That's one of the reasons I bought the RX10-IV instead of the equivalent camcorder.

1. Shoot UHD at 29.97p at 1/60 sec, use a tripod and do the best you can.
2. Buy your wife an RX10-IV or give her your old Canon G9 like I did.

Hi John, I'm very confused. Please clarify: RX10-IV ? G9 ? Those are DSLR cameras. The Sony AX700 is a VIDEO primary camera with a still mode as well. Both modes cannot be used at the same time.

I hope I was clear in my post that I'm shooting UHD (4K) at 30p and 1/60 shutter (your comment #1). The image stabilization is pretty good. In photo #2, please take a look at the chair and ribbons on the table, while looking at the girl walking. A tripod is not necessary. REMEMBER I'm SHOOTING 4K LIVE VIDEO not stills and taking stills from the 4K video.

I guess I will jack up the shutter speed to 1/120 from 1/60 as see how that helps in the dim lighting / riding ISO.

@Thomas-Monks I pull stills off my footage all the time and usually shoot at 30p myself. Best frames are when subject is motionless for a moment unless you want the blur to convey a sense of motion. If I was shooting something with allot of motion, like dance, I think I'd go for 60p. When outdoors in bright sunlight it's easier to keep a high f-stop, 30p, and just boost the shutter speed. Tough doing that indoors and/or in dim light. Doubling the shutter speed will require a wider aperture to offset which will also reduce your depth of field making focus more critical. More flexible when you have control of lights.

If you want good quality stills, buy a stills camera or a bridge camera like the Sony RX10-IV. The Canon G9 was a compact stills camera. I have owned a G4, G5, G9 and G15, primarily because they fit in my pocket.

@Thomas-Monks, perhaps you could try one of the AI-Image enhancers to improve the quality of the still images extracted from your videos. Attached is an example processed by Topaz AI-Sharpen. There are some free/trialware, even web-based ones, available so check them if you're interested.

@Thomas-Monks I pull stills off my footage all the time and usually shoot at 30p myself. Best frames are when subject is motionless for a moment unless you want the blur to convey a sense of motion. If I was shooting something with allot of motion, like dance, I think I'd go for 60p. When outdoors in bright sunlight it's easier to keep a high f-stop, 30p, and just boost the shutter speed. Tough doing that indoors and/or in dim light. Doubling the shutter speed will require a wider aperture to offset which will also reduce your depth of field making focus more critical. More flexible when you have control of lights.

Thanks Howard...

That's what I thought. The next venue "Reno Livestock Center" has a dirt floor the size of a football field (indoors) and boasts new LED lighting... so there's hope for that one. If I'm not mistaken from your post, Since the quickest movement will be as in photo #2 (walking) I will try for 120 shutter and hope 150 won't be necessary, watch focus, wide open f-stops at 3.4... If I can get away with that, then I can try to close the iris some to gain depth of field.

Finally, I gather that you agree to try these steps first before going to 1080p as my camera can only do >30fps at 1080p while 4K is only 30 fps.

@Thomas-Monks, perhaps you could try one of the AI-Image enhancers to improve the quality of the still images extracted from your videos. Attached is an example processed by Topaz AI-Sharpen. There are some free/trialware, even web-based ones, available so check them if you're interested.

WOW ! Thanks, That does help... you sold me. Thanks to folks here on the Vegas Forum I did get an automated noise reducer for video because of some low light noise and it works very well. Also sometimes I record piano concerts and there is nice plugin called TEOTE (That's Easy On the Ears) is a dynamic auto equalizer (I guess) and really smooths out everything. I throw it on the final master output.

I think it depends on what you'll be doing with the stills. I did it with 1080p quite a while before going to 4k and it's fine for web promo and stuff like that. But forget about magazine covers or posters. A 4k frame size gives an image similar to an 8mp still camera which is not bad. Though 6k would be better. For stills from the video, raising the shutter speed alone should do it even if you shoot 30p. Never done any rodeo myself but my guess is that if you ask around, the photographers there will be shooting at 1/500 sec or higher. You may want more than 30p for slowmo rodeo action.

I think it depends on what you'll be doing with the stills. I did it with 1080p quite a while before going to 4k and it's fine for web promo and stuff like that. But forget about magazine covers or posters. A 4k frame size gives an image similar to an 8mp still camera which is not bad. Though 6k would be better. For stills from the video, raising the shutter speed alone should do it even if you shoot 30p. Never done any rodeo myself but my guess is that if you ask around, the photographers there will be shooting at 1/500 sec or higher. You may want more than 30p for slowmo rodeo action.

LOL, NO it's not Rodeo. Per the attached photos, I'm shooting American Kennel Club shows for my family. I've added another photo of this indoor venue along with a 1080p video from the last venue with (of course) bad lighting. The most action is walking and quicker movements by dog. I'm just saying that I've been at AKC venues during covid where the show is literally in a covered horse arena with really bad lighting. The Reno facility DOES host the Reno Rodeo in their outdoor venue, but again it will be an indoor dog show on their dirt floor where they boast updated LED lighting. This, by far is the best venue yet as others were in barns with lousy lighting. I hope I can get good 4K/30 1/120s footage here and who knows, I will see if I can jack it up to 1/180s... we shall see.

Come to think of it, it reminds me of lights and levels at my local Costco.

Here's a still from someone else of the indoor arena and a HD version of what the action looks like at a typical dog show...boring. There will not be any riding of Bucking French Poodles here...lol.