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 **Blog / General and News** - Who?
 **Hacks and Patches** - I stay away from it because the latest gears such as GH3/GH4/GX7/GM1 produce good enough image quality without any firmware enhancement.
+But if you want to get into hacking the GH2, which is still a very capable camera for filming, you came to the right place. Please make sure to follow the guides closely or you can brick your camera!
+In general you'll find the many settings developed by forum members in the beginning of their respective thread. There are settings with mild improvements of data-rate (i.e. less compression) and high data-rate hacks with intra-frame compression. The latter are very demanding on the SD card to use and will note always play back in camera, but they will make your footage much more resistant to grading before the image quality is falling apart.
+BTW, you can't easily see in the camera if it was changed from it's original state. But if the settings were checked to remove the 30 minute limit or allow switching from NTSC to PAL (or vice versa), you can tell from those features…
 **Hacks News and Development** - No interest either.
-**Compacts and Camcorders** - Definitely keep an eye on compacts and camcorders as they can be quite versatile.
+**Compacts and Camcorders** - Definitely keep an eye on compacts and camcorders as they can be quite versatile. Using cameras with a larger sensor became quite fashionable these days. But you need to understand that operating them without getting lots of out-of-focus footage is considerably more demanding.
 **Small HDSLR Cameras** - Yeah we love small system cameras. Not surprisingly Panasonic tops the chart.
+We don't need to impress clients with a big box – rather impress them with good work. In the past there were great movies shot on DV, like "In this World" by Michael Winterbottom or "Lost Children" by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz. Tools accessible to independent filmmakers are much more capable these days than what they had!
-**Professional Video Cameras** - Professional? Who?
+**Professional Video Cameras** - Professional? Who? How do you define a "Pro"?
+By the money he/she can spend? Or by experience, talent, patience, courage and knowledge? We can help a bit with the last item …
-**Art** - Film taking is just more than collecting cool gears. Let’s get artsy.
+**Art** - Film taking is just more than collecting cool gears. Let’s get artsy. BTW, what's "cinematic"?
+Blurred back- and foreground? Watch "Citizen Kane"!
+No camera, not even the most expensive one, will make you an artist. See last topic.
-**Skill** - Yes definitely I would like to spend more time on sharpening skills.
+**Skill** - Yes definitely I would like to spend more time on sharpening skills. You should as well, instead of hanging around here all the time or spend all your money buying gear.
 **Gear** - Yes there is a plethora of new gears. You hear about new gears, dream about it, then begin shopping like there is no tomorrow.
+**Lenses** - What's a camera without a good lens? If you get serious about film (or photography), you're gonna spend far more for lenses than for your camera(s). But they'll also be with you for longer, if you choose wisely – glass doesn't get outdated as fast as electronics. Mirrorless cameras can make very good use of many fine lenses from the past, and you can learn about those too in this subcategory.
 **Showcase** - I like watching other people’s works. Usually their works are better than mine. Sad.
 **Marketplace** - I wouldn’t try to be greedy. Many members know fair market prices.
+We don't accept you just posting an Ebay link – post a fixed price to forum members and lower it if you notice it was unrealistic. BTW, that's the only accepted way of bumping a "For Sale" post.
 **Offtopic** - Usually I try to stay away from off topics, but some can be quite fun.
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