How to get 4K, 8K or 16K video with Multiple Cameras

Creating 4k, or 8k, or even, 16k video, with multiple camera’s.

(Transcript) Lets start off with achieving 4k, with 4 simple HD camera’s.
You can achieve this with any HD camera, but, preferably, all the camera’s, should be the same, with the same settings, and lens.

You would need a rig to adjust its position, as in 2 camera’s above and 2 below.
You could easily create, a simple rig out of wood or metal.

Lets use the example, with a DSLR, as our setup.
You should use a zoom lens, as apposed to a fixed lens on all 4 camera’s.

Draw up a large 16 by 9 aspect ratio onto a wall, using electrical tape

The mathematics, for achieving a 16 by 9 aspect ratio, onto any size, is as follows;

Starting with width. If you know your width, then,

Multiply your width by 9, then divide the answer by 16.

Example of how a 1920 by 10 80 is a 16 by 9 aspect ratio.

1920 multiplied by 9 equals 17280.
17280 divided by 16 equals 10 80

or,

Starting with Height. If you know your height, then,
Divide your height by 9, then multiplied by 16

Example,

10 80 divided by 9 equals 120.
120 multiplied by 16 = 1920.

You could use this formula for any size at all.

Now, once you have your large 16 by 9 size, you need to divide it into 4 equal parts. Make sure the measurements are exact to the millimeter.

Zoom in your camera, until the first upper left corner, fills the frame exactly to the millimeter, then lock off the camera. You could use the canon’s zoom view button to get precise positioning.

Get the next camera, and zoom into the upper right corner, until it fills the frame to the millimeter. Then repeat the process for the bottom 2 cameras, and lock it off. Now you have 4 camera’s locked off, on 4 different positions, on a 16 by 9 frame.

Record your footage and make sure to have a sync point, so you could sync all the cameras together in the editing room. We will use final cut pro x to demonstrate how to stitch your footage together.

Select new project and use the 4k setup.

Now lay down your footage on top of one another, as layers corresponding to their correct positions, on the 4K project timeline. Then in the inspector window, make sure the spacial conform window, is set to none for each footage.

Now you can-export your footage, as a master file, and have 4K video resolution.

All created from a simple rig, with 4 HD camera’s.

You could effectively do this, with four 4K camera’s as well, to achieve 8K resolution video. And 6K camera’s to achieve 12K video.

If you could get your hands, on four 8K camera’s, then you could achieve 16K resolution video.

Or, you could build a special rig to accommodate much more camera’s and achieve even higher resolutions than 16K.

Let us know your thoughts, we’d love to hear them.

Thanks for watching,
We’ll see you next time

[tomahawkmissile]

prolly cheaper just to dress up and look in a mirror as getting older- Beatle Juice Ahahaha Think my head really was that small

[pak]

The profit isn't worth the effort, nowadays you can get even a 8K for ~$5000 (if you really need it)
It takes far too much time and filming with 4 cameras is absurd!

[tbfromsd]

I'm curious how you controlled the focus and depth of field with this method. I assumed before watch this was going to be four cameras shot at ƒ8 of ƒ11, it looks like its shoot at =< ƒ4.

[snowballs]

Does that actually work? If so why hell spend 40k+ on red camera just buy 2-4 GoPros.

[RobertNemeti]

IM happy if my PC plays a 1080p smoothly :D

[cdmikelis]

This is fake. At least vignetting will make problem, and perspective, parralax...

[abbeymtv]

With this method can one make a 64k video

[zsberube]

It’s probabally cheaper just to buy the cameras

[pedromarado]

Very interesting, quite informative:

Question:
In final cut pro x, when you import the video files in final cut you set in the inspector windows the spacial interpolation to none.
In premiere pro or after effects what effect/setting should I use to get the same result of the spacial interpolation of final cut pro x?

thanks
pedro

[hulksuperpowerful]

Me and all my family and all my friends and all my relatives really wish 50K or 100K resolution for display screen smart mobile and camera and tv and receiver satellite device soon

[davutsakalli]

Yes it can do theoretically. But so hard, practically. All cameras must "same set up"(same zoom, same color) for give "same picture".

[tv_pc]

jakiś to pomysł zawsze jest, ale ustawienie aparatów tak aby zgadzał się piksel do pikisela to jest problem.

[matthewbryson]

You would have to have a 4k panel tho or it would just be 1080p anyway

[JsussLrd]

I will wait for another 10 years to have it onto one single camera plus on GoPro HERO 20 in 16K at 120fps. with 1TB. SD Card It's not fully ready as its yet.

[lostdeeper]

dude 16k? thats impossible for me i cant even run a second of the video on 16k or 8k or 4k or 1080p i can only run it highest on 720P

[muntee]

So, say if you got a big piece of bubble wrap and stretched it across the under side off a satellite dish and placed a tiny camera like a smart phone one under each bubble you could, in practice, create one BIIIG camera yea?

Just need to be half decent with numbers...
Maybe do some TAFE, go get the domed bubble wrap looking lens made up, stick a heap of small smartphone cameras on, take some photos, fleas, overhead aircraft, dogs noses, stuff... Use more big numbers to go sort out some software, plug it all in, hit enter, all done. Make it imax shaped.
Simple.
Be the next trick for the cool kids, wheeling the biggest bloody tricked up looking satellite dish they can manage along everywhere with them...