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  • EnoEno

    And please, use 16:9 format, don't crop the test. Anamorphic vision is for cinema, not for normal screens. It is a waste of good pixels at best.

  • shianshian

    "You can please some of the people, all of the time, and all of the people some of the time...." - Abraham Lincoln

  • EnoEno

    For good sake, use 0 to all settings, we (or at least I) want to see the camera defaults, all camera defaults, it is a shame that nobody can produce a decent test. Sorry but this is the truth, I want to see camera a comparison made in good light wit a wide angle lens, at minimum ISO, with a lot of DOF, not without it. And everything shot from a steady tripod without moving the camera around. It is so much to ask?

    Something like this:

    We made this test in 4 hours with the editing and all. It is to much to ask to for a decent test with the GH3?

  • robbinrobbin

    Like shian i too was shocked at the quality of intra. Its bad. Avchd 1080p50 is very good.

  • robbinrobbin

    I did some tests with +2 on sharpness and liked it. I think -2 on sharpness makes it to soft for my taste and i dont like to add sharpness in nle.

  • shianshian

    We eventually settled for Standard -2, -2, -2, -5 | the NR in the cam was just smearing the noise, you could see it moving behind the blur of the NR, better to just contend with it in post.

  • EnoEno

    OK, but use 0-0-0-0-0 settings on all cameras, not -5-5-5-5-5 on GH3, because you will get a mess!

  • shianshian

    Switching codecs made a huge difference. GH3 is finally showing some real promise. The All-I .mov were horrible. The AVCHD looks pretty good, when you see the tests, you'll see the GH3 has a a few advantages over the GH2-I, and vice-versa.

    BTW we were only testing 24p on all cams. We knew others were going to look deeper at the 50 and 60 fps modes, but we wanted to use modes only all 4 cams could do. And none of us had any interest in 25 or 30 fps. But I'm sure @driftwood and his crew will have all the info you need about those modes.

  • Angry_CAngry_C

    @labalbi: Why don´t you test yourself? People who are bashing the GH3 are saying, the GH2 is crap without hack and awesome with hack. Do you trust them? Have you ever seen side by side tests with huge IQ advantages resulting from the hack???

  • labalbilabalbi

    @jjj_ri_usa Oh ...I am in the same boat as you ...I have the GH1 which is not nice for high ISO stills and despite its hacked as well it freezes when I shoot grass or foliage ...

    I was thinking the GH3 would be my answer , specially that I would not like to upgrade my light GH1 Sherman to a Fat Tiger Panzer 5D Mark III (2x price and weight ) ...

    But , reading posts here I am afraid now. I wasnt expecting so many complains about the GH3 sensor, intra codec, moiré etc ...

    Anyway , I have no choice since video is a priority for me and in the M43 world there's no other viable choice ...unless Oly comes up with something amazing in January .

    I live in Brazil and I ll be in USA by january 23 to february 07 . Hope I can find a GH3 available at Amazon or BH ...

    thanks for your feedback . Helped a lot ....

  • Angry_CAngry_C

    Sry, I think Shian is a clown. So much nonsense in two threads...wow...

  • EnoEno

    shian, I don't know what are are you trying to say with this statement " GH2 IV is kicking the crap out of the GH3", but if you want to compare sharpness use 0 settings on both cameras, not -5 on GH3, and use the 25 fps with H.264 codec and 50 Mb/sec, not the All-I, then and only then you can mace a real comparison. Of course, the same lens, same settings, etc. I look forward to see he results.

    Best regards.

  • collierlandrycollierlandry

    @shian

    Correction to your post, my Nikon 55mm that we used for initial testing is f1.2, not f2.

    Anyone used a Ninja 2 on the GH3 yet? I'm curious about the HDMI out performance as I would like to eliminate the massive macro blocking the camera has show thus far in general.

  • stoneystoney

    Take with a grain of salt ;) Everyone has different needs. One man's trash is another man's treasure.

  • jfilmmakerjfilmmaker

    @shian Any difference for regular shooting outside daytime (non-extreme conditions). Thx!

  • jfilmmakerjfilmmaker

    @shian Wow. Let's see 50 Mbps mode... I'd really hope the GH3 could at least do the same, as I want slow motion and time lapse...

  • shianshian

    never. Only manual. The only time I use my pancake is when I need a sharp wide. But that's not the issue, we used the same exact lenses on both GH2 and GH3. GH2 IV is kicking the crap out of the GH3, it's not even close.

    Lenses

    Nikkor 35mm f2 Nikkor 50mm f1.8 Nikkor 55mm f2 Nikkor 85mm f2 Pancake 20mm f1.7 Canon EF MKII 24-70mm f2.8 - for baseline cuz it would fit all four cameras.

  • jfilmmakerjfilmmaker

    @shian Are you using manual lenses or 12-35mm which might not be solid for testing due to interference from distortion correction issues? Thx!

  • konjowkonjow

    I got my GH3 few hours age.Was testing for 20 minutes and I found that in same kind of light (led 220v 50hz-not DC) with higher shouter then 100 horizontal straps appears. Even if its multiple Hz video is not flicking but straps are there. I check gh3 manual and it says that may happened with same lights but 200 shutter is not that high. Did you experience the same. Also anyone know how to check shouter count (general not the one which can be reset to 0)

    shouter 100.jpg
    1600 x 1000 - 102K
    shouter 200.jpg
    1600 x 1000 - 92K
    shouter 400.jpg
    1600 x 1000 - 80K
  • stoneystoney

    @mpgxsvcd Nice candid photos. Well captured. GH3 is a solid upgrade from GH2. No doubt about it. Pros love GH series, but the series wouldn't survive without enticing non-pros. I know a lot of non-pros owning Canon/Nikon FF gears.

  • JspatzJspatz

    Also, on my first green screen job with the GH3, post was noticeable easier than GH2 with any hack or d800e on Ninja2.

  • JspatzJspatz

    There is not much I don't like about the GH3. For commercial work I am using portrait with everything dialed down to -5. With non-Lumix lenses I might bring sharpness to -2 depending on the situation and I may up saturation a bit if I think that is the direction I will be going to in post. Any NR but -5 takes you from grain land to smudge land.

  • HillTop1HillTop1

    Oh wow, looking forward to that. Just the kind of test I have being waiting for.

  • driftwooddriftwood

    Not surprised about the 5D MKIII, its High Profile Level 5.1 and 90Mbps and beyond with the magic lantern hack. :-)

  • shianshian

    Need to retest GH3 again today with different in-camera settings and codec, because in our 2nd extreme high contrast, real-world narrative production filming test, the GH3 [72 ALL-I] failed epically, while the 5DMKIII really surprised us, Intravenus GH2 was solid as hell, and the BMCC's RAW performance is envious, while the ProRes leaves something to be desired.

    We'll be editing, grading and scoring the four sub $4000 cams we tested this weekend. (BMCC, GH3, GH2-I, and 5DMKIII) and have some videos to show you by week's end. Maybe hold-off your purchasing decisions until you see what we uncovered. @CollierLandry has just dropped off the camera for further testing.

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