness on wide shots that I can with lumix, As its labelled as a consumer camera the video from this camera will beat a lot of so called pro camera's

[Prech Marton]

Is it really only 37mm with 4k video? :(

[Aldo Erdic]

Well it's similar to using the 20 mm f1.7 lens on my GH2. So, yeah, for the 35mm equivalent that works out to about 40 mm.......ah, I can live with it, given the 4k video quality.

[Ronald Jackson]

Another few clips cobbled together via MPEG Streamclip. I was using a lightweight Weifang "fluid" head on a Gitzo GT2941 LVL video tripod but I ought to have used my heavier outfit which I used with my GH4s and long lenses.

FX1000 compared well with the GH4s with the exception of "slow motion" and the inability to use a monitor in "live view".


Ron

Blue Dacnis "Sai-azul" - Dacnis cayana - YouTube

[Ian Thomas]

Great stuff Ronald, Just wondered if anybody with this unit noticed the noise that comes from the camera if you put your ear next to the camera there's a lot of noise you can hear it and its also picked up on the internal mic,

Have I got a faulty unit?

[Ronald Jackson]

I've not noticed noise Ian but my hearing's not 100%. I'll check next time I use the cam. I was using my Shure external mike in Brazil but the lack there of the kind of background noise I get at home, traffic, planes, wind, people, meant I stopped using it and relied on the internal mike.

"Ambience" stuff mind. If I'd been after specific bird song I'd have probably used the Shure.


Ron

[Darren Levine]

So, i'm going to see a NASA launch next week, and im tempted to just pick up one of these for its range and 4K.

Have any other issues/thoughts come up about this camera in general?

And how is it that i didn't even see that there was a 24p 4k firmware update??

cheers

[Cliff Totten]

Dumb question deleted ;)

[Darren Levine]

Looks like folks have mostly lost interest in this cam. I went ahead and grabbed one on a deal, and will be taking it for a spin the next few days.

It has a good number of image controls from the GH4, and while i could dial in what i did for the GH4, i don't have quite the time i'd prefer to test it out, so if anyone has some settings to share/experiences, they would be much appreciated!

[Mark Fry]

Originally Posted by Darren Levine

Looks like folks have mostly lost interest in this cam. I went ahead and grabbed one on a deal, and will be taking it for a spin the next few days.

It has a good number of image controls from the GH4, and while i could dial in what i did for the GH4, i don't have quite the time i'd prefer to test it out, so if anyone has some settings to share/experiences, they would be much appreciated!

Not lost interest, but looks like the discussion has moved to the Panasonic Lumix still camera section: Panasonic LUMIX GF / GH / LX Series Forum at DV Info Net