4K60 Narrow FOV??!!!

[2nd2non]

I hope I am doing something wrong here, but seems the only option for 4K60 is narrow FOV!!?!
Anyone know why or if there is a way to get full FOV?

 

[Quadpilot]

When in 4K60 the image is recorded pixel-to-pixel from the center of the sensor instead of being downscaled from the full area of the 5.2K sensor. This obviously changes the FOV and results in a 2.7x magnification factor (instead of the usual 2.0x MFT mag factor).

 

[sparkworld]

So what's the trade off resolution wise? I was excited about the 4K 60 but I'm not sure I like what I'm seeing in the H264 version.

 

[Quadpilot]

Well, the resolution recorded is 3840x2160, so it's full 4K, but no, it's not the full 5.2K of the sensor. However, you're able to record at 60 fps, so there's that!

 

[dkotinsky]

My X4S had full 4k 60fps and a mechanical shutter. But is was a 1" sensor. Ughh

I only have the X5S now. Always a surprise.

 

[Andrei Voinigescu]

I suspect, however, that, like the Phantom 4 Pro, the x4s doesn't do true 4k in 60fps mode -- it's most likely line skipping in order to read out the sensor that fast.

 

[dkotinsky]

it still worked very well