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  • touviere7touviere7

    @ahrenheit

    yes, i know about that fonction, but it does not work once recording is started, at least not for me here...

  • fahrenheitfahrenheit

    @touviere7 I doubt it's the solution you're after but I take it you're aware of the AF+MF menu function? It enables the use of both AF and MF in unison but I think the shutter button has to be half pressed at the time, which can be a little constricting.

  • touviere7touviere7

    @touviere7
    to answer my own question from last week, i bought the lumix/leica 12-60/2.8-4.0 and found out that it's not possible, when in auto focus, to override it with the focus ring (like with the old olympus 12-60/4.0--5.6... :-(

  • touviere7touviere7

  • VeskuVesku

    @Vitaliy_Kiselev

    I checked GH4 and GH5 exif with Exiftool. It has no focus distance item. GH4 and GH5 can show manual focusing help with coarse line between close and infinity but I dont think it knows the actual distance value.

    Exiftool shows GH5 automatic exposure values, GH5 screen not :(

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @Vesku

    Yes, of course. Most Panasonic and Olympus lenses report focus position and body can calculate focus distance from it (and write it to EXIF where you can find it). DOF is just simple calculation from focus distance and aperture.

  • VeskuVesku

    Can add to this option to have always visible focus distance and DOF range, both in MF and AF modes.

    This would be interesting. For example DOF range with 300mm lens at f 5.6 would be something like 30.3m -30.9m. Is it possible for camera to know that? DFD may know something. Quite extreme feature and no camera can do it today.

    Some cameras can still show shutter speed, aperture and iso when shooting :)

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Exposure values (aperture, shutter speed and iso) are not visible in automatic video exposure modes. Why hide them?

    Can add to this option to have always visible focus distance and DOF range, both in MF and AF modes.

  • VeskuVesku

    I have had GH5 about 2 months now and it is very good update from GH4 and I am mostly pleased with its new features. I could write a long list of good things but here is a short list for little improvements:

    • the blinking record dot blinks too slowly and when stopping recording it disappears so quickly that I some times wonder if the recording was even on at all.
    • when changing iso only the back wheel works. It would be easier for me to use front wheel for iso adjustment. Why not both wheels adjust iso?
    • Auto iso limiter for video should have more steps. Now iso2000 or 2500 are not possible.
    • iso100 clips highlights. Maybe FW 2.0 will fix it.
    • 50Mbs fullhd would be useful some times.
    • Video autofocus menu item on/off is not assignable to FN-button. Even better would be working AFS/AFC lever. Why cant it work
    • Exposure values (aperture, shutter speed and iso) are not visible in automatic video exposure modes. Why hide them?
    • iDynamic and wind cut filter has no symbol in screen (GH2 had those).
    • AFS/AFC lever is not working with 6k photo. It uses always AFC.
  • Sph1nxsterSph1nxster

    Can the GH5 do 25 frames per second in 6K mode? Obviously in PAL mode

  • touviere7touviere7

  • touviere7touviere7

    i did hear that the lumix 12-60/3.5-5.6 was supposed to manually be able to override focus in auto single focus mode...so far i haven't been able to do so. can someone please confirm or deny that claim?

    edit: how about the 12-60mm/2.8-4.0? is it possible?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Can try PowerDirector.

    Here is NLEs list with decoders support for >4K only NVidia cards have decoders

    https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/16941/encoders-in-nles-and-gpu-support#Item_17

  • sam_rides_a_mtbsam_rides_a_mtb

    How are people dealing with the 6k video files? Just started playing around with this and in theory sounds great and the few frames I can get to play look insane! Think there was some posts about it in other GH5 thread in regards to playback. But transcoding / editing?... any solid solutions for PC/Premiere workflow?

  • mikeyeung5mikeyeung5

    @alcomposer is it at the SMPTE Sydney 2017 post? what kind of event is it ? I was in Sydney for 6 years for my degree. Too bad i didn't attend any kind of events like this

  • alcomposeralcomposer

    @mikeyeung5 I'm at SMPTE next week, can you post your comments in that topic? It would be great to some user thoughts on discussions with Panasonic.

  • mikeyeung5mikeyeung5

    I've got my GH5 last week, i havn't run all the test yet. The performance of GH5 really is a big jump from GH4, although GH4 is not an outdated camera. And i found out 4K60p or 4K 10bt 422 is a bit hard to edit with my current computer config. I hope Panasonic will update HEVC for general recording format. And more tools for filming, make it a camera version of Varicam

  • UmiiUmii

    Just a little clip I shot yesterday,nothing special but thought it was a nice example where having vlog makes it easier to get nice exposure outside, I'm always having to compromise and rarely have time to set up graduate filters etc. as a lot of my subjects are black and white with a bright sky :) but It's def easier with vlog and 10bit and the highlights seems to roll off much nicer to my eye. ISO 400 as shot with just the default panasonic vlog lut on it nothing else. I really like the default colors the standard LUT give as as well.

  • touviere7touviere7

    warning!!!

  • AKEDAKED

    Edius Version 8.5 supports 6K H265 of the GH5 now. Import and editing. Export in H265 is not possible yet.

  • alcomposeralcomposer

    Question for other owners of GH5: Is there any functional difference currently between using USH1 & USH2 cards? Are extra features enabled? Do photos save faster? Is the operation of the camera faster?

  • alcomposeralcomposer

    Stills in garden: GH5, Panasonic 15mm 1.7, https://www.flickr.com/gp/73012705@N07/7s955R

    Garden_GH5_2017 - 1.jpg
    5184 x 3888 - 795K
  • VeskuVesku

    I can use AF-lock or I can use MF with AF-ON but I have used to use half shutter for focusing. So why it can not work with 4k/6k photo. Half shutter is easier, faster and steadier than those other methods.

  • v10tdiv10tdi

    Can you imitate AFS by using AFL?

  • alcomposeralcomposer

    @Vesku processing power limitation? Or maybe they are still working on the feature in new firmware. Seems that late 2017 GH5 will be GH5mkii! :-)

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