Has anyone posted the raw camera files of a 200 Mbps (All-Intra) 1080p video? I downloaded the 4K footage and my computer can barely handle that. Wanted to see if I could even work with the 1080p stuff!
@anti12 - better encode
@Tomaso - that's on the vimeo compressed version. Weird single field encode or something
@Tomaso, the video is not mine. Cheers!
@mrbill Is that on the Vimeo compressed version or on the original file. I can't se that the original is available for download.
@fancydancer Did you already get a GH4 in Germany? My dealer (Scandinavian Photo) here in Sweden said maybe end next week or more probably may 5 or 6.
That's aliasing like mad. Apart from that, very nice
The big temptation to "jump in" on a new project for me would be the Cine-D or 4k, especially for those things where you could either use a cropped final output through Warp Stabilization or utilize transcoding to 1080p just to get 4:2:2 to grade.
But even then it would be wise to do at least a little post-processing to check out how the input leads to output. With the camera in hand would I be wise or ... risk-taking? Hard to say as I don't have one yet ... but even with 35 years of being "sensible" ... hmmm ... ;-)
Probably just as well I'm not being tempted now, though if I were headed out for a major shoot knowing I'd be getting one right AFTER I finished shooting, I'd be frustrated.
If you use the same settings that you used on the GH3 then the GH4 is nearly identical. 1080p @ 24 FPS IBP is virtually the same on both cameras especially in MF mode. If your GH3 broke and you bought a new one you would be able to get it ready in time. You could do the same with the GH4.
Utilizing the new GH4 features might be risky though.
@karl - Jessops in the UK say shipping from the 5th of May.
Btw, it's anybody's right to be cautious about too short a learning curve with new kit. No need to dig them up about it.
"So you would not dare to use a GH4 even if you had also a GH2 with you to fall back to, in case the GH4 fails for some reason?
Given how many people have been fine even with using known-to-be-unstable patch settings (not me), that seems very very conservative... :-)"
Yes, I realize that I am conservative, but I have never owned this type camera as I come from using traditional video cameras. I think a person on a paying job should have thorough knowledge of their equipment before hand.
@natureflixs: So you would not dare to use a GH4 even if you had also a GH2 with you to fall back to, in case the GH4 fails for some reason?
Given how many people have been fine even with using known-to-be-unstable patch settings (not me), that seems very very conservative... :-)
BTW: I just noticed rumor on the GH4 shipping in the EU from May 5th. I'm not sure I should believe this, as usually dealers are quite keen to enter their offerings along with optimistic delivery dates as early as possible, but in the case of the GH4, I don't see any online dealer claiming a specific delivery date as of today.
I read here that several people were disappointed not to get one before a significant trip. All that I can add is if the trip is for work rather than pleasure I would have to test the GH4 with its new features for several weeks before I would have the confidence to use it on a paying job.
@Tomaso: "Any parts of Europe having the GH4 yet?" - Unluckily, no. I would have liked to be able to buy one before my 3-week-trip to Indonesia, but now it's getting unlikely to be possible.
On the plus side, this means that I don't have to pay a premium for buying early, but can check for reasonable prices after I return.
I wasn't trying to start a debate about samy's, I just had a bad experience, that is all. As far as the last minute argument goes, the camera was ordered from their website. Their website and representatives told me a specific date and said it would arrive. If it wasn't possible they shouldn't have said so, last minute or not. The only reason I bought from them was because I am leaving the country wednesday to shoot BTS for a feature film for the next couple of months. I was happy with my pre-order at BH w/ a later date, but the notion of getting this camera in time for the BTS seemed like the perfect opportunity to test out the camera. So I was little upset with the customer service, that is all. However this is my last response on the Samy's subject, cuz it seems like a waste of time.
This camera is looking amazing, I can't wait to start fooling around with it! The Cinema-D is looking beautiful, and actually looks like it has pretty good dynamic range for a Micro4/3 DSLM. I am curious to see how well the 4:2:0 takes to color grading, I wasn't that excited by some examples I have seen thus far, has anyone else played around in Davinci or Scratch with their footage yet?
Any parts of Europe having the GH4 yet?
If you have camera and want to share info or tests use
I've bought the 128gb transcend class 3. If anybody has this and a GH4 already, would love to know if the card works, especially at the 200Mbp/s bit rate. Thanks in advance
Always had good experiences with samy's myself.
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