Another Moms clip.. Had a few card errors (I still have the 45MB/s Sandisk cards) in SH mode with the Panny 45-200 zooming in and recording. Other than that, smooth as ever.
@paulo. Nope, thats the biggest issue with the GH2 IMO - color and contrast is far too 'baked in' out-of-camera
A Tiffen low contrast 3 filter works wonders for AVCHD (and the GH2 in particular): not only does it reduce contrast, it does this by lifting the blacks so you are far less likely to see macro blocking. For the GH2, it can also remove some of the bad effects of over-sharpness and roll-off the highlights (to give you a more analog feel). Have a look at http://howgreenisyourgarden.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/dslr-video-lens-filters-for-video/ Scroll down to the section 'Low Contrast filter' as the first bit talks about variable ND filters, which I assume everyone here knows about :)
The example video is LX7 AVCHD, 28Mbit/s, so the main reason to use a Low contrast filter for that camera is avoiding macro blocking (because of the reduced bandwidth). For the GH2 its more about getting your out-of-camera footage flatter by lifting the blacks, rolling off the highs and reducing the digital sharpness a bit.
I generally shoot DSLR video with both a variable ND and LC3 on the lens.
HTH
Here is some MMM on 1080i and some HBR slowed down using Moon T7
How much of a difference is there in image quality between Moon-T7 24H and 24L? On paper 24H is better, but in real world situations and through our eyes. Is there a visible difference? Cause in 24H, I can only record up to 4-mins continuous before it stops.
And I'm using a SanDisk 32GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-1 by the way. So I'm hoping if I switch to 24L I'll have a longer continuous recording time. But if image quality is a sacrifice by going 24L, then I'll just deal with it, and stick to 24H.
What do you guys think?
@tatzu, good, I have the 14mm.
@Manu4Vendetta i used the 14-140 and the 14mm f2.5 both panasonic lenses.
@x_worpig_x Don't mention it :)
@tatzu, what lenses? very nice footage.
@Garner Super informative. Thank you!
@doctor: totally agree.
@driftwood: hope I didn't come off as demanding, I'm just impatient, because your hard work rocks!
moon T7
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