Subjectively, warm black diffusion 1/4 looked best for me. However, since white balance was set to auto and overall exposure was not kept the same test-to-test, it is almost impossible to draw any conclusions because there were more variables on each test than just filter change...

IMHO, in most situations, one can achieve better effects in post (AE) with a flat profile image at the stage of acquisition, rather than to bake-in the look with filters and heavier in-camera processing.

@ishvar in what mode did you shoot, HBR?
Try 720 pal, much smoother, and sharper image.
In post when you upscale it to 1080, it still will look better then HBR...

Did a music vidclip with Sanity V5. 1080p 24p H Footage could not be played in camera lot´s of times! GH2 just stopped after a few seconds. No write errors while filming though and everything looks great in the editor and players. Has anyone else encountered the same problem?

Tried to upload a new test with Sanity 5 and Pasedena Pulse along with a test of some Tiffen Fx filters on the kit lens but Vimeo screwed up the upload. Will have to try again when I get home tonight. It's the first time I've rendered it out in 1080p and I was really pleased with the results of both the Sanity settings as well as the audio.

for anyone who want s to see what that canon zoom looks like, this is the first video I shot with it, 1080i stock firmware , low bitrate , uncorrected , smooth preset....the wide shots are as wide as I can go , rough equivalent to a 35mm lens, I guess around 32 mm-35mm

the lens is a J15 IRS...I used a mount made by a guy in Poland......I actually used the 2x on the lens to cover the sensor , and I had a cable made by a guy in Chicago who sells on ebay...its a 12 pin to 2.1mm coax cable , so any 12v 2.1 mm coax supply will power the lens, there are lots of options for that...I have a li ion brick for a broadcast camera that I use, 8 ah 120 wh, will run the cam for days.....run it thru a 9v auto transformer I got on ebay for $4, sends perfect voltage to the dc coupler (about 9.3 v unloaded)....there is a tiny bit of CA at the most extreme zoom when wide open, dissappears at around f4....but its barely noticeable anyway, you need hard edges in the shot to see it....as for mics...I used an AT4073a for audience applause and a pair of Heil PR30's on the podiums......I set the trim on my mixer to 0db for the heil , and -20db for the AT, its a really hot mic...

@Mo7ies Try a 5DMKII with Magic Lantern (Which has it's problems but the audio is good) and you'll see the difference pretty quickly. Most DSLR's have bad audio, my 7D is horrible mostly because of the AGC. The GH2 is worse, very little responsive range and for some reason, it seems like the nodes go backwards instead of to the target. At times, it's even hard to sync with Pluraleyes. The mics are junk on the GH2 and the hack won't help that, but it's a simple matter to plug a decent mic in.

Hopefully, this will improve it some. Since I haven't tried it yet, I'm not sure what it will change. The hack is on Palias website. Take a look there for the specifics.

@Mozes Thanks! @sinfafun Good to hear it held up out of the mixer. That says a lot. What mic were you using? I was thinking of trying either my Sennheiser MKE400, Rode Videomic pro through my Juicedlink or just the old Videomic stand alone.

heres a pic of the gh2 I used .....using a canon b4 2/3" lens with powered servo zoom , 7-120 mm

The_palias setting for audio give a very nice clean and crisp audio.
It have no negative influence on avchd settings...

@subco Thanks, it loaded fine!

Thanks subco, i'll check it out