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GH3 user reviews and opinions
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  • kholikholi

    @LIN3ARX

    Haha I thought it was obvious from the first video. The others look really bad.

    Also, I guess the super crushed image fools people? Way too crushed... and slightly too magenta.

    Guess they're trying to match Blackmagic to the other two cameras or something... errr

  • kholikholi

    Also, the banding in the second and last clip. Even in a compressed video the core of Blackmagic shines through. Tsk.

  • magnificomagnifico

    GH2 BMC GH3

    based on detail, DR, colors :-) my preference: 1st shot, 2nd and last third. First is very nice footage. May be first is BMC. My wish is that first was gh2...

  • zapataszapatas

    My opinion is that the 2nd is the best, then the 1st, then the 3rd. There is a clear difference on the sensor size of the first, so maybe this can change the opinion of someone and makes him have wrong thoughts. The right would be to have same picture area, at least by changing the distance, using of course the same lens for all, or else it is not fair.

  • magnificomagnifico

    first is for me a "waou" effect. Even if may be second represents some thing more natural : look at the hair, I think there is narrow DR here.

    First footage emphasizes the DR, greys look more white there...

  • zapataszapatas

    Also, I see that the second is the sharpest.

  • endotoxicendotoxic

    GH3 (not that grate image) BMC (better resolution) GH2 (bigger sensor higher contrast)

  • ButtButt
    1. GH2 Intra -
    2. BMC -
    3. GH3
  • magnificomagnifico

    @zapatas for me first is sharpest @Nutt same choice !!

  • dustylensedustylense

    Gh3 has a fantastic image @ Endotoxic.
    This clip shows that:

  • ZorbaZorba
    1. BMC (more crop because of sensor design)
    2. GH3
    3. GH2
  • TheWindchargerTheWindcharger

  • jrdjrd

    Since there's no way of knowing what the colorist was trying to do -- deceive the viewer? -- or how consistently the clips were graded, it's impossible to know for sure, but the 2nd and 3rd clips both have the plastic skin tones and harsh highlight handling characteristic of HDSLRs generally.

    The first clip is much more "filmic" and pleasing to look at it, whether that's the result of the grading, or the native footage.

  • ButtButt

    @dustylense - >Gh3 hat eine fantastische Bild @ endotoxischen. Dieser Clip zeigt, dass:< - No!!! the video is muddy. . .

  • christianhubbardchristianhubbard

    Gave bragg creek a quick coloring pass for fun:

  • kholikholi

    @jrd -- Nah, it's not impossible to know. They'd have to do all sorts of voodoo to get the Blackmagic footage to look like the other two. The "Grade" on all three are crushed, not a fan but I think that you're right in that they're using that to try and even the field.

    The first is absolutely Blackmagic, the other two look hyper similar and if they were examples I had to use to choose GH2 or GH3, I wouldn't know which one to get. They both look the same lol.

    I guess that's a good thing.

  • punditpundit

    @kholi I agree the blacks were crushed to approximate the blacks of the GH2. The first cam has to be the BMCC as the highlights have the smoothest rolloff. The last is the GH2 as you can see the skin highlights are getting close to the limit and the GH3 is no.2 based on reports that the GH3 has a little more DR than the GH2.

    If that's not the order then I figure we are being deceived by the grading.

  • fehafeha

    I got my GH3, here is my short low light test video:

    Later on coming more test videos ... I need a GH3 hack to remove a time limit for EU models :-)

  • zapataszapatas

    After having the Nikon D4 for 5 months and then sell it, all cameras looks like "zero" to me because of the noise. Now I am looking to buy a new camera. I know I cannot find a similar camera with minimum noise in low light. I am thinking of the GH3 even if the noise is a lot (for only 1600 ISO in this video is a lot). But I am not sure yet if it is worth it. I do not see anything competitive to GH3 on this price range but I am not sure. The last video is nice home made and I prefer videos like this (not pro) to understand better some things about the camera.

    @feha I am waiting for more of your videos and thank you. :)

  • stoneystoney
    1. BMC - fine grained noise. some color noise. least contrast.
    2. GH3 - fine grained noise. least color noise. more red skin tone.
    3. GH2 - good old noise. sharp image. more green tone.
  • olegkalyanolegkalyan

    zapatas, if you like D4 with full frame, the best bet would be to get D800e and have Mosaic filter installed, (to get rid of moire), I am still waiting for it from BH, will share the results as soon as I get it, have both D4 and D800e. GH3 and GH2 both great considering the weight and size, and the Nokton fast lenses, you do not really need iso 1600, if your F stop it 0.95 or 1.2)

  • zapataszapatas

    Oh then you understand my standards in noise. :) A little difficult to find something similar to D4. I had the D4 and the three f2.8 lenses. Nikon D800, in my opinion, is a lot back from D4 in noise. But for sure is a very good camera. As for buying it, I do not want to buy again DSLR, I want to go to a mirrorless system now. The reasons are many, one of them is the size, one other is the high cost of the good lenses of Nikon and Canon. I am already in love with the idea of Voigtlander f0.95 lenses with a m43 camera. Thanks for the idea. :)

  • clyde_tclyde_t

    did some work-flow tests with the all-Intra modes including the overcranked 40% frame rate setting. found that they all come into Avid MC6 and play great via AMA link. the long GOP 50mbit mode does not play smoothly even with a quad-core i7 and GPU acceleration. had limited success using eyeon connection for grading. recording seems very stable using the all-intra 72mbps modes using Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB SDXC card.

  • TronTron

    Quick street test for dynamic range in 50mbps IPB @ 40% playback speed. Also some timelapse acquired in Raw w/electronic shutter. Download the source file for better compression and smooth playback.

  • AlexAlex

    shot in 1080p24 50IPB.

    A rough water surface is pretty tough for h264 encoding. The GH3 dose a good job in MOV 1920x1080,24p 50Mbps.

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