GH4 4K Panasonic video camera, official topic

maxr

@LongJohnSilver from a very casual watching (left my white robe at the sanatorium :P) the shot at 1'02'' looked pretty nice, beautifully rich constrasty colours within a smoothy slomy, that's all. Till footage at 4K with very HQ compression, or not compressed at all, is released I feel like there's no point in peeping, even for downscaling purposes, as you have no "original" to compare. Guess Mr. @Drifwood is working his way to it.
Hey could use some of that slipslop you patched guys drink =)

LongJohnSilver

@maxr hummm...

Temple has a lot of moire on the stairs. Very huge moire. Something I would avoid on an official launch video.

maxr

The flamingo aerial shot is quite wOw

@inqb8tr dude they forgot most important features, again! :P

thorn

@blackspot

Hey btw... If there is so many media representatives got GH4 on their hands then where is all the preview 4K footage?

I have done a lot of presentations to media reps (though it was 3D software, not camera hardware) - the reps got to play with the software, ask questions, etc. In most cases, they didn't get to take rendered files with them.

And in cases where they got a full-blown trial over time, they were under NDA anyway. Further, their main priority in life was their own work, not sharing all the test files they'd made the past few weeks once the product was released. Besides, it's barely day 3 since the official announcement.

xenogears

I wish for a smaller audio interface attachment, just a battery grip with audio interface, this will make the a more portable system, and more realist to my kind of work, here in Venezuela will let see 4K like in 3 years ;) and then the GH5 will be on the street, so? the 4K is not a must for me right now, i already have a GH3 but cannot give me the 4:2:2 10Bit output, (great for green screen works), and the GH4K can give me that using a Atomos Ninja, but then i need a Panasonic YAGH to record good audio, this unit is big and don't record video so to use another piece of equipment is just dumb. Kudos for Panasonic to create something like this a reasonable price.

LongJohnSilver

The same old video but on Vimeo. Not on 4K of course but at 720p the Vimeo one has completely different colors

blackspot

Hey btw... If there is so many media representatives got GH4 on their hands then where is all the preview 4K footage?

LongJohnSilver

On the Italian video posted on 1st page the Pana rep. says that after a lot of complaint form users regarding the EVF it was designed from scratch with a display with a higher definition and much less distorsion. Now it can be used for serious photos.... We'll see

@trackzillas +1

Vesku

Bryan Harvey used GH4 EVF without rubber when shooting that Yucatan demo video. Here is capture from his making of video. Ocular seems to bee very ball-like bubble. I think he removed the rubber because it may be hard to place eye close enough with that rubber. I have the same problem with GH3. This kind of use lead to scratched lens. Coating is very soft.

Riker

Nice video, I think that all of the video-oriented web personalities will go absolutely madly on and on and on about this camera for months to come and when the GH4 finally gets in stores, I can only wait to see what kind of 4K detail does it pick up on waterfalls, city streets and cats :)))

TrackZillas

Guys just got some new information about the GH4.. it will output 4K 10bit 422 externally here is a very informative video from someone who has used it already. He even said that it will be the camera that everyone been dreaming about all their lives... those are strong words.

Vesku

FN button means Fu##ing Nonsense button :)

FN buttons seems to be Fu##ing useless buttons :)

Why there is AFF/AFS and self timer options because those have own knobs?? And there is also that useless EV button too.

LongJohnSilver

@vesku FN button means Fu##ing Nonsense button :)

Vesku

GH4 could have more efficient h.264 profile than GH3. So it is maybe not right to compare exact bitrates.

Vesku

GH4 FN-buttons menu-options: Wi-Fi / Q.MENU / Preview / One Push AE / Touch AE / Level Gauge / Focus Area Set / Zoom Control / 1 Shot RAW+JPG / 1 Shot Spot Metering / Cursor Button Lock / Photo Style / Aspect Ratio / Picture Size / Quality / AFS/AFF / Metering Mode / Burst Rate / Auto Bracket / Self Timer / Highlight Shadow / i. Dynamic / i. Resolution / HDR / Electronic Shutter / Flash Mode / Flash Adjust. / Ex. Tele Conv. / Digital Zoom / Stabilizer / Motion Pic. Set / Variable Frame Rate / Picture Mode / Synchro Scan / Time Code Display / Mic. Directivity Adjust / Color Bars / Silent Mode / Peaking / Histogram / Guide Line / Zebra Pattern / Rec Area / Video-Priority Display / Step Zoom / Zoom Speed / AF Mode/MF / Restore to Default

So there is no improvements from GH3. Same stupid situation.

So Ican not use with those 10! FN-buttons:

/audio meters /audio level control /Picture control (contrast,SH,NR,etc) /AFS-AFC for video /wind cut /Flickr removal /play

Those are what I want to use when shooting. I think that they have been also lazy with other usability issues GH3 has.

kellar42

The 1DC for all the knocks it takes on price vs. paper specs delivers an absolutely gorgeous image, in fact the favourite I have ever worked with, in 8bit glory, with a highly inefficient motion jpeg codec. The bit-rates are insane because of the codec. I've got my fingers crossed that the math gets tricky enough on the Panasonic to give us something similar in the 100mbs slot.

Vitaliy_Kiselev

what codec will be recorded in 4:2:2?

4:2:2 available in HDMI only :-)

peaceonearth

what codec will be recorded in 4:2:2?

Riker

So does this mean that the alleged GH5 aka GH4-with-no-4K won't come out, can we squash those rumors?

LongJohnSilver

@inqb8tr

rule #1 never read forums before breakfast :)

CFreak

+1 @Tomaso

Tomaso

I have GH2, I newer considered GH3 as I saw it as to small a step. My guess was that GH3+ or GH4 should come after about a year, and I was right. I certanly will consider the GH4.

inqb8tr

@LongJohnSilver

@lpowell showed the new AF100 specs that are very similar to GH4 except for included XLRs

I think that he just called GH4 a “new AF100“.

chef

I wonder if PrCs6 and a MBP retina will handle and will log the 4k files……

Aria

My guess is that 100mbps IPB is gonna be just fine. There's so much detail we're dealing with that I think any issues will probably require 400% pixel peeping to pick up. 4K resolution is just so detail dense IMO. My guess is that any issues will be microscopic in nature at that resolution. This is the beauty of 4K. You have room to play with in this format that we're not used to. It all remains to be seen of course, but this is just my guess as to how it's going to work. 4K like RAW is just an amazing format to start from. I have no real need for 4K but love the flexibility. My goal is the best 1080p that I can get and starting from 4K will give me that edge i'm looking for.

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