@Jwalker

The 24p-25p strobing is normal. I see it on all video dslr's. What doesn't seem normal are what you call the "hiccups". I also thought that it was due to the processor or graphic card speed of my Mac Pro at the higher bit rates but I'm also seeing it in AVCHD @ 24mbsp. I'm also seeing it in compressed VIMEO and YouTube clips so its obviously not processor speed. I did a bunch of very slow pan tests and saw it with or without OIS on the 12-35 lens.

Hope this gets figured out cause I really like the camera otherwise.

First off, great information here and amazing footage from the GH3.

I'f got the GH3 +12-35mm lens for a few days now and it's my first experience with shooting video on a still camera. So far I mostly like what I see except for one rather big issue. in most of my test shots I see a slight strobe/hick-up effect when I pan or tilt (even slow pans). At first I thought my Imac was to slow to do a correct playback, but after connecting the camera directly (HDMI) to an HD monitor the strobe/hick-up effect is still there. Is this something inherent to these kind of camera's, is it a setting or is it a camera error. I shot most of my tests on mov. I FHD/25p and mov. FHD/25p shutter-speed 50 (-5 -5 0 -5)

I also have a magenta tinge on both the (very soft) evf and the oled screen. Thanks, Jack

@charlie_orozco It was definitely shot at 50i. I downloaded it and had a look in After Effects.

Something i dont understand is that most people do not like the 72mb/s all-i setting but you would think that should actually be the best considering the bitrate. Would it be that they knew this up front but wanted to press for a certain release date and will 'fix' this in a future firmware update? Otherwise it hardly makes any sense to create a high bitrate setting that is outperformed by a lower bitrate setting like the 50mb/s .mov. Also, does anyone know how footage of the nikon D600 is compared to the GH3 ?

Tried to tell people about the AVCHD stuff before the camera was even released... guess people really only see numbers at first.

The GH3 switches on 1080p mode on Panasonic Viera screens when HDMI output is selected to 1080p and playing back 24p. I didn't say I'd tested it with an Atomos.

@collierlandry was told differently, so we skipped the test. But thank you for testing it for us. Good to know.

I did test the GH3 with the Ninja2. It worked fine. Very slight difference in contrast but the quality was very similar to the internal recording.

@driftwood...you earlier mentioned that your GH3 produced clean HDMI out in 24p. Now, I tested this today with a Intensity Extreme and recorded with Blackmagic Media Express. Now, the only setting I got this to work is when I eighter have the GH3 Video Out in "Auto" or "1080i". I know for sure that the Intensity supports 1080 24p. I managed to get 1080 50i. The moment I switch GH3 video out to 1080 24p, my live feed is gone (note, I did remember to adapt the Media Express settings to 24p!).

By the way, the footage I captured with HDMI out compared to the ALL-I 72 MBit is like day and night. HDMI out looks really really great.

I read some posts that it is common that HDMI out is 50i. But if there is a setting in the GH3, it must work have the 24p option.

Anybody else having this issue.

I have also been comparing gh3 72mbps intra in 25p vs gh2 Orion 100mbps and I have to say the gh2 is massively better.

I had a shoot yesterday and noticed terrible moire and micro jittering round hard edges. I also find the viewfinder very difficult to verify my focus in comparison to the gh2. The evf and oled have a very pinkish hue.

It's the first time I have looked at my rushes and not been impressed with the quality. When i always has with the gh2. I sadly will be going back to my trusty gh2!