Once again, I finally understand the 4k thing thanks to your excellent videos! It is one thing to have all of these features, it is another to understand them and use them! Many thanks.
You're very welcome Liz. Even after using them for several years, I'm still discovering new tools and settings on my Lumix cameras. Some features don't matter to me too much, but some are opening up whole new worlds. Enjoy!
+Jason Moore You're very welcome Jason. Are you shooting photos or videos, or both? If you are interested, I have another channel and blog with web video content. www.imagemavenvideo.com
+Marlene Hielema (ImageMaven) Mostly video for web, though I'm certain I'll venture into photos. I got a lumix G7 on your recommendation. Love it. I'm enrolled in your White, Black and Green Background course, as I'm shooting with a black background. I've done ok in Automatic mode, but if I switch to manual I can't get things quite right yet. I may ask some questions over on Ruzuku soon.
Marlene, another great video. You have made me sell the house and get shares in Panasonic, Now I have bought GX80, G9 and a tonne of Pan Lenses, but I am happy with my Panasonic gear, and my tent. lol
Yes, that's the great thing about Lumix. I have 5 different Lumix cameras some are older, but each new one builds from the same types of features. Very handy for making my tutorial videos. I have a whole playlist called "Lumix Lovers" so you'll find lots of useful stuff in there. Enjoy your fz300! Great zoom range on it! I have an older fz200 myself. Here's my Lumix playlist if you're interested: ru-vid.com/group/PL46y8pfDCaW5DcCE8bwLBZkg0ptOm-sAq
I don’t know if you will get this, but I cannot seem to get post focus to work on my FZ300. Yes, everything is up to date. It seems that everything is always in focus no matter what I do. Thanks, love all your videos!
Hi David. You probably have deep depth of field and post focus works when you have shallow depth of field. If everything is in focus already then you need to choose a bigger fstop and a couple more things. Check out my video on depth of field.
Hi Marlene, Just discovered your videos after having had my TZ-110 (Australian model number) for about 18 months. I thought your video was very good. Please keep up the good work! Thank you :-)
Hi Marlene, Thank you for your reply. While I think the TZ-110 is a very good camera, I believe it has one serious defect. And that defect is that the camera seems to be reluctant to use higher ISO and accordingly, in some situations, it uses a shutter speed that is far too low / slow. My camera has decided to use a shutter speed as low as 1/20 in some cases (and even lower), rather than use higher ISO. I know the TZ-110 has good image stabilisation, but that only fixes camera movement - it does not (and cannot) fix subject movement! Obviously if the camera is going to use a shutter speed as low as 1/10, then if anyone (or anything) in the photo moves, then the photo will be blurred and the photo will probably be ruined. And while higher ISO will result in some noise, that can easily be fixed in any of Photoshop, Lightroom, Topaz etc. But once the subject is blurred (because shutter speed is too slow), the photo is probably useless! I have tried to bring this to the attention of the people at Panasonic, but they refuse to discuss it with me! I would be interested in your comments.
In full auto iA mode and also Program mode this will happen. You can likely turn the thumb wheel to change the auto settings. BUT in your case (as freezing subject movement is important) I suggest you shoot in shutter priority mode. 1.) choose your shutter speed needed to freeze subject movement, 2.) choose ISO according to the brightness situation, 3.) choose the WB according to colour temp (daylight, cloudy, etc), and then you're in full control and not relying on the camera to make what are creative, and important choices.
Hi Marlene, Again I thank you for taking the trouble to read my comments about the Panasonic TZ-110, and for your good reply. What you say makes good sense (although it is disappointing that an otherwise good camera has this unfortunate issue. Surely the engineers at Panasonic would realise it's a blunder to allow a camera to choose a shutter speed as low as 1/10 when the solution is to bump up the ISO a bit). Cheers and best wishes, Ray (No need to reply again - you're no doubt very busy.)
Thanks so much Marlene - at last an explanation with clear slow demos (as to which button) - I am in England, and most American videos are too fast and not clear enough. Do you have a video on the Lumix TZ100? - as several points I could not follow on mine. I couldn't see how to move the green square. Also, when you go into a function, nobody seems to explain how to come out of that and go into another mode;. Thanks.
