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Shooting in 4K with Molly the Wonder Dog

2/16/2015

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Molly is going on ten years old and is in remarkable shape. I'm convinced it's a combination of never having had people food and her love for tennis balls. There's nothing Molly won't do for a few minutes chasing tennis balls being bounced off of the driveway. 

Over the years I've repeatedly tried to capture the action and the intensity of her ability to never miss a catch, but not until playing around with 4K video yesterday, did I really get the images I wanted. While there are those of you who will frown at my approach, there's a place for still images from 4K video in everybody's life. Here's how it fit into mine.

I was shooting with a LUMIX LX100. I set it up on a tripod in the driveway and hit the button to shoot 4K video. Remember at 4K, each single frame is an 8 mp file. Before downloading the video, I edited in camera and simply captured the frames I wanted.

Most of you know that I am not a professional photographer. And, while I know more than I let on, my profile is more like a serious hobbyist. I love the creative tools technology has given us and especially Panasonic with the LUMIX family of cameras. 

The images below are jpegs right out of the can and I'm sharing them, just to make a point about the capabilities of these cameras. 

Now, think about those of you who truly know what you're doing with a camera in your hands and the ability to go from still images to video at a touch of a button - back and forth - telling a story about a particular event or subject you're about to capture.

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Focused
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Final Approach
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Airborne
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Got the Catch
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Paul Neal
2/16/2015 02:22:23 am

I miss my dog Molly! Bring her to WPPI.

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Vickie
2/16/2015 04:29:13 am

Wondered what happened to Molly. I enjoy ur photos of her she is so cute. My favorite is the one in the sniw

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Bob Ray link
2/16/2015 04:41:20 am

You've now experienced the same feeling that I did recently, walking into the Event Center @B&H on a whim to hear a presentation on 4K and this camera.

As photographers, we're all looking to capture the defining moment: that single frame that is the magic and makes the sale (or makes the heart beat faster if you don't sell images). That's what 5fps or 10fps motor drives' sole purpose.

When I saw the ability to pull 8-10mp still frames from video, I was, thankfully, sitting down. I raised my band and asked, "I'm a portrait artist and I'm very uneasy seeing this technology." The reply was, "You should be."

Where sports in concerned, needing a higher shutter speed to freeze action, the story may be different… for now.

The reality is motion is simply a series of still frames - +/- 30 frames a second, depending on preference - and when, not if, the technology improves even further, there is a great deal for photographers to worry about, in my opinion.

There were those who railed against digital, preferred pencil and paper over computer, snail mail over email. The could not and did not stop the wave of change then and won't now.

Photography is changing - again! - and if one doesn't adapt by incorporating what's new into what's different about their work, their end isn't in sight. It's already here …

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