@thepalalias , HBR quality level, that is what i am afraid of, because apparently HBR is added additionally in the firmware from Panasonic, it wasn't there natively in the camera itself, so guess it isnt on level with 24H in optimizations and quality......i am guessing this, as a layman, and according to some of guidance provided by one of the forum members via PM..

You actually suggest to record in VMM80%, then playback in 30p?

@dado023 The highest quality 30pFullHD is VMM 80% (it plays back as slow-mo 24P by default but you can easily conform it to 30P again in post), but perhaps someone can chime in on which of the settings has a decent HBR mode (even though the quality won't be as good).

@maxmiser thanks man very informative for me. I just need something wide enough and still hold the rectilinear shape. moon T 5 rocks for now. I am on T3 again just checking what is the beauty of T3 I could not figured it out yet but still keeping it. moon is amazing in all cases gives really good results. time to donate folks maybe there is more of it coming. only @driftwood knows. :)))

@cjdincer As you see from the video, the space, is about 1 meter, and it was impossible to focus, I took a close-up 72mm cheap and I removed the lenses, this served as thickness and immediately after I put a close up +0.5 72mm . Everything is between 20mm and LA7200, LA7200 not in front, is a test, but it worked. Patch moon trial 5, Cinema -2, -2, -2, -2, desquezze with AE, 2554x1080, save DNxHD 444 10-bit, add titles and transitions with PR, no effect, no color grading or correction.

@bitcrusher i agree with @vicharris , somehow before grading video seems more natural

@thepalalias

So if I want to have a darker background than the foreground object I have to expect noise? Is there a workaround to this? How about the jacket the subject is wearing? It's in the same light as his head. How do you adequately light a dark object for the GH2? It almost seems as though it's not a lighting issue but a question of light absorption, i.e. dark objects will be covered with noise.

@spacewig From the perspective of getting the most out of the GH2 sensor, the area is underexposed. That seems to be the main contributing factor.

I pulled up the histogram and you have a huge amount of the visual information in the lowest quarter of the histogram. My guess is that you were trying to be very conservative about the highlights, is that correct?

I would have increased the exposure or lighting until the highlight on his head was showing the clipping indicator, then backed down third of a stop or two.

Anything in the lowest part of the histogram should not be counted on as a primary part of the composition.

Another moon trial 3

Here is a sample of Moon in 720p mode- Before and after grading in Resolve.

And here is the whole video.

Just spent the day filming a talking head with 'Moon T3' in an office environment that had two monitors turned off in the background. The gentleman in the video was wearing a dark blue sports jacket. When I got home and reviewed the footage I was really surprised with the amount of noise visible on the jacket and 2 monitors. This was lit with two softboxes (Linco Flora, bulbs CRI>92) at f/2.5 ISO 200 using AWB (since I forgot my gray card) smooth -2-2-2-2. I always use a lightmeter before commiting to a particular exposure.

@driftwood Any idea what may be the cause of this? I know some noise is to be expected but this just seemed excessive. I'd be happy to forward a link with an original MTS if it helps. Any advice to avoid or reduce perceivable noise would be welcome.

Really wasn't expecting this and somewhat disappointed as my wife pointed it out immediately. Never thought I'd encounter so much noise under ISO800 and outside the ISO bug.

This is more a tribute to the endless winter than anything else. Shot with Cluster X Drewnet v8, standard profile 0,0,0,0 and an old Vivitar 200mm zoom. Drewnet is great for the type of work I do, vérité with mostly static camera shots. Thanks as always to Nick Driftwood for your tireless efforts.

Will these settings work on a dmc-g3? or only gh2?