Now chances are this has been thought about and again, I know very well it's not just changing a couple of 1920s to 2520s, but just throwing the idea out on the off chance that Vitaliy hadn't yet thought of it yet. I did do a search of this forum though it's hard to search for something quite that specific, and I didn't find anything. Anyway, here's the post where I got the idea (props to Walt).

Hello,

I was wondering if it is possible to use the crop mode (extra tele conversion) of the gh2 to film in 21:9 in 1080p... I'm not very into this but as I understand in the crop mode the gh2 just uses the centre field (1920px1080p) of its chip. So actually there should be the capacity to extend the centre field to 2520px1080p (21:9), no? Would it be possible (i.e. in part of a hack) to create this feature (theoretically)? Or am I missing a point anywhere?

I haven't found anything about this on the internet and maybe this is because this idea is kind of a stupid thought, but then I would also be very thankfull if someone made be stop dreaming.

Thanks, walt

Regards

New to the GH2 hacking world. I am a filmmaker. I shoot narrative fiction. The best hack/patch that I can find that looks like what I want is Kae's 65mbs GOP3 hack, but I understand that it only works for the older version of Ptool. I'm not looking for extreme hacks due to limited memory space and I like a softer look.

Here's my problem: I hacked the camera with the settings following the instructions from various sources exactly as described and everything looked to be fine (unlocked higher ISOs, the remaining recording time on screen was cut to 1/3 that of the native 24mbs). But when I actually recorded footage it looked no better than the unhacked test stuff I had already shot. And when I put it into Stream Parser it was confirmed. I am only getting 24-25mbs and the footage looks bad. When I found out that Kae's settings only worked with the older version of Ptool (3.61) I tried a different 66mbs hack and simply lowered the GOP to 3 in Ptool. Same thing happened. I've tried this several times and get the same thing every time. I'm using a Sandisk Extreme Pro 64gb 95mb/s card, so I'm fairly certain it's not the card's fault. I'm using Ptool v3.65d.

Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated. NOTE: I apologize if this question has been answered before. This is my first time posting on this site.

Attached are two screencaps of my Stream Parser results. No. 1 is with Kae's settings and No. 2 is the 66mbs that I got from the patch vault topic.

If anyone has any new info on this feel free to comment. I'd love to see this get done as the next frontier of the hack. I just don't know if its possible or if anyone is even working on it...

thanks to anybody out there on this growing community

After I've applied a hack, how do I know that it worked? I took some footage after having hacked the camera and i couldn't tell the difference between the footage from before and after. Do I just not have an "eye" for the difference? Or did I do it wrong?

So basically, is there a way to check that the hack worked and the video is "hacked" and has a higher/better bitrate/quality?

Thanks!

thanks.

p.s. - hope its not a too stupid question - what does SPANING means? why is it important?

thanks again :)

Cheers

-With Zeiss Primes wide open between F1.4 to F2.8 -ISO up to 640, preferably not beyond that. -My longest take may be up to ten minutes. The show shouldn't last more than 30. -I have one of the new 16GB Sandisk Extreme Pro 45mb/s cards. I will probably purchase a 32GB 45mb/s this week before the show. -I will probably take several 720p/60 shots for later conversion to slow-mo. -I'd like to reduce noise as much as possible. -I'm shooting the entire concert static with a Sony EX-1 and using the GH2 for close-ups and handheld coverage, so I suppose long takes aren't necessary. I can stop recording and start again and cut to my EX-1 coverage. So I have a back up.

Let me know if you need more info, but any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd love to use Sedna A but the only issue is spanning, which again is not absolutely necessary but would be nice. I'm testing Sedna spanning right now with my 16GB 45mb/s card to see how it does.

Thanks in advance.

Edit: My 16GB 45mb/s card does not span the Sedna A 24H setting but it does span the Sedna 24L setting.

Also, the much debated question: should I shoot smooth or nostalgia? There will be a lot of shadows and I don't want the shadows full of noise.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that the following may be true:

• Ptool is an application that allows access to GH2 settings that are normally hidden from the everyday user. It changes the firmware as far as those setting are concerned, but does nothing to change the inner code of the firmware.

• Patches are just like custom presets that you might save in a compression program or your NLE. It is just a collection of your favorite settings... am I right?

• Ptool allows you to make those aforementioned changes and save them to a file, which is then called a patch (like a custom preset). Ptool also lets you prepare a SD card with your "patched" firmware to be applied to the camera.

• Driftwood, Flow Motion, and the like are just these saved files, much like a preset that can be shared and loaded into your NLE system.

• Using Ptool, you can make your own patch... true?

• If you can use Ptool to make your own patch, you can share it much like Driftwood, etc... right?

• If that is all true, Ptool has a function to save your patch for sharing and later use... correct?

Either I finally got it, or I took the wrong train and am heading to territories unknown...

Which is it? :-)

All guidance is Truly Appreciated!

Thanks...

Installed the 44 mbs patch. I named it GH2__V12.bin. It worked fine. I didn't notice a huge difference in quality.

I then installed the 88mbs patch. I named it GH2__V13.bin. My current cards aren't fast enough to support it so I tried to load Panasonic's firware GH2_V11. The firware would not load.

I then tried to reinstall the 44mbs patch and it worked.

Now the camera won't recognize any firware when it's loaded.

I have tried to load the panasonic firmware back multiple times. I've tried it named as GH2__V12.bin and GH2__V20 and GH2__V13

-Ivan

I realize this is a pretty basic question, but I have yet to really get my questions answered by reading.

thanks for any help