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Driftwood Cluster X series 3:│moon T7│ЅріzZ T6│Nebula T7│Drewnet T9│
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  • @Manu4Vendetta Moon is reliable but does not span on my Sandisk 64 gb 95mbs card.

  • my makig of of commercial shot with gh2 with moon t5 all at 720p mode. Thank U @driftwood :)

  • from my experience moon 7 24L mode works very reliably on the new Toshiba exceria type 2 card. green one.

  • @caveport, Moon T7 isnt reliable?

  • I would love to use Moon T7 too, but I need reliable spanning all the time so I use towi's HQ3GOP. It has been great so far. GH4 for me when it comes out!

  • @Jacekk No problem with your choice. Each to their own.

  • @driftwood

    I say thank you for the music...

    I've decided to retire my gh2 from production use (will use it privately, still) as it has started to behave a bit dodgy.. Just wanted to thank you for all the hard work you've put into it, making it such a beast of a camera. If I have the time, I'll edit a short tribute - best of kind of reel!

  • @Jacekk Thank you!

  • @kkorr March 15 What do you usually use for "long low light interviews"? What hack would you recommend?

    I use FloMotion2 for that purpose, although as @driftwood says, he can prove that I shouldn't be :) .

    All I can say is make your tests under whatever conditions you will be using the hack and make your choice accordingly. It's not a case of examining pixels under a microscope unless that floats your boat - it's whatever works best for you and whatever looks best to you. I was a professional photographer for 25 years before becoming a professional filmmaker for the last 15 or so, so I do have an eye tuned and experienced for certain things but I have no hacking experience whatsoever and I defer to those Lords of the Realm such as @vitaliy_kiselev @Driftwood and @Lpowell and all those how have devoted so much time and skill to this cause.

    This from the FAQs http://www.personal-view.com/faqs/gh2-hack/gh2-popular-settings is a great start to compare hacks - I wish someone with the knowledge would keep this updated.

  • Thanks very much @driftwood "Provide the graphs and compression details and I WILL prove you wrong." No graphs, no compression details, not a scientist nor engineer - just a long time professional photographer and video maker judging uncompressed tests by eye on a broadcast monitor. As I said in my post there is no wrong or right it's just my own taste and my own opinion. I am not after maximum data rate - I am after good clean low-light video that spans 100% of the time and can be reasonably stored on cards as backup. I fully acknowledge MoonT7 to be the greatest hack and everything it is meant to be, but it is not right for my purposes.

  • moon T7 24l test,:)

  • @driftwood Just the news I've been waiting for! Sounds like it's going to be well worth the wait.

  • Very cool

  • @matt_gh2 Wow! Thanks for taking the time - I'm highly appreciative; it was very kind of you. I hope to return the favor soon. The shoot was actually on a ranch in Solvang, Ca, which is about 2 hours north of Los Angeles.
    They wanted a Bollywood feel, so I did my best. If I had known they wanted music video instead of a BTS video, I would've done things a bit different (like controlled lighting); however, the past is the past and ending a project on a positive note (bruises and all), always lifts the weight of the shoulders. The BMPCC is a lil' beast of a camera with it's image... but that GH2 still has some magic in her. Also, Shian's Color Ghears saved my arse in a lot of situations with the limited time I had.

  • Looks Good! Lunalboo. I agree with Matt. I just installed the moon t7 a week ago..Loving it! Thanks Driftwood.

  • @lunalobo75 I hear you on late night editing - after a certain hour I just go to sleep for fear of doing more damage than good! I checked on Safari and Chrome on my 2007 MacBookPro, as well as Samsung S3 phone --and all looks great. All blacks look black (elephant's eye, woman's eye makeup, guy's hair, etc.). Great location for a shoot - may I ask what part of the world the shoot took place? (You've definitely earned the Happy Hour chill time - this looks pro no doubt.)

  • @driftwood Moon T8?!?! Can't wait!!! I'm still blown away with Moon T7 ... Best ever 720 setting? I THINK SO!

  • @matt_gh2 Thanks for the feedback, man. Hell, thanks for watching! The top hat stripes were greyish, so thanks for pointing that out. I think there's a setting within my Nvidia control panel that's limiting the range with web videos. I'll have to look into when I get home. Everyone keeps telling me the colors are saturated correctly, so it has to be browser/gpu settings. At times, when you are working long nights, a vegetative state induces a color shift in your brain which mucks up your whole night of editing. PHEW! Can't wait to move on from this project and have a quick "Happy Hour" relax time.

  • @lunalobo75 Looks great to my eye. I did see a bit of desaturated gray blacks on the woman's hat that had black and white stripes. The other stuff I wouldn't be able to tell unless I knew exactly what color things were (such as the guy's shirt etc.). All in all, I say pretty damn nice looking video. Well done.

  • Hey Guys, let me know if any of you are getting a gamma shift/washed out with my video.

    Looks great on the Iphone and Tablet, but I notice on my desktop it's a bit desaturated with greyed blacks. Anyways, shot this puppy with the BMPCC and the GH2 (Moon T7); I'd say a 60/40 split with the Gh2/BMPCC Lenses used: Voigtlander 17.5mm, Canon FD 50mm, switar 10mm. I'm in no way a colorist, and the original intention was just a BTS video for a photographer's shoot (had a lot of 3-shots with the models and photog), but last minute they wanted me to turn it into a music video - Oy! So I scrounged to find a story. I know, some shots are blown out. I'll take the slacking for it. First time using the BMPCC.

  • @driftwood Sounds great re T8. Let me know if you need any testing done - I'm happy to help.

  • @tinyrobot Well, the camera was released in 2010 and the hacked in 2011 (which is when @Driftwood introduced his intra settings), so it's been longer than that. It's been about two years since @Driftwood introduced the Quantum X settings, though. :)

    But your point about how @Driftwood has to use VK's hack to update settings so many years later is one I very much agree with: the settings have helped the GH2 to stay remarkably viable over three years after it's release.

  • Amazing how one man keeps the resale value of a 2 year old camera up!!!

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