4K video has now spread from TVs to other imaging products, such as camcorders and LUMIX digital cameras. Quadruple the resolution of Full HD, it promises superb image quality. Also, 4K offers exciting editing possibilities -- by cropping parts equivalent to Full HD from 4K images, you can create zoom shots and panning from a single shot. The 4K Photo function allows you to capture a still image with 8 Mpx equivalent resolution from 4K video. Use of this function makes it easy to crop individual video frames as high-resolution still images. In addition, using the newly incorporated 4K Photo Mode, you can easily make picture quality setting to the optimum parameter for photo shooting.
4K: Four Times the Resolution of Full HD
With 4K, you enjoy beautiful 3840 x 2160 images — four times the resolution of Full HD, so you can view them on large-screen TVs without pixelation.
Editing from 4K Video
Down Conversion [4K to 2K]
Images that are down-converted from 4K to Full HD have higher quality and greater resolution than images that are taken in Full HD from the beginning.
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Cropping 2K Video from 4K Video
By cropping parts equivalent to Full HD from 4K images, which boast four times the resolution of Full HD, you can create zoom shots and panning from a single shot.
4K Used for Stabilization
When enlarging images to apply the effects of editing software to hand-shake correct, the extra margin of 8 Mpx helps to prevent image degradation.
