Chapter 1: Getting Started

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Introduction

The Panasonic GH4 is a professional tool for taking high-quality photographs and movies. It is an update of the GH3 camera and features an improved autofocus mechanism, which makes it one of the fastest focusing mirrorless cameras. Additionally, the user has the option to dispense with the mechanical shutter and make it a “stealthy” picture-taking machine, working silently to record discreet images. For recording movies, it provides a major improvement in resolution: one frame consists of 4096 × 2160 pixels. This is regarded as 4K resolution, which has twice the pixel array of an HD video. These movies can ...

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