@Driftwood Thanks for all that you do in pushing the GH2 to the limit with these amazing patches. I appreciate that you want to squeeze every last possible ounce of quality out of this little video powerhouse.

The gradeability of Moon is unreal. 720 60p works wonderfully at 3GOP. Here is a short dating website promo I shot a couple days ago with Moon Trial 5. First shot is upscaled 720 60p, the rest are 24p. The gradeability of Moon saved my butt in the coffee shop because the lighting and white balance were all kinds of wonky, yet the footage responded quite nicely to large exposure and color shifts. I apologize in advance for my amateur grading as well as terribly blown-out sky throughout the video. A reflector would allow me to better expose subjects outdoors in relation to the sky, right?

Here's a nice piece of video I shot with 24L mode using Moon. Very nice to see the results. I suggest watching without the sound so you can ignore my blather (it's B-roll.) The lens is the Panasonic 14-140.

@imackreath

do you have a link to any thing you have shot with the nex resembling the look you are trying to get?

or do you have anything to show that you have shot with moon? Most people using the gh2 are aiming for a somewhat "filmic" look. You looking for that "pop" makes it sound like you are trying to achieve a "video look" more so than a "filmic look" Are you looking for vibrant colors or detail?

how long have you been using the gh2? there are so many different variations of settings that it's almost a headache, and I would say this is more of a user thing than a patch thing. It all just depends on what look you are trying to achieve.

Guys don't get me wrong I was not being derogatory towards these hacks and the obvious hard work put into them. I was just being very lazy and was expecting the hacked ungraded footage out of this camera to amaze me and even though the resolution over the nex 5n is night and day I am yet to yield mind blowing results.

As I said though.. My shooting conditions have been poor, I have not had chance to grade footage fully yet and also have not played with all the hacks and all the settings yet. I am a gh2 virgin but have owned a nex 5n for two years and used that soley for video so I know in terms of codecs, grading and editing I have done my time and I know that I will eventually get more out of my gh2.

@driftwood - I'm not sure if you mean there is a new patch being developed (good work being done on that) or there is good work being done in 720p50/60 on one of the current moon patches...

I have a 3-day shoot starting tomorrow morning, so I'm going to do some testing with a new patch in the evening. Let me know :)

-Matt

I was going to type in a long ass flame type response but decided to refrain myself. A sort of Vic2013 thing. Anyways, @lmackreath, what Driftwood said. Period. Also as I believe some others have said, what you might be seeing on here in terms of POP is some really good grades from some of these patches which is what Driftwood is going for these days. A little more work on the back end gets amazing results. I just bought Color Gear and was learning how to use it on some of the Moon and Drewnet hacks and it creates amazing results without destroying the footage.

If you want extreme pop use Boom and moon is absolutely excellent too but don't come crying cus it uses too much bitrate -its suppose to! Spizz measures the best 3 GOP Ive seen atm on the QP. I suggest @Skenzin tries out a few other settings in his time here on this thread.

@BurnetRhoades 160 (f/1.8), 320 (f/2.8), 640 (f/4), 1250 (f/5.6), 2500 (f/8). I bought myself a stop of light each time I stopped down to try to keep an even exposure.

@lmackreath: as you have already noticed, good lighting is a key factor to make the gh2 sing. You also might want to try another lens. The 14-42 lens is not really worthwhile. Its not very fast and has a rather videoish look. You get some nice old manual lenses though for little money.

Also try to learn how to grade your footage, many people do that to give it an extra pop. Besides those things, just shoot shoot and shoot, the more you get to know to the gh2, the more you learn its shortcomings and strenghts.

@QuickHitRecord what ISO(s) were you using for the Iscorama portion?

Shot with Moon Trial 3:

@orgie18, I enjoyed that.

My vote is for best 24p and 50p. Interlaced it is more difficult to edit than progressive and does not hold as much detail.Although I must admit, it looks pretty good in the last trial 5.