With the URSA Mini Pro 12K my understanding is that 4K on the full sensor is accomplished by only reading a limited number of the pixels (photo-sites.) I would then guess that since 4K is one ninth the pixels of 12K that only one in nine pixels would be utilized. This leads me to wonder why not use all the pixels by reading nine pixels as one for 4K. It seems that this could provide nine times more information for even better color and lower light sensitivity.
Even if this would require more time and results in not achieving the 120 fps this would still be a nice option for me. To put it bluntly... 4K at present is inferior on the 12K. I cannot find any reason to use 4K because of this... unless to get 240 fps in super16 mode.
8K and super16 6K modes both work well and seem to give similar quality. Super16 6K uses the full density of the sensor on a smaller area. 8K although skipping pixels does give a nice fast sensor read. 12K giving the most but then limited in fps and bit rate efficiency.
So for 4K... would firmware be able to accomplish reading 27 red, 27 green, 27 blue and 81 white photo-sites? If not (or if so) this might be a worth while endeavor for next upgrade of this sensor/camera.
Even if this would require more time and results in not achieving the 120 fps this would still be a nice option for me. To put it bluntly... 4K at present is inferior on the 12K. I cannot find any reason to use 4K because of this... unless to get 240 fps in super16 mode.
8K and super16 6K modes both work well and seem to give similar quality. Super16 6K uses the full density of the sensor on a smaller area. 8K although skipping pixels does give a nice fast sensor read. 12K giving the most but then limited in fps and bit rate efficiency.
So for 4K... would firmware be able to accomplish reading 27 red, 27 green, 27 blue and 81 white photo-sites? If not (or if so) this might be a worth while endeavor for next upgrade of this sensor/camera.
AMD Threadripper 1950x 16-core 3.4 GHz
96 GB Crucial DDR4 2666 ECC UDIMM RAM
AsRock Fatal1ty x399 motherboard
AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 GPU
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 22H2, build 19045.3208
DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G
iPad Pro M2
96 GB Crucial DDR4 2666 ECC UDIMM RAM
AsRock Fatal1ty x399 motherboard
AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200 GPU
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit version 22H2, build 19045.3208
DeckLink 4K Extreme 12G
iPad Pro M2