@DeShonDixon Thanks I'll let it know! However the is K5 better especially in underexposed regions where its ability to retain shadow detail in low ISO RAW files is amazing.

How does Sedna AQ1 perform in HBR 25 (PAL)?

It appears quite a few of these patches are biased more towards the GH2's 24fps cinema mode than HBR.

As I am in Australia (PAL) I will tend to shoot at 25fps 16:9 @ 1080p for documentary work.

For film, shorts etc. I will probably use 24fps and maybe experiment with 2.35:1 cropped from 16:9 @ 1080p.

@DeShonDixon Thanks. Not the GH2. The photos were shot on a Pentax K7 just over two years ago. I now have a Pentax K5 which has a much better sensor. However while the K5 can shoot video the GH2 is far superior for video. The lighting was a single 43" Photek Softlighter fitted with a 300w/s monobloc flash. I'm using the Photek Softlighter again for lighting the video interview but it will be fitted with 4 x 85watt spiral fluorescent globes with a little bounce fill on the shadow side and some rim/hairlighting. I want to try match the lighting from the photoshoot as closely as possible but with the addition of the rim lighting.

Hi guys, Which settings do You recommend for holiday shots, mainly landscapes, cities, ocean and mountain? I guess it doesn't require such a high bitrate patch but correct me if I'm wrong. Please advise which shall I use? Thank You!

June 25th, I start shooting the feature film Saving Dinah (see http://savingdinah.com and http://www.facebook.com/groups/407980299222552/) with the GH2. It's a three week shoot. Lenses are mostly Canon FL primes. I shot the screen tests with Cake 2.3 to avoid spanning issues. So, I'm looking for recommendations about which patches might be recommended for the main shoot. Like in most features, we have day and night shoots, and the usual mix of shots including closeups of the actors. One sequence, a brutal dog fight, is being lit with three or four alcohol camp lights. There are no lengthy (over 4 minute) shots planned. We have adequate lights. Little compositing in post is expected, and only the usual color correction. Green screen is limited to video in TV sets.

The release of Saving Dinah will include theatrical using D-cinema projection (2K), and of course all the usual distribution windows thereafter. We're not planning any transfers to film.

Recording media is SanDisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s.

As we all know, there is a range of patches available, and all seem good. But, given this site is the GH2 patch brain trust, what choice or strategies would "you" adopt in my situation -- and why?

In advance, let me offer my appreciation for any recommendations offered. We're in a new, new world of film making here and everyone's thoughts are invaluable.

@robbie75vr

If you saw "Great Gradients"(change in the value of a quantity) in the sky then you would see a lot of banding. I think you just used a term that means the opposite of what you are trying to say. However, can you show us an example of a sky shot? Your video didn't seem to have any of those in it.

Oh yea. Personally, I thought the video you posted looked really good even just watching it on Vimeo without downloading it. Nice solid colors and I didn't see any fixed pattern noise at all.

Great job. Your film looks interesting.

Hi,

I just joined and contributed via PayPal. Thank you to Vitaly and everybody who has worked on these cameras for all of us.

I am new (as in brand-spanking new) to video. I hacked the G2 with an lpowell patch, and I got some decent results filming lizards off a tripod. So I got excited and bought a brand new GH2.

I found the "best GH2 hacks in one place" thread, but there is WAY too much information there for me, given my current low level of technical knowledge about video. I will learn more eventually, but at the moment I just need advice on a decent patch to get me started with the GH2.

I am interested in documentary-style video, although much of the time I will be shooting off a tripod. I will be shooting wildlife, and also documentary scenes in the streets of a city. I will need decent low-light performance from time to time. I want a good balance between high bitrates and long record times. I am also interested in time-lapse photography. I am also interested in guidance in the menus of the camera as to what the different settings are. Is this possible? I kind of fly by the seat of my pants with the G2, because the menus don't tell me anything.

Thank you very much for your help.

Bob

P.S. If this is posted to the wrong sub-forum, could you please move it for me? Thanks.

Hi, wondering if anyone can help

Looking for lowest noise possible in a low-light indoors situation with minimal lighting

Basically all static shots

Shooting 1080 25p w FD 1.8 / 50mm

The mood of the film suits if its fairly dark, but it's set in the day time, so it still has to look like day

Would like to know best patch for least possible noise and low light performance. I know the gh1 is the best low-light camera, but I'm just trying to make it as best as possible

I appreciate any help/advice from anyone. Thank you.

my footage sedna q1:

@driftwood @bmcent1

Ok guys I just received a couple of SunDisk SDXC 95MB/sec, now I think I can use any hack I want finally, so please my last two questions:

Aerial videos with wide lens and sharp detailed subjects like trees buildings architecture reflections on water ecc..., I do not want to see digital sharpening artifacts, I do light grading and color correction, footage is not action style, it's more landscape slowly moving, like on rails dolly. What patch ? Sedna AQ1? Q20? others ?

Landscape Cityscapes videos, documentaries, stable or some some camera movements, not action movements, color correction and medium grading in post, subjects could have gradients (sunsets, skies) and also have details like old walls, dense nature foliage... what hack do you suggest ?

About spanning, when does it happens ? what to do ?

Ok that were 4 question, sorry ehe

Thanks a lot guys, I tried the No Adverse Effect but I need a little more quality, with this patch I don't see great gradients in the sky when I pan the camera, and lot more visible if I grade them..

@bmcent1 Excellent, for me it's important to have a stable hack, I do aerial filming that cannot be repeated and I only do light grading so no need of very high bitrate, thanks for your suggestion, today I will try that patch.

@bmcent1 Thanks man, I will try No Adverse Effects, and if not satisfied I will buy that card linked in my prev post.

Do you know about AQ1 vs Q20 ?

Thanks

Guys please help me with my last questions posted some days ago, here again: I'm playing with sedna presets, I see there are more than one , A B C D E H, some of them crash my gh2, (I have a Trashend SDHC class10 32GB).

If I just lower the bitrate from the crashing preset, can that be a solution ?

Or using this card instead http://www.hw1.it/sandisk-64gb-extreme-pro-sdxc-sdsdxpa-064g-x46/ref_kel/?from=kelkoo can be a solution ?

what is the difference between AQ1 and Q20 ?

Thanks

Hi,

first I want to thank you all for the work you're putting into this project to get the best quality out of the GH2.

I was looking for a patch that allows me to shoot 25p with the possibility to grade the footage later on in DaVinci Resolve (after transcoding it to DPX 10bit in Premiere CS5.5). I'm only shooting narrative / commercial clips, so spanning is not necessarily needed. Also I'm shooting a lot handheld, so an INTRA codec seems to be better suited for my needs than a GOP codec.

I'm recording to SanDisk 64GB 95MB/s cards.

I don't want to change the hack all the time, also I don't want to use an unstable build. Which hack should I use, and which settings should I choose? As stated, picture quality and possibility to grade matter, not file size.

Is there maybe a wiki, where all the diferent settings are explained?

Thank you all David