{"id":5595,"date":"2015-03-31T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/?p=5595"},"modified":"2015-03-31T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T18:45:49","slug":"panasonic-gh4-setup-compression-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/blog\/panasonic-gh4-setup-compression-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic GH4: Why You Should Shoot at 100Mbps (Not 200Mbps)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Panasonic GH4 shoots high-quality video at bitrates up to 200Mbps, but is bigger really better?<\/p>\n

No. It’s not.<\/p>\n

In fact, the GH4’s 100Mbps recording modes are actually better than its 200Mbps modes in several ways.<\/p>\n

Compression Method Matters: IPB vs All-I<\/h2>\n

At first, this might look like a battle of bitrates, but the compression method is also very important<\/strong> when determining the best recording mode.<\/p>\n

You see, the GH4’s recording modes use different compression methods:<\/p>\n