The GH2 Still Amazes

Sage

Thanks VK

kellar42

Recently used as a 4th cam on a national tv show when I needed to take a GH4 with me to the country.

Sage

belfryman

@Shotgothp Cool, took me back to Eraserhead. @ttancredi can you tell them we need the sauna back now!

shogothp

Thanks for comment ttancredi. And thank you for sharing you footage it's very nice video, I like the lighting of interviews and cuts with wide angle steadicam shots - I'm impressed that it's ungraded! The skin tones look very pleasing.

ttancredi

@Shogothp Very nice short; really liked it. IMHO it could have ended at 2:00. I liked the balanca between pure experimentalism and a bit of narrative...

also from some of your other footage, gh2+nikkor is still the best combo for beautiful footage...

recently I was also very happy with the gh2 results on the interviews on this project. steadycam is with a 7d, rest is gh2. Not graded..

shogothp

I really love GH2, it still holds up very well with current standards in video in the terms of picture quality!

Please check little short film filmed with GH2, kit lens 14-42, Vivitar Series 1 28-70mm and
Canon TV Zoom Lens 17-102mm c-mount. Color grading in Film Convert.

Sage

This weekend

Sage

@matt_gh2 Thank you - that credit sequence drop is going to be ridiculous

@bradneffphoto No anamorphic here; its Nikon Ai era lenses. The giveaway for anamorphic is the oval like bokeh

@bannedindv Me - this is all done with a speedbooster (Nikon mount)

bannedindv

Nice work!

Anyone using a Speedbooster on a GH2?

bradneffphoto

My gh2 is under used, thanks for posting this to give me a reminder. Is Day 2 shot in anamorphic lens?

matt_gh2

keep rockin Sage. Cool stuff. Like the PE at end

Sage

endotoxic

@MirrorMan

AI lenses are very organic an have a good resolution for its age.

for flares, usea a Mattebox for shure, and remeber that every lens has its own characteristics, so flaring may be diferent in each situation and lens.

Richard_Blood

yeah gh2 is great. this was my first film ever shot, chose the gh2. debut music video for Votive. absolutely no grading

Sage

@thpluto Yes, here is part of an earlier message to producer: "Sure; beyond available lighting, two lights were used to build on what was already there. One was a battery powered 312 led, that can dial in color balance and brightness. This was used exclusively here to simulate moonlight (blue), and give night exterior a basic level of visibility. A Linco Flora outfitted with 6 low wattage halogen house bulbs (40w?) and a dimmer was used to light the actress, in a way that was motivated by the tungsten lights already in the scene (a linco stand set was used to hold the lights). Plenty of tweaks per shot. Smooth -2 was used, with an ISO of 400 (always, unless 800 w/ worse color is needed, 200 risks banding)"

Also, never a denoiser, I actually added noise to the export (which looks infinitely nicer than what is online). A bit nicer upload (higher quality playback options available on YT - still does not compare to the real deal):

Sage

@MirrorMan No - I try to get the flare :) The only sometimes problematic side flaring is on the pancake 50, which can be solved with a thread extension ring. A more clinical glass that barely allows flaring is the Sigma 18-35... that is what I dislike about it. For the Ais lenses sans mattebox, you can limit non-motivated (light source not in frame) flaring with a thread on hood if you'd like.

Sage

@endotoxic Yes, very nice!

endotoxic

thanks, many years using this tool. (gh2)

moont7 patch set of rokinons 24 35 85 t1.5

belfryman

@endtoxic love the colours. Tops.

inqb8tr

@endotoxic Very nice color grading

MirrorMan

Nice work. Looks clean. I use a set of Nikkor AIS lenses but tend to get a lot of flaring with such lighting. Do you have any strategies for avoiding flare?

endotoxic

here it is, password: GH2 (caps lock)

endotoxic

@sage i still use my 2 GH2´s for a lot of work. Its really a grate camera. hard to beat in 1080p even on expensive equipment, if properly lited you can have some gate percived DR. ill upload the latest thing ive donde with this camera.

thpluto

@Sage Hey Sage,

Did you guys use any extra light?

Also did you find yourself needing a denoiser in post?

Also X 2, what profile settings?

Sage

Per the request of producer, raw frame

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