Hi everyone hope you all had a great weekend, just a quick one on video, I am not into video editing etc and don't have any 2k playback facility so should I just film in 1080p.... Tnx in advance a very newbie.....

That's what I used to do before upgrading the computer.  You can always change it.

WD9EON Posted at 2018-4-22 12:35
That's what I used to do before upgrading the computer.  You can always change it.

Thanks so you recommend 1080p

Use what works for you.
If 1080 is the best you can do atm then use it.
You can always upgrade later if need be

Thanks as I've no 2k player 1080p it is tnx

Depending on what im doing at the time i change resolution quite often.
Lower resolution means smaller file size allowing for longer videos to be stored on the one sd card

Too many people get caught up in the resolution. In the end it all comes down to what you want to do with the video. I find 1080 just fine for hobby flights and general playback.

Just for curiosity, when will you share your works with us?

When I get some nice smooth footage lol

You can at any time find a converter for free that can downscale to fit your needs, what you can not do is get the details in that you never did record.
My suggestion would be to record in high resolution so you have the material on store the day you might wanna take advantage of it, some moments just does not show again for a re-take.

May the weather be with you.

my suggestion is to record in best possible format and resolution, later cut-out unwanted parts and just merge into one file without re-encoding.
if you want share your footage with friends/others, or upload on YT, convert to smaller resolution, but keep best for your self and later post production..

EDIT - KedDK just wrote faster

Film and photo in the highest quality you can but remember it is   what you film that counts ...... and having fun fly safe

Thanks to everyone just waiting for right weather to get out and practice

smirnoff9969 Posted at 2018-4-23 11:07
my suggestion is to record in best possible format and resolution, later cut-out unwanted parts and just merge into one file without re-encoding.
if you want share your footage with friends/others, or upload on YT, convert to smaller resolution, but keep best for your self and later post production..

Yes but my message was a little different as OP started to tell that edit was not in scope, then still a "OneClick" conversion from the High res to the lower res material would be an easy option and ImO  and clearly better than shoot in lower quality.

Have fun Owen.