http://www.personal-view.com/talks/categories/panasonic-cameras/p33/feed.rss Wed, 07 May 25 11:24:16 +0000 Panasonic en-CA http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/816/panning-with-gh2 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:19:33 +0000 LittleSword_dot_PL 816@/talks/discussions great works done here, many thanks to VK, I supported only with small amount of $ now but try to send more as I earn.

I have a question. While panning with GH2 (pure or hacked, doesn't matter) I get very strange effect. Shots played computer (MacPro in Europe) on LCD screen, shows a serious judder in many areas. Is there any way to avoid this and have nice panorama shot?

The only setting I could find without this effect is 59.57 but this is a soap-opera aesthethics and 720 height so nothing exciting though.

I would like to shoot 24p with ability of making panoramas without judder - is it possible?]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/797/gh1-numbers Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:52:55 +0000 brianluce 797@/talks/discussions Also, how many received the hack? (approx) I'm guessing about 0.25%?
Just curious...]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/788/so-i-bought-a-2nd-gh2... Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:05:03 +0000 Shield 788@/talks/discussions Here's the problem - I don't have 2 identical lenses. I have the following:
Panny: 14mm, 20mm, 14-45, 14-140, 100-300
Voitlander: 25mm

So in testing, do you suggest I use the 14-45mm @ F4.0 on camera "A" and the 14-140 @ F4.0 on camera B for the closest likeness?

Don't worry I didn't buy the 2nd GH2 just for this reason; rather I am going to shoot things with multiple cameras occasionally. Anyway, let me know if you think there's another better pairing I should use (i.e. the 100-300 @ 100mm / 14-140 @ 100mm.
Thanks,
Shawn]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/774/so-what-would-1080p-60-fps-look-like-on-the-gh2 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:14:05 +0000 mpgxsvcd 774@/talks/discussions
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/sonyslta77/page8.asp

I downloaded the files from the link above and pulled them into streamparser. They appear to be 28 mb/sec but I noticed that their I, P, B frames were a lot lower than what I have seen for even the 32 mb/sec GH2 footage. Maybe @Cbrandin can comment on whether stream parser would be accurate for the A77 files.

The other interesting thing is that the 1080p @ 60 FPS files don't really look any better than the 1080i files. They are not of the same scene but if I didn't know which one was which I don't think I could tell them apart. Panasonic has already stated that they intend to give the GH2 25 FPS with a firmware update and they have a history of giving older cameras new features(ie: LX3 and LX5 more recently).

I think Panasonic should just enable 1080p @ 60 FPS for the GH2. They have stated that the GH3 is not coming out anytime soon. So why not give the GH2 the same features as the new A77. Panasonic has said that the GH2 is still selling well even though its price is roughly unchanged for the body only. They could charge $100 for a firmware update and give us 1080p @ 60 FPS and PAL users 25p and I guarantee it would keep the GH2 selling well into next year.

1080p @ 60 FPS is probably not as useful as we had hoped it would be. However, I wouldn't mind paying $100 to try it out.

]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/732/why-do-we-need-hdmi-alive-the-next-big-step. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:03:16 +0000 lolodigital 732@/talks/discussions Do I already dream about that I consider to be more important for numbers of us using the GH2 for professional stuff: clear HDMI output to get uncompressed videos ...

I do a brief comparison between hight contrast images, one grab from 42mb hack, the other from RAW picture cropped and resized.

Is there any chance to see something near RAW quality via HDMI link in the future ?

]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/775/strange-question-about-gf1-gh2- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:01:55 +0000 Mimirsan 775@/talks/discussions Im talking about direct viewing not pixel peeping at 200x
I find the GH2s stills to be a bit soft wheras the GFs is crisp and better colour?
]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/728/gh2-gamma-curves Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:21:01 +0000 proaudio4 728@/talks/discussions The tests uses a gray linear gradient image.
Unfortunately, I needed a larger image to shoot. This tests does not show anything below 18 IRE. I could not frame it correctly due to this
I'll perform this test later in the week which should show 0-100 IRE.