Hi Dazzy, Happy to hear this. BTW you can slow down video playback if people are talking too fast. Or turn on Captions to help you follow along. If you are lost in the setup menus you can often just half-press the shutter button to get out of the set up or playback menus. Sorry I don't have the TZI00. Check out Graham Houghton. He's a brit that has a ton of other cameras. He might have the one you're looking for. Thanks for watching!!!
Marlene - Thanks for answering my "bird" image question so quickly, but you gave me two different answers. One was to use Post Focus, the other was to use Burst mode. I haven't bought my camera yet, I am considering a G9 or a Gh8 - suggestion?
Sorry. I guess I assumed your birds would be moving-flying etc. When I think of post focus it's mainly for inanimate subjects in a busy scene where you want different areas in focus such as in the studio or landscape scene with many foreground objects. Plus it's recommended that you use a tripod for post focus in case of any camera movement.
Hi. I have a GX8 and want to get into flower photography with my macro lens. I will try out post focus to grab a number of images with different focus points. My question is, can they then be stacked into a single image in Lightroom or will I have to do it in Photoshop?
Hmm, I've never done that but it's worth a try. I expect in PS. Not sure if LR can stack into one final image. Most people use post focus to get "shallow" depth of field in a chosen area. If you want deeper DOF, (which is what people often use focus stacking for) you should also try using a small f/stop i.e. f/16 or smaller if you have enough light. That will get you started with more (deep) depth of field.
+Courtney Briggs Thanks Courtney. I would say yes, if those objects are in the same plane of focus. If one is far behind and one very close, and you have shallow depth of field, probably not. Another thing you can do is shoot with a smaller aperture f/16, f/22 etc. so everything is in focus, (deep depth of field) but then you'd have to manually add the blur, if that's the visual effect you're looking for. If you don't care about the blur, then use Aperture mode (not in 4K Post focus) and shoot with deep depth of field. I hope that all makes sense.
Hi, Marlene, i loved your concise explanation. Could you please tell me where can i get the program u used in you pc to see the photos. I guess there must be something like the one you showed in this video. thanks.
That software is Adobe Lightroom CC. Part of the Adobe Creative Suite photography plan which also includes Photoshop CC. It's a subscription that's available for US$10 per month and you always have the latest version of LR and PS. You can sign up for it it online at Adobe.com as a download. Hope that helps. If you don't want a subscription, try the consumer version of Photoshop, called Photoshop Elements.
If I where to set up a custom function on my G7 with post focus, and choose 3.5 as an aperture and I inadvertently zoom out to 5.6. What will had? Thanks for you great videos!!!David
Hmm, not really sure I understand your question, but.... I say just try it for yourself. Takes longer to write that question than to try it out. You don't even need to have a Custom Function set up. Set your camera on Aperture Priority at f/3.5 using widest angle zoom. Zoom out and I bet it will go to f/5.6. Am I right? Let me know. :) Thanks for you comments. :)
Great video! I just heard about Lumix Post-focus today and your video helped a lot. A question. Is there an easy way to make everything in focus after I took a macro flower photo using post-focus?
I have a video on Focus Stacking that might help answer this question.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h2dMXYueQQc.html BUT you can also take it off post focus mode and choose a smaller f/stop (f16, f/22) for better depth of field. This may or may not work depending on the lens you're using. Longer lens=less in focus. I have a video on the three things that control depth of field, if you need more info on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CbSkMVvhSrY.html So basically you're saying you don't want bokeh so do the opposite things to what I do in the video, to get more in focus. Hope that helps.
Nice video Marlene, very detailed, thanks! My question: how does it work with objects/models standing farther? Can I actually use post-focus as a bokeh option? Can I make the background/environment blurry enough with it? (Lumix TZ100 is I wanted to buy, f/2.8 - 5.9). Thanks in advance.
Hi Greg, You don't need 4K Post Focus to do that. Depth of field is controlled by 3 things: Focal length, Aperture and Proximity to your subject. This video I made a few years ago, explains that in more details. So even if you use Post Focus, you might not necessarily have shallow depth of field (bokeh). Hope that clarifies things a bit. Thanks for your question.
