3 Pana Lens are used -- 20mm pancake, 14-42mm X lens, 45-150 lens. Most of the footage were filmed in 720 60P. Used Twixtor for slow-mo effect. Edited in Premiere Pro.

I do a lot of outreach with kids trying to teach them about the mysteries of space. Therefore, I am not as concerned about getting the perfect Hubble image as I am about getting a short exposure image that looks good immediately on the camera's LCD screen.

I had been using a modified Full Spectrum GF1 at ISO 800-1600 before because my GH2 really has some issues with Read noise and its shutter durations are limited to 2 minutes and 8 seconds in Bulb mode.

Now I have the GH3 I can easily shoot AP at ISO 6400 which is the last real ISO in the GH3. I still have the option to go to ISO 12,800 while centering objects though. That helps a lot.

I bought a wireless controller for my Celestron CG-5 mount so I can completely control the telescope and monitor the GH3 through apps on my phone and iTouch. That helps a lot on those days when it is below freezing and I can observe from the comfort of my living room.

Last night we all went to our semi dark site to observe the meteor shower visually. In addition I also was trying to shoot as many deep space objects with my GH3 as I could. My initial intent was to try to compare the GH3 with the GH2 and GF1.

However, after one shot of Orion I realized that was pointless. The GH3 is so far ahead of the GH2 for this that the effort to switch the cameras out would be pointless. With the GH3 I could easily shoot things at ISO 6400 and with the reduced resolution of the LCD screen the noise was not visible at all.

Also the HDR mode proved to be invaluable with high dynamic range objects like Orion's Nebula. The core of the Nebula is several stops brighter than most of it and probably many stops brighter than the outer edges.

I also was shocked to see that it let in enough light to capture the horse Head Nebula in a single short exposure. I was able to see it in about 25 Seconds at ISO 25,000. Now there was a lot of noise at that ISO. However, that is territory that only a Mallincam could go to before.

Everyone else there was shocked at the images I could get in less than 2 minutes. They all struggled to get their scopes and computers to work right. Most of them gave up after a few hours of trying or when their batteries died.

The battery on the GH3 was showing 2 of 3 bars when I packed up after shooting for 8 hours straight. I even used the wifi to upload the pictures directly to facebook while I shot them and it still could have gone all night long and then some.

It was 29 degrees out when I left and all of the dew that had formed froze on the camera. I guess I realize why weather sealing is a good thing now.

I will try to do a video that demonstrates how to reproduce these results. However, I have a lot on my plate right now so I am not sure when that will get done.

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3351947

Some of these shots were in camera HDR shots. That mode works extremely well if you select the +-2 stop option and then shoot a 15 second ISO 3200 base image. The camera then will combine that image with a 60 second and a 4second image to give you an image that compresses the scenes dynamic range by 4 stops.

This works very well on Orion's Nebula. However, I would like to find a way to use the bulb function with HDR so that we could use longer shutter durations. Also it would be nice to be able to do RAW HDR shots. The camera already can do unlimited in camera RAW stacking. However, it can't align those shots like the HDR mode does.

Looks like the GH3 needs to be hacked after all. However, this time it is more for stills than video. The video is essentially perfect for what the sensor is capable of in my opinion.

Since our faculty can be some of the hardest people to pin down I decided to set up in my office so that anytime one of them drops by I can snap a pic and they can be on their way.

I don't have any actual studio equipment so the lighting is provided by two cheap torchiere style floor lamps and the backdrop is an old Israeli wool army blanket that I hung on the wall. The blanket is not actually that dark but with inverse square light falloff working for me it comes out fairly dark.

I'm shooting with my GH2 and a Nikon 50mm f1.8 series E lens at f1.8 1/40 shutter and 160iso.

A hair light would help in some of the shots but I don't really have room for anything in my little office that would work.

Comments and critiques are welcome.

-Josh

Shot on a GH2 with Canon FD lenses.

For those on iPod/iPad who are seeing a blank space above, it's https://vimeo .com/55351695 but remove the gap in the URL.

filmed with hacked gh2 and 550d with fisheye lens.

I am so honored to be able to say that I was a part of the google 2012 year in review video. Me and my friend Jefferson Bethke run a youtube channel (youtube.com/bball1989) and have been so blessed to be well received by those who appreciate our work this year. You can see a clip from one of our videos at 2:22. Even though its just a super quick clip, still surreal to see your work on something like this! Thankful for the community here and all the work that has gone into that hacks that I use on every single project of mine. Thanks guys!

Mountains, white sands, turquoise seas, rainbows, the machair and beautiful deserted beaches, I wonder why I love Harris so much

The northern lights at the end were an unexpected bonus

Colors tweaked in After Effects. Music recorded by myself.

There are a number of things that I would do differently now but I'd still like to hear some criticism about it.

Thanks, Josh

Not sure how to categorize this short film. It was one out of several shorts aimed at showcasing a person in a short dialogue-free piece supported by some appropriate music. Made about 6 or 7, but this one's still my favorite and made as of now, exactly one year ago. It features my friend, a theatre actress, Malou van Sluis and it's filmed in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Filmed with an, then still, unhacked GH2 with the Voigtlander 0.95.

(Stedicam humor)

Shot on GH2- Driftwood Dark Matter patch. Mir 37mm and ISCO UltraStar anamorphic.

This stuff really stresses the AVCHD codec and the poor bugger that has to shoot it :-)

does any one know what causes this? it looks like an IS problem to me, I have tried to replicate the problem here at home but I don't get the same results. I was using the new 35-100mm and I hope this is not a bug, because this is my most expensive lens and it would be a shame. I shot 24p and shutter was high since I did not have an ND filter with me, so things to consider:

• 24p
• new 35-100mm IS on
• Shutter was high
• bug on the lens?
• I was using a slider, so there was some minimal shaking when sliding, but very minimal

if anyone has had this issue, what was the conclusion? how is it avoided?

Fot the record, I have used the 14-140mm with IS on with no issues, and no ND filter and I have had no problems.

In-car footage shot using GoPro HD cameras. All other footage shot using a hacked Panasonic GH2 camera (Driftwood Apocalypse Now hack) with a Panasonic 12mm-35mm 2.8 lens. Edited/Graded in Premiere Pro CS6.

(I'll post updates as new footage is shot and rough edited. I plan to have the finished film in July 2013 after the event)

Comments, Criticism (positive) and Advice most welcome, I'm here to learn!.

I just received my Red 17-50mm Prime lens i am now waiting for the adapter to fully test it on the GH2

bonne visualisation Panasonic GH2 . 14-140 HD . firmware 1.1 . 1920x1080 50i AVCHD

Shot in Hong Hong in killer humidity two weeks ago, minimalistic, everything in a 10kg carry-on bag No tripod. ( I wore the same shorts and top for three days - how's that for commitment ...lol)