Any of the aforementioned "Tips and Tricks" have changed with the new Firmware Update?

@mpgxsvcd Good point! Actually, how can you tell what the aperture is doing? I had just assumed it was fixed, but I don't see any affirmative indication of what is happening - the aperture value disappears when movie recording is activated (no indication of ISO value, either).

Could you recommend me a variable nd filter .i like my subject in the center ,

Please, use proper place for such question.

@Lumens The general rule is to choose a shutter speed that's roughly double your fps. The main idea there is to preserve a film-like look in terms of motion blur, as that mimics the 180 degree shutter of a film camera. Higher shutter speeds tend to produce more of a video look.

OTOH hand, there are sometimes reasons to ignore rules of thumb. Better to have a video-like shot than an overexposed shot (though best to have your ND filters). A pet peeve of mine is people treat these rules of thumb (e.g. NEVER center your subject in the frame!!) as if they were carved in stone and delivered from on high by Moses.

@v10tdi

Double check that. Flicker Decrease is not available in Aperture Priority video mode(It is greyed out). In all stills mode including aperture priority it will switch to Program Priority for video and allow aperture to float with Auto ISO.

@mpgxsvcd

Do you know that joke in which a guy is talking to a friend and says "Some dogs are smarter than their owners!" And his friend says: "I know. I own one!". Just swap the words "dog" and "GH3" and I'm the second guy!

I mainly shoot with the 12-35, therefore 1/(2xFl) should be allowing me to shoot at 1/50s, so that's not the case. And I shoot mainly between f2,8 and f5,6.

I don't see the reason why you cannot shoot Auto ISO and Aperture Priority when taking pics or shooting movies. You can actually do that on (as far as I know) every camera than provides Auto ISO, including GH3. Where/When you'd want to so, is a whole different topic (specially NOT when shooting video in changing light conditions, cause the camera might decide to change the SSpeed instead of the ISO). In other words, if Panasonic would provide Auto ISO in full Manual mode, there would be no point in discussing this. (@Panasonic: please, please, please, on your next firmware update, please...).

What surprises me is that the lowest shutter speed that you get when doing so IN EUROPE is 1/60s!

I'll try the Flicker Decrease thingy during the weekend

Thanks for your feedback 'n tricks!

@PCortacans

The minimum shutter speed with Auto ISO is determined by focal length of the lens. I think it uses 1/(2 x FL) or 1/60 whichever is greater in NTSC countries.

Just set the flicker Decrease to (1/50, 1/60, 1/100, or 1/120) to control shutter speed with Program Priority and Auto ISO. You cannot control aperture and shutter speed independently and still use Auto ISO with Panasonic cameras and video.

Basically you can't use Aperture priority and Auto ISO for videos if you want to control shutter speed as well.

Really, try shooting wide open in Program Priority mode with Auto ISO and with the shutter speed fixed to an appropriate setting for lights in your area. You will be surprised at how well the m4/3s lenses do wide open.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people stop down the aperture of m4/3s lenses WAY TOO MUCH(ie: F8.0). No m4/3s lens is good at F8.0 and most of them are just fine wide open. Sure they can be a little better stopped down 1 stop or less. However, it is not worth losing Auto ISO in those cases where you can't control the lighting.

Ok they all look very similar to me in curvature ,looks like portrait and standard look to have a bit more range ?

All of them?

also how does one differentiate between stills and video shooting styles ,I change photo style and video style syncs to it or vice versa. cheat and set a custom dial mode to it?

I'm using natural -3 -1 -1 -5. It's fairly flat and there's no magenta as far as I can see.

@Lumens what are your colour profile settings?