The main reason that I opted for the 17 Pro was for the advanced video features, specifically the multi lens advantages; I could really use some help getting the most out of this camera, and I assume I don't have the settings ideally adjusted for the situation.
I took some video of a show choir performance, and at multiple times during the recording the quality would "snap" back and forth between blurry / blown out / artifacted and very clean / sharp / balanced. Contrary to what I would think, the zoomed-out results were worse than the zoomed-in video. I snipped a bit of the video as one example. There were numerous others but always at the same zoom transition, it seemed. The attached video is actually a screen cap on a 16" MBP of the original video. I wanted to be able to show a slow frame advance. This lowered the quality (exposure, sharpness) a noticeable amount, but the "snap" is still relative and obvious (the good parts of the original video are stunning on the MBP). The zoom was always at a minimum 1x, but never past 8x, as far as I recall. I wasn't too far from the stage.
A few settings details:
Any advice from iphone video gurus? That snap from bad to good at some zoom amount is the thing that really caught my attention - I was hoping I could get better results than my 10+ y.o. Canon PowerShot.
I took some video of a show choir performance, and at multiple times during the recording the quality would "snap" back and forth between blurry / blown out / artifacted and very clean / sharp / balanced. Contrary to what I would think, the zoomed-out results were worse than the zoomed-in video. I snipped a bit of the video as one example. There were numerous others but always at the same zoom transition, it seemed. The attached video is actually a screen cap on a 16" MBP of the original video. I wanted to be able to show a slow frame advance. This lowered the quality (exposure, sharpness) a noticeable amount, but the "snap" is still relative and obvious (the good parts of the original video are stunning on the MBP). The zoom was always at a minimum 1x, but never past 8x, as far as I recall. I wasn't too far from the stage.
A few settings details:
- Camera Adjustments, Lock Focus and Exposure, Apple ProRes - off,
- Photographic Style - Standard, Record Video - 4K at 30 fps, Record Cinematic - 4K at 30 fps
- High Efficiency, Lens correction & Macro Control - on
Any advice from iphone video gurus? That snap from bad to good at some zoom amount is the thing that really caught my attention - I was hoping I could get better results than my 10+ y.o. Canon PowerShot.