The good thing is it does show how these film mode curves roll into the highlights.
As you can see, Cinema has the most linear curve, but unfortunately does not appear to have much of a roll-off in the upper IREs approaching 100 IRE.
The good thing is Cinema has a decent linear response in the 55-70 IRE for skin tones.
Under controlled lighting, Cinema would probably win.
Unfortuantely, if you are working in "hard" lighting (direct sun), your shadows may get crushed due to the way the curve has little roll at low IREs.
Man I wish we had this linear curve, but with gently roll-off at the top and bottom. This would still maintain that fucking good looking skin tone, but would
also allow more light in the shadows and highlights would roll-off better before clipping.

Film mode Smooth does roll off the highlights better than Cinema, but it does punch up the upper mid tones. Compare the curve at 70 IRE (Cinema), Smooth is hotter which may tend to over expose your skin tones. I've seen this issue with Smooth. It looks great at the very top highlights 90-100, but looks too "peaky" in the upper mid and higher skin tones. I guess you could always throw a curve on this in post to bring down these peaky upper mid levels.

]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/616/gh2-high-iso-shutter-speed-related-fpn Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:58:21 +0000 veloci 616@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/667/variable-frame-rates-question Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:31:19 +0000 JoeMusafiri5 667@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/323/gh2-problems Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:38:49 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 323@/talks/discussions Official GH2 "Stalin" hack development topic.]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/590/does-gh2-go-to-sleep-when-no-displays-are-in-use Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:01:00 +0000 jimtreats 590@/talks/discussions
Hard to know, to my knowledge the manual doesn't mention anything of the sort. It'd be a nice thing to have though, one step closer to that walk around all day with a dSLR switched on and no significant battery drain. But then again with their pentaprisms SLRs have it easy in this regard.

Cheers]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/503/one-area-is-darker-on-footage. Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:51:58 +0000 Gabel 503@/talks/discussions But a friend of mine borrowed it to shoot some stuff and said that he got this weird line over the right part of the frame. The footage he had didn't show it (but they had emptied the cards), but I shot some time-lapes today that showed the same line! The odd part was that I had one short clip that was overexposed, that didn't show this line, but all the other ones did. I did use an ND filter on these shots, but it is not on the filter itself (as some clips didn't show it). Does anybody know what could be causing this?]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/527/panasonic-gh-2-lcd-monitor-flickering Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:59:35 +0000 Retina 527@/talks/discussions
Is this normal behaviour, and if so, how can I prevent it? Or should I send it back to the store? :-(]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/523/photo-and-video-quality-problem-with-my-gh1 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:40:08 +0000 simurg 523@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/493/banding-and-8bit-topic Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:29:37 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 493@/talks/discussions GH2 Stalin samples topic.]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/467/monitor-attached-determines-gh2-record-mode- Sat, 23 Jul 2011 06:58:20 +0000 belfryman 467@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/190/need-tips-for-gh2-shot Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:59:53 +0000 brianluce 190@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/389/cinema-24p-best-manual-settings- Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:57:31 +0000 feha 389@/talks/discussions GH2 - pal version
Lens: 20mm 1.7 "pancake"
I tried:
Cinema 24p
Exposure M
aperture: 1.7
shutter speed: 1/50
iso: 160

if I don't pan camera it is all OK, but if I pan i get jerky (similar to fast motion experience,about 10% faster at least in my LCD monitor ...).
i get same on any exposure mode when using Cinema 24p

but in Creative Movie Mode I do not have these problems when using exposure in P mode ...

Any tips ?
]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/355/great-time-to-own-gh1-and-gh2 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:30:35 +0000 stoney 355@/talks/discussions
GH23 as A cam and GH17 as B cam.

