Why is the DR limited on the GH3, it has better DR than the 5DMK3 as measured by Dxo and certainly its a minimum 1 stop ahead of the GH2? I find that element puzzling, almost like its being held back.

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/(appareil1)/842%7C0/(brand)/Panasonic/(appareil2)/795%7C0/(brand2)/Canon

@CoolColJ @last_SHIFT I can't wait to see the graded videos :)

Footage looked very nice

Thanks, I'll probably fiddle with it sooner or later :)

D5200 vs 5D MKIII 1080p/720p post sharpened and graded.

New D5200 film test

The dynamic range is great, so are the colours, I did minimal colour correction on this. Standard profile +1 sharpening, -1 contrast, -1 saturation. The light kept changing which made it a bastard to grade and expose.

So I guess 700-800g is not a big deal for the mount.

Have anyone used this camera with a heavier lens like 70-300? Do you worry about damaging the mount knowing the fact that this is not a rigid construction like the upper class models?

@Craftwerk used the 70-210mm and I believe it is a heavy lens. Have you left it on a tripod while shooting with the 70-210mm mounted on?

After a month of testing and use I returned my d5200 and replaced it with a d7100 today. First impression is that the d7100 has better resolution. I would say about 20% more rez. The moiré and aliasing are non existing with the video I shot indoors. But I still see the horizontal fixed pattern noise in the blacks at all iso levels and in M an S modes, using several in camera and custom picture profiles, along with several good Nikon and Sigma lenses. I can also see the FPN on the HDMI output with my Cineroid EVF and on my Panasonic and LG screens set to 1080p. This really sucks because it would no doubt be outputted to any external recorder that I may want to use. The FPN was one of two reasons for returning the d5200, plus its poor overall resolution. I had such high hopes of moving into an APS size sensor beyond using a GH2. Looks like I'm probably going to have to dump the d7100 in favour of a GH3. Unless Nikon can come up with a fix for the FPN.

@CoolColJ, try 10 bit,converted, instead of 32 floating, this possibly may help.

Ok I did more tests and GH2 can be pretty clean at ISO 500 with the Fujian 25mm at f1.4. Maybe auto ISO just makes it more noisey?

Didn't get the green blacks as well.... interesting could be Pana lens or ISO issue

Still the banding issue annoys me. D5200 FPN is probably less annoying

Possibly I do not really see banding is that, I transfer all footage to Prores HQ 10 bit, there was an article somewhere explaining, how adding bit resolution helps.. What is your workflow, folks seeing banding?

@QuickHitRecord

Anamorphic... Oh! Anamorphic... I feel good when I see Anamorphic...

GH2 is a classic and a classic will never be replaced, no matter the improvements in new cameras. The image is so beautiful. It is a camera every owner will always want to use, just keep it close to you until it dies, and if it dies someday, keep it as an ornament decoration.

Maybe we need more investigation about the horizontal pattern in the D5200 to perceive the limits we can go. In the video you did shooting the dummy comparing the Flaat versions I did not see problems with these horizontal patterns. BTW that video was very well done.

I just have one curiosity about the Flaat, not answered yet: Flaat allows more information in the 0-255 range to be used by the highlights and shadows, leaving less tonal gradation to midtones. So will it be good for skin tones or would it mud it? Human skin has much more texture and tonal gradations than the dummy. What would happen if replace the dummy with a real person using Flaat, and how Flaat will compare to Portrait dialed down to skin tones/texture?

@QuickHitRecord I have seen banding on vimeo compression that I don't see on my original. Haven't shot a lot of sky and I'm sure it happens sometimes, but so far not much. Did your original have banding too?