Panasonic blurs the line between photo and video shooting

How often happened that you are worried due to the fact that not had time to photograph this important moment of my life? Panasonic and Red offer a new perspective on the process of photographing, selecting images from high quality video.

The Panasonic system is called "4K Photo" and allows you to extract photos from videos with 4K resolution, 30 frames per second and 100 megabytes video stream. In turn, Red has a more interesting plan, which includes the possibility of obtaining a 19 megapixel RAW image from the video, taken by a camera for 17 000 dollars.

The company Panasonic is a new feature available in the LUMIX cameras DMC-GH4 and DMC-FZ1000, by updating their firmware, according to the resource Engadget. For those who do not have such equipment of the Japanese company, but has a desire to get photos from video, will have to fork out for one of these cameras.

Does the "4K Photo" is very simple. You shoot normal 4K video, and then you can extract any frame complete with its EXIF data. Images can be captured in the format 16:9, 4:3, 3:2 and even 1:1. Of course, the picture quality will be worse than the professional cameras, however Panasonic suggests to use an external recorder to get better quality pictures.

According to the company Panasonic, the system will be useful in those moments when you want to make the fleeting moment, like the splash of water or shot. Of course, nobody forbids to extract photo from video shot on cameras from other manufacturers, but Panasonic thought about it cause some interest, connected with the future photos and videos.

Source: hi-news.ru