Use GH17 for time-lapse. Prolong lifespan of precious GH2 sensor :)

We don't discuss often, but GH2 is a very nice photo camera, too.]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/325/video-out-while-recording-with-gh1-solution Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:57:09 +0000 zcream 325@/talks/discussions Hence I was thinking of a battery powered baby monitor camera near the dolly.
The director would have the baby monitor lcd at his end.

Here is a source for a 2x wireless camera solution for a multi-camera shoot. http://www.intelspy.com/2wircre2wicm.html

5V battery for the 2x spy cameras near the dolly. 1x 12v battery for the lcd monitor near the director.
ONLY useful for framing..

So I am going to use a wireless camera that points at the GH1 LCD. The wireless receiver is in the hands of the director. Thus the director can frame the shot remotely.

Any ideas/suggestions ??]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/205/gh2-cuts-last-few-millisecond-footage Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:53:57 +0000 flyguy 205@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/220/gh2-remote-mic-adapter-out-there Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:17:20 +0000 fatpig 220@/talks/discussions I'd like to use both until I can afford external audio device..
The very cheap ebay remote has become a very nice feature to me, since i attached it to the handle of my rig, and i hate to take it off to shoot with mic... thanks!]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/226/best-video-for-10k-or-less Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:26:06 +0000 brianluce 226@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/232/m43-wishlist Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:31:29 +0000 stoney 232@/talks/discussions
- GH2 firmware 1.1 with AGC level 0, peaking feature, and full-time AF/MF
- GH2 firmware hack
- Fast M43 zoom]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/165/do-the-2011-gh1-models-really-have-less-fpn-or-is-it-balony Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:12:51 +0000 tinyrobot 165@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/177/gh2-strap-lugs Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:45:12 +0000 kainekainekaine 177@/talks/discussions http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/158/gh2-monitor-problems Tue, 31 May 2011 23:43:57 +0000 exilenorth 158@/talks/discussions So... It seems that what we are seeing on the monitor prior to shooting, stills or video, when you review
what you shot, it seems to be down by 2 to 3 stops. I seemed to have read that this could be the
result of poor firmware design. If not poor, could the reconstruction of the firmware straighten this problem
out? nevertheless, thanks]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/34/official-gh2-in-stock-thread Sun, 01 May 2011 05:51:49 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 34@/talks/discussions
USA Links

J&R - http://www.jr.com/product/productListing.jsp?Ntt=Panasonic%20GH2
Ebay - http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=Panasonic+GH2
B&H - http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&Ntt=Panasonic+GH2&A=endecaSearch&InitialSearch=yes&Q=&N=0
Adorama - http://www.adorama.com/SearchSite/Default.aspx?searchinfo=Panasonic%20GH2&utm_term=Search
Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Panasonic+GH2&x=0&y=0
Panasonic Direct - http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PNAEndecaSearchCmd?N=779832047&No=0&Nr=12001&Ns=&Ntk=MainSearch&URL=vShopSearch&cmTag=true&catalogId=13401&storeId=15001&cm_sp=SiteSearch-_-MainSearch-_-Consumer&Ntt=GH2

Australia Links
GlobalMediaPro - http://www.globalmediapro.com/do/search/?q=gh2&submit=SEARCH
John 316 - http://www.john316photo.com/John_3%3A16_Photo_Supplies/Home.html

More links for other countries will be added soon.
Are you reputable seller and have GH2 in stock? Make a new reply here.]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/47/gh2-banding-issue Tue, 03 May 2011 10:48:43 +0000 Elenion 47@/talks/discussions The banding issue is very annoying because is quite impossible to shoot a high contrasty scene, do you know any way solve it?
Vitaliy do you think that is possible to fix it with the hack?
For my experience this is the most annoying problem of the GH2]]> http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/41/getting-the-best-low-light-setttings Mon, 02 May 2011 11:45:34 +0000 kainekainekaine 41@/talks/discussions