hi @brianluce...

No one here except the development team (VK- and a few key players) would know the extent of the possibilities so far.

VK has mentioned many times that he is indeed working on this - and that there is 'hints' in the Firmware Code regarding HDMI output. What this means is anyones guess- however this hack is moving very fast and things are constantly changing.

Personally I believe that HDMI is posible- and it is only a matter of time (based on what I have read).

In the interum I would suggest to get used to the camera- and also if you have a GH2 participate in the testing- as the fasters this is achieved the faster things can move on. If I am correct there are already patches that change the mode of the HDMI output- so this signals that code is somehow being triggered or activated. It could occour that simply by placing the camera into a higher bit rate recording mode HDMI could be fixed because it is no longer triggering the deliberate errors in the HDMI code??? No one knows right now.

But this feature was working on early firmware beta builds of this camera, so we are all hopefull. Before that- we have now got 42mbps and it is getting better by the day!

@EOSHD - Andrew, has any further testing and/or conclusions been found w/HDMI monitors while simultaneously recording to the hacked GH2? I should be picking up the 5" Lilliput monitor sometime today and still have a "virgin" GH2 w/o the hack. In other words I would like to contribute to these forums but don't want to lose the functionality of using an HDMI monitor....

Thanks in advance.

Andrew/Vitaliy do you think ideally we would be able to record from hdmi out WITHOUT having to press the shutter to record? Today I hooked up my GH2 via hdmi to a Dell U2410 monitor and did some tests, you dont see any posterization banding until you press the shutter and record (best places to look for posterization is in scenes where you have smooth blurred out areas or a clear sky). Andrew back in April you saw the same thing and mentioned it http://www.eoshd.com/content/616 (video at bottom of page).

Convergent Designs Gemini will Record 1080p 50/60. Release October.

When I used the Ninja and a GH2 for a day- there was no issues... (forget what I did though)...

In the menus there should be 'turn off display info' etc...

I didn't think it was on to start with -but maybe with the hacked firmware things are a bit different? You just have to go through the horridly long menus...

Cheers

How do you get rid off all display (OSD) info on GH2 in order to record via HDMI output (in to Ninja) ?

@alcomposer The Ninja only records 1080i/60 and can never record 1080p/60 due to its hardware limitations.

"Ninja doesn't capture 1080p50 or 60 (to answer Damien). This is because the data rates are simply too high. You'd need a completely different device to capture at these rates."

Dave Shapton
President
Atomos EMEA

http://blog.abelcine.com/2011/03/24/hands-on-with-the-atomos-ninja-recorder/

Also it seems like BlackMagic Intensity has a similar dilemma, but fortunately they both seem to handle 720p 60fps and 1080p 24fps.

Not yet, been busy but starting again today.

Anybody with external recorder want to test ExTele mode via HDMI? Would like to see if it gives output in progressive 1080/60p in this mode or if it is 1080i. Set camera to FSH, apply progressive patch and set 1080i Encoder 4 setting to 1.

ExTele mode works via HDMI, in both 1080 FSH and 24p mode. However with my current settings, all AVCHD modes on camera do not encode to the card and cause camera operability to lock. However video output does look rather perfect on the monitor, even in 1080i FSH with progressive patch enabled. Now will test to determine whether that output is progressive or interlaced.

@EOSHD

It is not. People have tested it already.
In last release it do not have Risky tag in the hint.

Did you try the EXTele Check Disable?

God Speed!