Surprising!! Sony A7IV 1080 vs 4K. 

Science doesn't Lie 😜 Great Video Bro.

Good info. Didn't even realize there was a 30 Mbs option in 4K. Recorded our first video using the A7IV the other day and it was great having a camera with no record limit as we went to around 40 minutes before stopping. Can't remember the last camera we had that didn't have a recording limit. We recorded in 4K 30p, no overheating and no warning icon came up either. Loving this camera!

Not just informative but so entertaining. Best camera review personality out there. Great info and video.

SUPER helpful video! Answered the questions I had and provided examples right up front. Need more videos like this in the world. Great job 👍

This is such a great video and thanks for sharing it, I have recently purchased Sony A7IV and the information provided really helps... wishing you all the very best

Excellent work, Mark. Really appreciate your time in making this video.

Very good comparison man! Love your channel, keep up the good work!

Cool surprising results. Great work!

Thank you for the samples and demonstration!

Brilliant info! Thanks!

Thanks man this video means alot

Thank you, good info!

Had to subscribe. Love the vibes! :)

Best start to my day when I get to learn from you and get some Laughs with your jokes! You're just the best Brother! ❤

Very helpful! Thank you sir.

Very interesting! Fun experiment, I'll be sticking with that big sized crispy 4k but smaller 4k files still look pretty great!

Thank you Sir! Great jump in to the shooting options on the A7 IV...and thanks for making me into 4K 30Mbps (4.2.0) believer 🤓

Been looking for a7iv video for about a week and wanted to look for video comparison in terms of filesize + quality in the same time, finally found yours and some of my question answered. Thank you Handsome Mark Bennett's v1-v10. Too bad the XAVC HS doesn't offer 25fps (PAL region).

nice tuto. what about picture profiles PP off, PP8, PP9, PP11 to be used for these different settings ?

Amazing video

Watching this again after seeing a video on the Leica M11, obviously a very different camera, but it's triple resolution capability reminded me of how changing the crop made such a difference in video sharpness. Very cool!

Hi, I wanted to know whats the best recording format in 60fps to save storage and get decent quality. Thanks

Great vid as usual! Wondering whether you can run the same test on Panasonic S5? Many thanks.

Hey Mark, I have a question related to ZV E10. Currently, I'm owning ZV E10 + Samyang 12mm F2.0. Do you have any recommendation on which Polarized filter + Ring that I should get for my camera? I mainly shoot pics and videos outside in summer. I don't mind about the shutter speed(the 180 degree rule) so I just want to get everything inside my camera, like the beautiful sky. Thank you.

how did you got blue eyes?

Great work Mark. Thx. Is that Brown Ale?

Much appreciate your video. For my needs 4k 30MB looks good enough. 1080 looks very soft but on the other side, it might hide all the imperfections of my skin. Natural soft filter. I shall test it when I get my a7iv.

Thanks from "one of the people" ... just the info I was looking for. Now I am wondering if the same would hold true with other full frame releases. Also it would be nice to know if sharper 1080p can be had from any of the 6XXX 4k cameras, they suffer from 1080p softness too. Cheers and again thanks for this vid.

Such an informative video. I'm definitely gonna be shooting the 4k 50mbps or 30mpbs to save storage space.

Hey Mark awesome video thanks 👍 What about if I need good quality without the crop lol so I shot real estate so I really need that wide angle so do you think if I shot 1080 the quality is good enough real estate videos for clients ? I am just buying my first camera and debating to get this one bcs of the crop in 4K other than than I love the aspects but I want to make sure I can do professional work with it ? Thanks in advance

Excellent tests. I will definitely look into color grading the 10-bit 4K XAVC HS in 50mbs, and see if it affects my ability to color grade. I'm guessing there will be some difference with 4.2.0, but will it be noticeable? Thanks for these high level tests. Very useful.

How i get a shaper quality with my a6400?

Got me cracking up on how much you complimented your eyes 😂 great stuff, great info too

This is very helpful information for me. I find trying to distinguish all those codecs as confusing as….well, something that is really confusing. Do you have any preference or recommendations on SD cards. I already have several Sandisk V30 cards, but I don’t know for sure if they will suffice when I get the A74. Do you think I need V90 cards?

How bout the A7III does it have the same behaviour?

Will crop hd look better the ff hd on a7c as well?

