I have the iphone12, 4k is not as good as 1080. The files are condensed by the device, Apple calls it (High Efficiency). I cannot speak for the 13 or later as far as usage. The file sizes are larger but I don’t think they are large enough - nothing to compare to. If you have another device and can share the details free to. Now, this is strictly for 60 fps which is the minimum I will shoot, makes for the high end looking slo mo videos!! And it just looks right, better, best!!
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I second spc , its a life saver
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Thank you for own of your great tips.
May i ask a question, Can i shoot 1080 HD at 240fps (high efficiency) instead of shooting 720 HD at 240 fps ? is the high efficiency destroy the quality more than using 720 instead of 1080?
The HE lowers the quality. Period.
Helps make room for storage by design.
I forgot to reply with a Windows app I use where I can “adjust” the quality of each file when converting, I never get on that PC of mine so I forgot. I’m bookmarking now see if I’ll remember
I’m not a pro, the higher frame rate is always better, closer to real life of course.
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Lovely. Thank for great answer. I will change it now.
I’ve tried 1080 at 240fps High Effeciency today and i’m not very happy with the result . I hope the 720 at 240fps will do better.
Hey, I went out today to try the slow motion technique you are talking about but it resulted in losing many great caps. My video was all mushed together and plays at normal speed. I tried slowing the video down but I lost so many frames it was pointless trying to pick out the caps.
Not exactly sure why anyone would shoot in slow motion to capture candids as the technology not only isn’t there yet in many cases, but it just looks bad, overall.
30fps is MORE than enough frames (at the time of this post) to capture great content. Unless you’re doing some matrix type shooting, stick to standard. I shoot in 4K, 60fps and get some fantastic shots, with little issue of loss frames. Not only that, but you capture fantastic detail with a reasonable file size, and no limit on the length of recording.
Don’t make the process complicated.
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So with the HEIC/HEVC files taking up less space on your device, there’s a Windows app that you can upgrade the pics to full quality essentially from HEIC to .jpg, works for the videos as well.
iMazing Converter
It works in almost instant depending on file size of course. Your file size will increase but I haven’t played enough to see if the video quality is affected. I have been shooting 4k with condensed/HE files and converting to mp4/mov looking for issues and haven’t seen quality issue, the files do look better!!
The reason I use this is because Windows allowed for the codec to view and convert the files originally but then removed it from your PC via an update I guess then turn around and charge $0.99 for pic convert.
The white point is OP
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