A proper photo manager such as ACDSee allows you to see thumbnails also from photos on external harddrives, assign keywords and categories to them, etc.
Niels
Hi, following my previous post, I've uploaded a different frame grab of the Blackback gull from the same footage. This one is a lot sharper, I think that the previous jpeg had a resolution problem in converting to jpeg.
Still learning !
A few more video grabs in praise of the FZ1000, apart from the RBM (duck), I would have had little chance attaining the postures on the other four images using still shots. The fast moving Goldcrest at c6m, the Grey Wagtail at c4m, the Green Woodpecker at 13m and the displaying Sprawk at a fair height, I understand that Samsung have produced an 8kTV? Just imagine what an 8k ''Bridge'' might be capable of. :eek!: Cheers
Many thanks Niels, does that work on a Mac?
I have one or two products for the win systems, but there is this version for the mac: http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-pro-3-mac (and there is also a version for iOS)
Niels
Hi Ken, a fine series of 4k still shots. Love the little bird in the second shot.
4k video really is changing the way I use my camera a lot of the time. I have heard about 8k video. The stills from a camera that had something like that would be incredible.
I am getting tempted to upgrade my GH2 to a GH4 because that camera also has 4k video - but I will need a larger HD first ...
Niels
I do not do frequent video - I tend to forget I have the option. I also do my shooting handheld, not on a tripod. Having said that, I think that the videos I have done has met my expectations, but those expectations have been tempered by the fact that I have been handholding. Here is a link to one that I uploaded for id purposes: I have some that look a bit better, but nothing approaching pro quality.
Niels
I was out on one of our local beaches today to test the FZ1000 with birds in flight, very overcast and dull so not ideal conditions. I set shutter speed at 1/8000. Perhaps I should also have used exposure compensation, but still learning.
The two attached images are grabbed from 4K video and have been modified for brightness and contrast. The birds wading were taken on video just in case they took to flight.
Hi Niels
Off topic I'm afraid but...
I'd be interested to hear how you get on shooting video with the 100-300mm lens. I have taken quite a lot of video footage with my G3 and 100-300mm lens and find that footage is unusable (and unsalvageable) if I'm shooting at 300mm and there's even the slightest puff of wind. It causes minuscule vibrations in the lens which translate into ripples through the video footage. As a result, I'm looking into buying a camcorder for when I want to film birds.
Thanks
Hobbes
Hi Hobbes, I was just wondering, after thinking about your issue, whether or not you have image stabilisation turned off? If its on, its possible it could create the issue you are talking about.
... The albatross shot does have a bird in flight in the shot, but that was an accident, I was filming the albatross, when this shearwater flew past.
Hello all,
I was out flyfishing today and had a wee break from the brown and rainbow trout with the FZ1000.
I came across a Treecreeper and recorded some 4K video.
The first photo is a frame grab of the bird hopping down a branch. The second grabbed image is the bird in flight, pity the focal point wasn't slightly advanced. The bird then flew into the tree adjacent to me, I continued filming, it spotted me but I got a brief close up shot.
These shots are far from perfect but show the potential of the FZ1000 for recording bird behaviour. It's a pity the zoom isn't a little bigger than X16 optical but I'm sure that Panasonic are working on a 4k video competitor to the new Nikon.