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driftwood

Excellent showreel for Cluster X :-) Well done to Andrew and Oliver @DeployAerial. If I lived close to you guys I would certainly hire you.

tymeorama

@DeployAerial : very good!!!

DeployAerial

Hi all,

10 months ago a friend and I decided to become an aerial cinematography team, shooting from sUAV mini-helicopters. When it came to choosing a camera, the GH2 was the indisputable choice, and it's entirely because of the incredible work of Vitaliy Kiselev, Nick Driftwood and all of the hack wizards and posters contributing to these threads. Oh, and Panasonic.

Below is our first reel, shot entirely on the GH2 in Hong Kong and China between January-April 2013. We started out with the Driftwood Cluster v6 Nebular setting, and went with the Cluster X Moon T5 for the remainder. What's in the final reel is about 80% Moon T5, which is why I'm posting it here.

We're so grateful for the work that Vitaliy and Nick have done, it's contributed immeasurably to what we've been able to achieve. Thanks also to everyone posting their videos and feedback with every iteration, you've made this place an invaluable resource for people like us.

And now here's that damned reel:

Best, Andrew

Maya

@driftwood its great, took few shots from my window. the softer it is makes it more cinematic. u made this flatter than t5 which is a super cool thing. please do u r future hack further more flatter and cinematic. sharpness is not at all good for film look and feel. come on people driftwood is changing gh2 into a cine camera, not a personal video camera.

danielortegajan

@driftwood : I've shot a little bit with moon t7 yesterday. Used 24p and 50 shutter. I saw a lot of something like motion blur in tiny movements on objects (use a shoulder rig). Any idea what it could be? Best regards and thanks for your work!!!

haarec

@GravitateMediaGroup did you shoot at 720p?

thepalalias

@driftwood Naw, it totally made me smile. Thanks for the update, though. :)

driftwood

Oh per! Sorry man I was in a rush - updated ;-)

I think you'll find this adapted rate control tries much harder than in the past to evenly spread bitrate (why do macs correct bitrate to nitrate!) but it does consume more bitrate than moon T5 (the current people's favourite). If people think its too soft on the edges ( I prefer this look for grading) I do have one more matrix variation to include - which will be appearing in DREWnet T9 later today - on a moon T8. For me I'm loving T7 so far. Particularly pleased with 720 modes. 720p60 at around 52Mbps for 12 GOP and great QP without failing is incredible.

thepalalias

@driftwood I'm looking forward to trying it out next week. Looks like I should expect higher bitrates on low detail scenes than before - does that mean there's a higher risk of running out of bitrate by the time I hit the lower right corner now? Or is there other optimization in play? I guess I'll find out when I shoot but doesn't hurt to know what to expect. :)

P.S. Glad to know we're so familiar that my first name has gone lowercase. ;)

matt_gh2

@GravitateMediaGroup Thanks for posting the videos, particulalry the last one. I'll be doing test shots at night, using lights. Curious on skin tones. Will be at ISO1600 so also curious on noise/grain characteristics. By chance in the last video with Batman figure, do you remember if you were on Smooth or Standard etc, and other settings all -2 etc.? Thanks

GravitateMediaGroup

@matt_gh2 it's no 14bit raw, but as far as the progression of the gh2 goes, id say it just went another step forward. Based on my preffered settings I'm happy with it, I'm going to experiment with some other modes and shutter speeds in the future.

off topic but it's funny, I'm trying to show the GH2 as much love as possible at the moment because when the pocket cam gets to me, I may not be able to keep my hands off of it.

matt_gh2

@driftwood T7 looks very good and very intersting judging from few samples posted. Will test with Lomo lenses (50mm & 28mm) and Olympus 18mm f1.8. Still loving Intravenus 2, but T7 may be something special. Will try to test tomorrow night and post the following day. Thanks for your great work - magical stuff really.

GravitateMediaGroup

rokinon t35 - 1/40

pchristoph

@driftwood Moon T7 - a few screen grabs right off the camera from this afternoon down by the water. Shot with a super takumar 28mm lens, f8, with CP filter and .6 stop n.grad filter. Looks really organic to me.

GravitateMediaGroup

and obviously YouTube compression doesn't help (it seems to be quicker for me than vimeo) and this isn't even a MAX quality render, just something for somebody to get an idea.

currently I am uploading a graded version and putting together a quick low light video

driftwood

@GravitateMediaGroup Good test - and the FIRST! It defo looks flatter perfect for grading. Thanks for sharing.

Full moon tomoz - perfect timing for some moon 'moon T7' shots. Thanks for the reminder @cjdincer

GravitateMediaGroup

play your own music for the 1st video, I forgot to unmute the audio lol

t7 - rokinon t35 - 1/40 - ISO 160

GRADED VERSION

added a little pop to the colors and a pinch of unsharp mask

cjdincer

also tomorrow night is fullmoon if I am not mistaken. I 'll try my FDs and yashica lenses.

driftwood

It'll be interesting to see how it looks on non-pany lenses from you guys :-)

GravitateMediaGroup

I replaced the sigma 30 for rokinon 35 and it looks MUCH nicer

driftwood

@Aashay That's a good idea - especially in this heat!

cjdincer

@gravitatemediagroup @driftwood here it is night time and I am using panny 20mm 1.7 in my room; shooting iso500 f1.7 25shutter in 24p, 25p, 50i, 720p50 image is excellent, motion wise there is something I can't name now but it might be me no OİS and handheld. I am also gonna change the lens and try 1/50 shutter and add more light in the room. in the morning gonna do tests outdoor. too early to say anything now. but one thing I realize there is less color shift when you press the rec button. and yes bow to you sir this is amazing.

Aashay

Next time I'm in B-town, I would bow to you and treat you at Hobgoblin @driftwood Sir... Amazing work. Can't wait to test it out myself and see what others think of it. This level of Q's in Long gop settings!! OMG Drewnet will change things.. :D

driftwood

1/50 for 24p all the way.

Peeps, please also try out iA modes.

GravitateMediaGroup

i'm shooting 1/40 24p and the motion does look slightly odd (handheld also, that's where the 1/40 probably caused me issues), i'm going to try a different lens and see, that was with a sigma 30

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