Ok, so I downloaded this sedna aq20 hack I believe it was, installed it with full battery. I turn it on and the apature and shutter controls are no where to be found in 24p creative movie mode. Only ISO can be adjusted along as a exposure increment shift. Also, it won't allow for scrolling down in the cortical menu to adjust additional setting beyond the first option (red camera movie modes section). Is there something I'm missing here? I tried restalling This firmware several times and got same result. Only way I could control apature was in 1080i manual mode. Is my gh2 in trouble or is there a fix for this. Before I used flomotion and it had no problems. Must be something I'm doing wrong?

Just great! Thank you very much @LPowell !!

Hello Vitaly and everyone,

Almost a year I'm reading about the gh2 hack and finally I'll have an opportunity to get one for cheap - a friend of mine will get it for me from New York, from B&H. I know the GH3 is on the way, but this one will be enough for me for now.

I checked out the FAQ and searched around for information about hacking the camera, but I found some disturbing (maybe older) comments where people say that after the upgrade from Panasonic - 1.1 the hack is not working for the NTSC version of GH2 in order to switch it to PAL. I live in a PAL country, so it would be a bit confusing for me if I get a camera with NTSC and 24fps only.

So, I'd like to know for sure if this is true. After hacking a NTSC GH2, will I be able to switch it to PAL?

Thank you in advance.

@mozes @Hakosuka

From time to time I get inquiries asking if I can produce a version of Flow Motion using different scaling matrices. The short answer is no, because to do so would convert it into a fundamentally different patch that would no longer be "Flow Motion:".

On a deeper level, there's a reason why Scaling Matrices are not mix-and-match flavors that can be casually substituted into another patch. These tables lie at the heart of the AVCHD core encoding engine and can potentially affect any of the stability settings that keep the patch operating within safe limits. In automotive hot-rodding terms, it's comparable to swapping a new engine into a car, and if it's not done with the proper tools, havoc can ensue.

*** WARNING ***

Substituting a different set of Scaling Tables into a functioning patch is very likely to produce an unstable patch. While the risk of permanently damaging the camera is probably small, no one can really guarantee how the camera will respond to experimental settings that haven't been thoroughly tested. Those who choose to experiment with alterations of this type should be aware that you are venturing into potentially hazardous territory on your own.

Sorry for the newbie question, but how is the best way for make a true anamorphic look? Since I have a 2x anamorphic lens, so if I shoot on 16:9 it will be way wider than 2.66:1. It is possible to use, for example Sedna or the latest patches, with a 4:3 aspect to get a 2.66:1 in the final result? Thank you.

Which is the patch with currently highest possible bitrate?

Whether PTools settings (not patches! you are misusing the word) designed for the v1.0 firmware work with v1.1 depends on which patches (check boxes and values) are used in PTool. Most of the patches in PTool are unchanged between firmware versions, but a few changed.

Most of the hack settings have their own topics in http://personal-view.com/talks/categories/hacks . All of this has been covered in the FAQs. http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/

Thanks for the info, @balazer . Much appreciated!

You said Aquamotion will work with 1.1 firmware, is this the case with all 1.0 patches, or is it a case by case situation?

Also, you mentioned there are plenty of newer patches that aren't super high bitrate or long GOP. I don't doubt you, but I'm having trouble finding them. I've looked at the "GH2 settings vault" and the latest patches are months old and are either high bitrate or long GOP. About the only thing I've found is Driftwood's Quantum X SpanMyBitchUp and Pictoris patches which are several months old.

That's not true. Read this. http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/3153/beginners-basic-hacks-questions-series-2/p1#Item_12

so the lower the GOP THE Better quality

fran, whoever said that about recompression was wrong. The decrease in picture quality resulting from recompression depends entirely on what you recompress to. If you recompress to a lossless or low-loss format, it will look fine.

bozfx, Aquamotion will work for the v1.1 firmware the same way it did for the v1.0 firmware. There are newer hacks, not all of them super high bit rate or long GOP. http://personal-view.com/talks/categories/hacks

kingmix, the GF3 requires a GF3 firmware image. Everything you need to know is in the PTool FAQ: http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/ptool/ptool-faq

Hello! I'm a first time poster, so please be gentle. I've been reading these forums for quite some time and have really enjoyed using the hacked GH2 (with Aquamotion v2). However, since the new 1.1 firmware came out earlier this year, I've sort of out of touch with the latest hacks. I've searched around for a Aqua v2 equivalent for firmware 1.1 but can't seem to find one. All the newer patches seem to be either extreme high-end requiring very fast cards or long they're GOP. Can anyone point me to a newer, firmware 1.1 compatible, patch that is equivalent to Aqua v2 (100-Mb/s, Intra, 30 MB/s SD card compatible)? I've looked high and low and come up empty. TIA!