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

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

@GravitateMediaGroup : yes, I think it's the same. Had this also sometimes with moon T5 but not so noticeable. Maybe I can upload my testfile this evening somewhere.

@DeployAerial great shots!!I It would be helpful to know where your are located without having the effort to google +852 ;-) It's a pity that it's not +33, +41, +43, +44 or +49 ;-)

Latest News Driftwood Cluster X DREWnet T9 12/15/6 GOP is now up on page 1. @onionbrain

moon T7 motion blur DOES IT/DOESN'T IT?

Two of you mentioned motion blurring artifacts in moon T7 release candidate. This has yet to be confirmed as a major problem - Can those who worried take a look at this quickly adjusted moon T7b with GOP Related x2 time edits (just a few switches off) and tell me if its improved/no change? Just wanna clear it up. Thanks

@flaschus has just notified me regarding GOP Related 72060p he'd changed;-

'1, 5, 0, 0, 64, 0'

to

'1, 7, 0, 0, 64, 0'

for a similar issue to yours @Zaven13.

Overall, this version of moon (T7) squeezes everything it can out of all modes. If recordings stop on non 24p modes before a span file can be created so be it. This setting is not for pussies! ;-)

Here's moon T7c updated 720p60 stable (we hope! @Zaven13) thank you @flaschus.

Once everyones happy Ill repost on page 1. And don't forget, 24p may cause stuttered playback on windows media player/ etc... but once rewrapped to prores422 minimum your'e rocking.

@driftwood

does T7c have the same upgrades as T7b?

the next time I shoot I'll set to 1/50.

if any of the changes made in 7b/c affect the quality in any way then don't adjust for my sake. I'll let ya know how 1/50 looks with 7c

@driftwood : Moon T7b unfortunately does not improve this kind of motion blur. Now there is also a kind of stuttering in it!? Maybe you know what that means? Uploading the mts file on my dropbox now. I'll post the link here in a few minutes. Cheers, Daniel

@driftwood yes also transcoded to prores 422hq, its the same. But please have a look on yourself. Settings are: smooth all -2, iso 400, 24p and 1/50s shutterspeed. Lens is a panaleica 25mm and saved on a sandisk extreme 32GB 45MB/S. Here is the file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7abdjittkjw1b7f/00001.MTS

@danielortegajan Thanks - Ill take a look. Might have to lower the bitrate slightly to 'accomodate' lenses such as these.

Ive had a look - this isnt too unusual for the GH2 at 24p hi bitrate with faster than your average pans on square objects. If youve got other example upload. However, I promise you Ill take a look at replicating this test and to see if we can improve the situation.

Here's Spizz GOP 3 on a Death Chart resolving a minimum QP of 1 and a maximum QP of 5 on this i frame with a PSNR of 54. Pretty darn amazing.

Here's a pre-release trial of Spizz T6 for the early testers to confirm everything is right/working/not working. Enjoy and let me know if this is the best GOP3 setting youve ever seen? 1080i FSH is currently failing in iA mode and will be sorted.

Spizz 3 GOP in the dark at 1600 ISO below