If you shoot 120 fps with forced HD, will the image be sharper using APS-C mode as well?

damn...sony a7 iv vs fuji xh2s vs canon r7 or panasonic s5 ...and all I really need is a firmware update for my X-T4 to remove the recording limit (and not I don't want to use an external recorder)...help please ;)

Thanks.

Nice video ! can you shoot 4k 25p in apsc crop mode with it ?

Excellent video!! Im using a 2016 hp i3 laptop with 12gb ram and my 4k footage out my a6600 is still to much depending on how im editing so I stick to HD All Day

Awesome!

hi. thank you for video. i need your help. i need just had video quality for instageram page. but wich camera a7 III or a7 iv or a7c in 1080 had can give me better video?

hi. thank you for video. i need your help. when I record a video from xavc hs format and transfer my file to premiere pro-2022 after edited the file and report I saw this error" this file requires the hevc code which is included white a creative cloud membership. to upgrade to a paid plan ". can you give me a guide on what I must do?

4K is just beautiful! Damn the rolling shutter in 4k though.

Nice video ! can you make the same for the zve10? Thank you

A7 IV BABY LOVE IT ❤️

what about the a7III and a7c is the 1080p crop downsampled to? thanks for your work!

Hey Mark, is there any way to get sharp 1080p in zv-e10?

Sorry if this is not the smartest question - but does this mean that the quality is the finest when you have both 4K and APS-C together - i.e 4k at 60fps on Sony A74?

Hey. Question. APS-C lenses like the sigma 16mm 1.4 or the 30mm 1.4… Can we still get the full 4k resolution at 24p? Or is it cropping the resolution as well as the image at 4k settings on APS-C lenses?

I just want 4k 60 uncroped man. Great video tho! Super helpful!

Great video! I think my sweet spot would be 4K 50mbps 10bit 4:2:2. I guess it’s still better than the largest 8bit video from A7III for example? Did you notice much quality difference between this 10bit setting over 100mbps one? I guess 100mbps is more suited for people that do heavy color grading. Cheers.

Those blue eyes 😻

hello my friend, I hope you are well Thank you for the info your work is very appreciated, I ask you, can you do something similar in the Sony ZVE10, it would be great, well I hope answers soon, a hug and blessings ...

Hello sir could you tel me witch lens i choose for a7iv 4k 60fps crop to cover 4k 60fps full frame without loosing resolution?

Our king is back.

it's decent HD but im a little cheesed its not as good as a lot of other HD modes from 4K cameras. GH5 has crispier HD than this thing. I think they might be pixel binning the HD. if you check a7siii vs a7iv HD videos you really see it. everything ive shot with my a7iv has been the 4K h265. it's perfect.

Is 1080p HDMI out also soft? Why does the 1080p look really sharp in this review? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ww9C5zM_CiI.html

1080p has way less rolling shutter and 1080p apsc mode has even less than full frame mode. So one reason might be if you shooting action fast moving subject. 1080p apsc is the way to go.

Excellent work. Very helpful. But what about fps. I have Sony 6400 and when i move the camera in 1080/25p and 4k/25p video is very choppy. In 1080/50p video is smooth.

New sub here !! great video with an amazing topic. I tested myself on my A7S3 the 4K XAVC HS 30MB 4:2:0 10 bit and the result is just ...... THE SAME!!!... as 4k XAVC HS 100MB 4:2:2 10 Bit... honestly I can't see any difference, but the amazing is that recording at 30MB on a 128GB SD Card I get 8 hours !! of storage vs 2:41 at 100MB..... OMG !!... this is game changer hahaha.... nice job

when not zoomed in, it is hard to see the difference in detail between 4K and 1080 on my new M1 iMac. But zoomed in it is so obvious. So maybe not too much to worry about. the issue is that there are no 60fps in 4K on my Sonys. for handheld panning landscape shots slowing down more than 80% helps. Definitely, sharp 4K is useful for cropping or extra reach on a 1080 timeline. But if I watch videos and movies I can't hardly tell the difference between 1080 and 4K. Much less difference to my eyes than between 720 and 1080. 1080p can also be shot at 30 Mbit/sec Nice comparison,

How did Jason get sharp 2X clear image zoom 1080P??

does 1080 p cropped 120fps has active steady Ibis ?

How do you put the Sony A7IV in 1080p mode (rookie camera user)

Hi Mark, thanks to share your interesting video. I have 2 questions please: 1) I will buy Sony A7 IV, which handyman zoom lens would you buy? I take freehand 4K documentaries. 2) Which profile would you choose to document the daily life of an indigenous population in their village on red earth? Thank you

The real question is how does the 30-50Mbps hold up to color corrections and heavy changes to the image over the all-I

Ran this test on my A7c which oversamples 4k from 6k. Unfortunately, apsc doesn't improve. Sad. Will post a video for proof.

