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The reasons I will avoid 4k
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  • endotoxicendotoxic

    Apefos don’t be sad, embrace 4K and 5G with spy sensors.. ehemm the the internet of things and COVID-19 and mandatory vaccines and social distancing , and mandatory house confinement and cell phones listening and stupid politicians and the new ai. Come one apefos don’t be sad it’s just one little more tech to live against us, uhumm sorry for us, for us, the people. It better for you, consume apefos consume and don’t listen muahahahhaha

  • Isaac_BIsaac_B

    These reasons seem more personal and budgetary oriented than actual reasons why it should be avoided. You don't want to use it? Great, shoot 1080.

    I have found 4K great for both image resolution and for punching in for a second angle in 1080.

    You're incorrect about 1080P being enough for Netflix and other streaming platforms. 1080P is fine your home movies, but if you're doing any kind of distribution, 4K is becoming the requirement.

    If your computer can't edit in 4K, it might be time to upgrade. Or, keep working in 1080.

  • DrDaveDrDave

    You get more views in 4K and it affects your page ranking.
    Plus, it looks better.
    Also, if you are viewing a video on YouTube, on a 1080p monitor, and you click 1440p it looks way better.
    And so on.

  • markr041markr041

    Shoot in 4K; crop, pan, zoom in post and deliver in HD if you must (more creative options and you avoid noticing "actors makeup and imperfections").

    Btw, Netflix requires 4K at a minimum for its own productions.

  • kristofermankristoferman

    I completely agree. I think 4K actively detracts from most narrative based projects. You notice the actors makeup and imperfections. Everything looks sterile and like it's a production.

    And now the companies are pushing 6K and 8K it's absurd. It's fine for nature documentaries, but not much else in my opinion.

  • danilo1danilo1

    4K is only stupid marketing. The picture quality is not only made by pixels quantity. Full HD is very near at 2K cine. You can make great productions with HD and win an Oscar too.

  • apefosapefos

    And then you read this, and maybe you agree... and maybe you will consider 1080p for some projects and 4k for some other projects... but you will start making this question:

    I purssued 4k, and now I realised it is not so much necessary, was it a waste of time and money? The answer is no, because you won lots of other things:

    When you upgrade to 4k you also get:

    1080p 60p in camera (it was 720p60)

    Better audio preamp in camera , less noise

    Audio limiter to avoid distortion in camera

    Better low light sensor performance

    Less aliasing and moire, full sensor readout

    Better codec performance in camera

    Better dynamic range (110ire, shadow/highlight, idynamic, dr400, log)

    Phones output in some cameras

    Better resolution in lcd and evf

    No more hack

    Maybe better buttons/design/handling

    Maybe better autofocus

    More powerfull computer, more layers and more real time grading/effects in 1080p, faster denoise faster render

    Some features like zebras, focus peaking, level, lut preview

    Not only avchd, now you have mp4 and mov

    More power in battery in some cases

    Wheather sealed body in some cases

    What else?

  • spacewigspacewig

    Reminds me of a friend who used to go out on his cast-iron 10-speed CCM wearing jean shorts, flips flops and a loose tshirt with cut off sleeves bombing past these spandex wearing, gloved fruitcakes in their aerodynamic helmets riding thier 300gr italian made bicycles. All hat, no cattle.

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