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Drawbacks of the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000

Drawbacks of the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000

From the course: Video Gear: Cameras & Lenses

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Drawbacks of the Panasonic DMC-FZ1000

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- The negatives on this camera, - Yeah. - It is not the most rugged built camera. It's perfectly fine, but it's not ruggedized. It's not meant to get wet, it's not like a lot of pro NDSLRs - Yeah. - That are weather-resistant. - I mean, it's plastic body, It's not that heavy-duty magnesium or aluminum or anything like that. - I would totally though, bring this on a controlled set. - Yeah, now when it comes to the actual video shooting of this, it's going to shoot AVCHD, right? - Or MPEG-4. - Or MPEG-4. And I tend to use AVCHD all the time for HD, but there's one really important thing to note here. When you want to go and actually use this camera to shoot 4k, you need to be in MP4 mode. - Yeah, and one of the things to point out is that it's perfectly high-quality, but it does have some limitations. Also missing, is the ability to record to the movie format, the MOV format that a lot of people are used to on the GH4. So this is the little brother to the GH4. - Yeah, and the only other…

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