Thank you So much for your work !!!☺ If you could make the same comparison 4k vs 1080 in different modes but a7iv vs Canon r6 with writing file sizes - it would be amazing. Couldn’t find this info ANYWHERE. For those who don’t have opportunity to try these cameras in stores and don’t know will their the computer work with these files - this information would be precious ✨ hello from Ukraine 🫶

Okay but in clear image zoom mode there isn't focus point... when it comes to crop, I think 4k with full af possibility is much bettet choice than cler image zoom without focus.

Hey Mark, thanks about it. What is more interesting to me in 1080 FF coverage vs. 1080 in Crop is DOF and Low light performance not only sharpness and image detail. Sure I can see cropped version more detailed, but I can also see less of a bokeh in the background and I guess it will be worse in low light. Can somebody verify my logic please :)

you are amazing

A7iv is an amazing camera. Even a7iii is awesome... Back in time, Some russian channels were using a7iii as tv camera. These days that cameras get my respect. Now zv-e10 is much more than my needs.

Can we get a zve10 1080p vs a7iv crop 1080p comparison? Lol

Aps-c mode 1080p was missing exposure on RU-vid. First mover💪🏽

Yes, this was another good one. Now I don't have to do my own experiments.

Plz do same video about the little doggy they say 1080p is very soft compared to the 4k

niceeeeee

Now I just need a sony camera to test all these myself. T.T

Hey mark what is the highest bitrate for 120p?

How about using sigma 18-50 apsc lens on A7IV as main lens as a traveling combo. Instead of getting kit lens

Soulful, slightly bloodshot eyes. I'm fearful of 4k due to the file sizes. What's a decent computer spec to edit without having a seizure?

Science saying the truth 😁😁 Great video.....👍 Do the same tests with little duggy, it will be fun 😉✌️

I think the lowest my XT3 does is 100mb in 4k or 1080. It goes up to 400. seeing 30 is just surprising

I thought you could only do 1080 hd in 8 bit on the A7iv

Why do they bother with the outdated low quality 1080 HD at all anymore? Seems like it's been around for a decade and rediculous to use VS 4K all the way - computer editing or not.

Dude, I've said it before, but I'm a'gonna say it again, you're some kind of camera genius guru/communicator. This was like, well, let's call it what it is: hall of fame material. AND I went out over the weekend and plunked down my dinero for a A7iv, based entirely on your unequivocal endorsement. So I better turn into Emmanuel Lubezki or Robert Richardson or somebody else of their caliber or I'm going to be mighty upset with you. Keep 'em coming.

Still gotta pick the poison, less sharpness in 1080p, or more rolling shutter & crop in 4k.

It’s surprising that 1080p in aps c mode is sharper than full frame, I thought full frame should have more pixels to oversample from hence better in quality?

Am I tripping or is there some wild noise stuff going on in the background of that very first 100Mbps shot?

No science here, just terrible people doing terrible things :P It was quite surprising how bad the 1080 really was in comparison. You uncovered a gem there with that XAVC mode. How does Dougie respond to this type of savage comparison?

I wonder where you stand on the retro lens debate of things? not proper full-sized lenses but these Nameless 16mm, 25mm, 35mm are 1.4 -1.8 C-mount lens that is under 40$ and are supposed to be comparable to " big boy " lenses. because from the videos I find. no one really goes in-depth without making it easy to understand. there's so much obfuscation. and how do you feel about this running narrative of everyone heading towards mirrorless as the future standard for cameras? are DSLRs becoming...obsolete?

indeed. you could even apply the scientific method and I'd still be the best in the world🤓 Very efficient video, btw!

Still no hope for slow motion FF 4K. Frustrating that Sony cropped - its just so useful to have a 40% push in wide.

The people's man, indeed, indeed.

i like the 1080 more, the 4k shows too many imperfections on my face

Irrelevant question: What beer do you drink in the videos? Seems like you drink the same beer in all of them ..

Bwhahahahahaahahah... "tasty apple juice" dudeee! I just can't click off no matter if im actually interested in the topic, you're hilarious! 🤣and btw im not interested in the a7iv at all lol

I can’t even upload 4k videos to my laptop ..