{"id":10121,"date":"2024-06-15T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/?p=10121"},"modified":"2025-04-26T08:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T15:13:32","slug":"nikon-z8-prores-prores-raw-bitrate-and-compression-ratio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/photography\/nikon-z8-prores-prores-raw-bitrate-and-compression-ratio\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikon Z8\/Z9 Video Format \/ Bitrate \/ Compression ratio | NRAW | ProRes | ProRes RAW | H.265"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinemanual.nikonimglib.com\/z8\/en\/video_frame_size_and_rate_options_41.html\">Nikon official site<\/a> didn&#8217;t provide the birate for ProRes \/ ProRes RAW, I did some test my self, here&#8217;re the results. I only tested fullframe (FX) in ~4K resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ProRes Raw 12Bit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead><tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"><th>Resolution \/ FPS<\/th><th>Bitrate (Mbps)<\/th><th>Compression Ratio<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n <tr><td>4140 x 2330 60p<\/td><td>3350<\/td><td>1.977<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4140 x 2330 50p<\/td><td>2810<\/td><td>1.964<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4140 x 2330 30p<\/td><td>1620<\/td><td>2.044<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4140 x 2330 25p<\/td><td>1360<\/td><td>2.029<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4140 x 2330 24p<\/td><td>1280<\/td><td>2.070<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>ProRes Raw has a very low compression ratio of 2, which suggests that it might be lossless compressed, which takes more spaces than Nikon&#8217;s lossy N-RAW, 2.5x of the high quality and 4.5x of the normal quality!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ProRes HQ 422 10Bit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead><tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"><th>Resolution \/ FPS<\/th><th>Bitrate (Mbps)<\/th><th>Compression Ratio<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 60p<\/td><td>1800<\/td><td>5.273<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 50p<\/td><td>1500<\/td><td>5.273<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 30p<\/td><td>910<\/td><td>5.215<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 25p<\/td><td>760<\/td><td>5.204<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 24p<\/td><td>730<\/td><td>5.201<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>With compression ratio of 5.2, ProRes is still 2x the size of the normal quality n-raw!  Though the former one has 1.5x number of pixels to deal with (YUV422 vs Bayer). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope Nikon could provide more options for ProRes via firmware updates. A 10x~12x compression ratio version (ProRes LT 422) will be very useful to balance between quality and disk space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">H.265 420 10 bit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead><tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"><th>Resolution \/ FPS<\/th><th>Bitrate (Mbps)<\/th><th>Compression Ratio<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n <tr><td>7680 x 4320 30p<\/td><td>400<\/td><td>47.461<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>7680 x 4320 25p<\/td><td>400<\/td><td>39.551<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>7680 x 4320 24p<\/td><td>400<\/td><td>37.969<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 120p<\/td><td>400<\/td><td>47.461<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 100p<\/td><td>400<\/td><td>39.551<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 60p<\/td><td>340<\/td><td>27.918<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 50p<\/td><td>340<\/td><td>23.265<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 30p<\/td><td>190<\/td><td>24.979<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 25p<\/td><td>190<\/td><td>20.816<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>3840 x 2160 24p<\/td><td>190<\/td><td>19.984<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>For H.265, there is no option for all-intra, and only in 420. Compression ratio is much higher given long GOP. One thing to note, that bitrate is variable depend on the content, i.e. very dark scene will have a much lower bitrate (&lt;100Mbps for 4K60).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NRAW High Quality 12 bit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead><tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"><th>Resolution \/ FPS<\/th><th>Bitrate (Mbps)<\/th><th>Compression Ratio<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 60p<\/td><td>5780<\/td><td>4.555<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 50p<\/td><td>4810<\/td><td>4.561<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 30p<\/td><td>2890<\/td><td>4.555<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 25p<\/td><td>2410<\/td><td>4.552<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 24p<\/td><td>2310<\/td><td>4.559<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 120p<\/td><td>3840<\/td><td>3.428<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 100p<\/td><td>2900<\/td><td>3.783<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 60p<\/td><td>1740<\/td><td>3.783<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 50p<\/td><td>1450<\/td><td>3.783<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 30p<\/td><td>870<\/td><td>3.783<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 25p<\/td><td>730<\/td><td>3.757<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 24p<\/td><td>700<\/td><td>3.761<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, given 4.5 compression ratio, NRAW is definitely a lossy codec. Interesting thing is that 8K&#8217;s compression ratio is higher than 4K&#8217;s. 4.5 vs 3.7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NRAW Normal Quality 12 bit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\ttable.tableizer-table {\n\t\tfont-size: 14px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC; \n\t\tfont-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\n\t} \n\t.tableizer-table td {\n\t\tpadding: 4px;\n\t\tmargin: 3px;\n\t\tborder: 1px solid #CCC;\n\t}\n\t.tableizer-table th {\n\t\tbackground-color: #104E8B; \n\t\tcolor: #FFF;\n\t\tfont-weight: bold;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead><tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"><th>Resolution \/ FPS<\/th><th>Bitrate (Mbps)<\/th><th>Compression Ratio<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 60p<\/td><td>3470<\/td><td>7.587<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 50p<\/td><td>2890<\/td><td>7.591<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 30p<\/td><td>1740<\/td><td>7.565<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 25p<\/td><td>1450<\/td><td>7.565<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>8256 x 4644 24p<\/td><td>1390<\/td><td>7.576<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 120p<\/td><td>1750<\/td><td>7.522<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 100p<\/td><td>1460<\/td><td>7.513<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 60p<\/td><td>880<\/td><td>7.479<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 50p<\/td><td>730<\/td><td>7.513<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 30p<\/td><td>440<\/td><td>7.479<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 25p<\/td><td>370<\/td><td>7.412<\/td><\/tr>\n <tr><td>4128 x 2322 24p<\/td><td>350<\/td><td>7.522<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>For normal quality, the compression ratio is even higher, reaching 7.5:1 which is not bad for all-intra. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nikon official site didn&#8217;t provide the birate for ProRes \/ ProRes RAW, I did some test my self, here&#8217;re the results. I only tested&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[799],"tags":[837,849,270,805,806,838,839,800],"class_list":["post-10121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-bitrate","tag-codec","tag-compression","tag-nikon","tag-nraw","tag-prores","tag-prores-raw","tag-z8","entry","simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10121"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10386,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10121\/revisions\/10386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zxi.mytechroad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}