My thought exactly. I have a 1440p screen and a 1080p living room TV. But even with 4k display, will there still be enough improvement to justify choosing 25/30 FPS 4k over 48/50/60 Fps 1080p given the camera quality that the P4 possess?
I have a 4K Tv, playing the video footage from the P3P in 4K is unbelievably crisp and sharp, both of my drones are capable of producing video in 4K 30 fps. The only thing is that the editing process takes longer and the media files in 4K are pretty large. Out of curiosity, the other day I shot a video of a golf course in 4K and exported it to 1080P, played the video on one of our 1080P TV's. The quality looks nice just like anything in a 1080P display. Then I made a few edits to the video in native 4K and played it on our new 4K TV. When my wife saw the video footage of the golf course in 4K she couldn't believe it. I was able to accomplish this by using a filter, I use filters in both of my drones.
In order to accomplish this I set the camera to the
Manual Setting mode and then try to incorporate the 180º rule which says you should shoot at
double the frame rate whenever possible. For example, if you’re shooting at
24fps or 25fps (frames per second), set your shutter speed to
1/50 of a second. If you are shooting a
t 30fps, then set your shutter speed to
1/60 of a second. This will allow your image to appear more cinematic and have more realistic blur.
After all, video is a series of static pictures played back to back, so the right amount of motion blur is what magically convinces our eyes of smooth, life-like movement.
In order to achieve these slow shutter speeds though, you will likely need to use 3rd party camera filters. I use Neewer filters.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CS86PS2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also obtain pretty good results with this filter without sacrificing quality:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01544APJM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017VV5JLA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
These filters allow you to get less light into the camera sensor and keep the shutter at the desired frame rate. Essential what is happening is you are putting
sunglasses over the camera lens to let in less light, which will prevent your image from being blown out due to the slow shutter.
Honestly it took me a while to figure out which filter to use depending on daylight conditions, but I never gave up. I kept on trying different combinations, filters vs camera settings until one day i obtained the results I wanted.