Marlene I have just had my first couple of goes at post focus but have noticed that my first front corner of the picture is out of focus. It does seem that before you press the shutter you cannot focus on your first point of interest in this mode like you can in any other, you don't have the little green square or am I wrong and is there a way round it. Thankyou for your inspiration
@@ImageMaven Hello Marlene. Thank you for your quick reply. I guess I am just learning with this camera, I will have to watch more of your videos. Thankyou again.
Yes, it's available for that camera. You'll need to update the firmware of your camera. Info at the bottom of this page. www.panasonic.com/global/consumer/lumix/feature/post_focus.html
John Blyth Hi Marlene, Thanks for the informative info on photo stacking. Just one question, if using the Panasonic GX9 will the final merged photo be at the maximum 20 mp size?
Hi John, Thanks for your question! Short answer: No. The Limitations are: Internally processed focus stacking uses the Lumix 4K and 6K modes. Basically you’re shooting a video and extracting frames. As a result you are limited to 4K or 6K sized photos. If you need larger photos you may want to do manual focus stacking - taking individual photos and merging to one file in Photoshop. But that’s a lot of extra work.
when you take a 4k photo burst & saved the photo,s you want to save & keep, how can you delete the rest of the phot's before you put sd card into pc for downloading, please help am getting loads of photo burst photos on my pc so i have to delete them there ? please help me sort this out.
could you make a short video on it please just 1 or 2 second burst then save 2 photos & delete the rest, that would be helpful to, i use fz330 & fz82 in uk thanks
Hi Bob, I'm not sure what you mean by C4k. But this I do know: Each frame of your 16x9 proportioned 4K video or 4K photo file is 3840 x 2160 pixels, that equals 23.7 MB when opened in Photoshop, or 8 megapixels when shot in native mode from a camera. As for how to do this, you can extract the frames using LR or PS or right within the camera if using a 4K Photo enabled camera. Hope that helps.
I have more information about all the numbers associated with 4K, on my intro to 4K video. Watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--bW8PE_zKSk.html
I just uploaded v. 2.7 firmware on the GH4 and notice there is now a 4K Photo (under Photo Mode); but also a 4K Photo (Creative Video Mode). I'm trying ascertain the difference and which is preferable?
4K Photo does things like Post Focus, Burst and Pre-burst and it records a video file which you save/extract (or combine) photo frames from. 4K Creative video mode is just like 1080P Creative video mode, in which you can control f/stop, and shutter speed, WB, ISO etc. It's just recorded at the larger 4K resolution. So if you're shooting high resolution video, stick with 4K video. If your goal is photos with the 4K features, then shoot in the 4K photo modes. Hope that helps!
@@kurbybro 4K photo and 4K video are the same pixel dimension which works out to 8MP at 4:3 proportion. More on 4K here in this video I made. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--bW8PE_zKSk.html
Thanks for posting I am also just getting started and that was really helpful. I have a couple of questions. I have a Mac Pro and for some reason it does not like 4 k photo! What would be the best way to deal with this. Do I need a new expensive programme I find it difficult to find much info on this camera and settings Help!! Lol. Could you do a tutorial on how to set and take pictures in almost darkness i.e. The moon or a hedgehog or some other nocturnal animal please. One of the reasons I bought this camera was to take action photo's of pods of dolphins jumping out of the water using 4 k to pick the perfect one! Can I only select on the camera? Would like to do it on Mac as bigger screen but it is not recognized 😟🐬 I need help help and more help.
You can select photos in your camera as demonstrated or you can use PS or LR to view/open the video files that 4K photo mode generates, and extract the frames you want. What image editing software are you currently using?
This video is about Post focus mode, and is for still images. Not sure if you knew that. The 4K Burst modes are better for action sequences. ..... Yes you can select more than one frame from your sequence in the camera if you don't have LR. Also you can zoom into each frame on the camera as well, to help in your selections. You can use the touch screen for that.
I never use the internal mic. Can't remember what I used for this one, but it was two mics. One for the video and one for the screen capture. Screen capture was a Blue Yeti for sure.
@@zzzxtreme You can use any 4/3 lens with a 4/3 to MFT adaptor which retains the auto focus and aperture. I use a GX8 and GX80 with a Leica 14-50mm f3.8 Elmar 4/3 lens plus a lumix adaptor all works very well.
