What are the best settings for recording?

[witjojo]

Hello,

what settings can be made to improve the image of the camera?
What are the best basic settings like Sharpness, Ultra modes, Electronic Image Stabilization and so on?
What are the best bitrate to get the best picture?
I read somewhere that at 4k does not make the best movies. Is that correct?

It is not so easy here in the forum to find out everything. Perhaps it is possible to summarize it here.

Sorry for my bad English.

 

[jcallows]

The optimal setting for me is 1080p/30 with distortion correction, medium video quality, medium field of view, and low sharpness. 1080p/30 because it's nearly as good as 2k but generates much smaller file size. Same reason for choosing medium over high video quality. Medium field of view because the quality as good as wide except it doesn't feel like you're shooting from timbuktu. And low sharpness because the camera's sharpness enhancement is a little too aggressive and removes too much detail. It's better to choose the lowest setting and adjust the sharpness later via software. At least you're not losing information that way.