Thanks for your reply Finn - some of the footage I have seen just looks like an "up-res"...

If the sensor in a camera remains so small, but the resolution of the image increases so much, isn't that just software and spec? Is it really better resolution or just using more pixels? Or am I misunderstanding. Is each quandrant individually grabbed from the full sensor? Or am I correct in thinking that tiny sensor is giving a quarter of its size to each of the four streams? HELP!

It's not software and spec. 4K is about 9 MP only, and modern compact still cameras offer about 20MP on smaller sensors.

The JVC shoots 4K just like any other camera. The reason it exports via quadrants - It doesn't have to mind you - is to use the simple HDMI format in a brilliant way. If you had four recorders you can record four HDMI streams from the camera. It's a very simple solution to a complicated problem.

The result? A true 4K camera for $5,000.

I've never known JVC to kid around with their cameras - they are always top notch. But their marketing machine isn't as elaborate as Canon's or Sony's.

I've been shooting with the HMQ. Four things:

1) In shade you may need to use +6dB gain IF you want to use 1/60th.

2) You must use a 4X ND in bright sunlight.

3) Not for low-light shooting even though it's almost a 1/2" chip.

4) Very nice to use Ken Burns FX and Cropping to get FullHD production.

Very nice alias free image with no edge outlines. But, the PX10 LOOKS sharper which makes sense because the QHD must be downscaled to FHD. For me, I'd go with the PX10 if I could get my hands on one for an operational test.

Broadcast Engineering will have two stories on my HMQ experience in November.

That's an interesting observation on the PX10. I have one, and it is pretty sharp.

Can you set shutter speed to 1/60 in SP mode. Then how do you adjust aperture? When you are 1/60th and in bright sunlight -- what aperture is used? Do you use an ND filter?

Broadcast Engineering will have two stories on my HMQ experience in November.

Has that been published yet?

Thanks.