If you use winebottler to create a mac application, the patch setting files cannot be loaded. Suggest putting PTools.exe together with the specific patch.ini files you want to use in the same folder, then Ctrl+click on PTools.exe and select "Open with wine.app". This way the patch files are available from PTools. If you simply create a new wine app, you can't. You can organize binaries & patch files so they can be easily loaded and/or created for testing.

That sounds easy enough.

Hi everyone. I need help to hack my 2nd GH2 I hacked my 1st GH2 few weeks ago; and we I decided to hack the 2nd it didn't work. I copied the GH2__V11.bin file into my SDcard, and when I turn on the camera and press the play button nothing happens besides the message the there are no files. did anyone had the same problem? and if YES how did you solve it? by the way the battery is genuine and fully charged.

Thank you in advance.

@Rodrigo The book is pretty decent. I find it most helpful if you are completely new to shooting with a DSLR as I was when I first started. If you already know the basics then ts not as useful. I feel that at $30, it is a little over priced. All and all, it does teach you enough if you want to start shooting soon. You can always sit down and read through the book in a couple hours. It is in no way a replacement for this forum. It will give you some base knowledge of how things work, but your best bet is to dedicate some time to reading through these forums. I know it may seem daunting at first, but its well worth it. As @driftwood said, new things are being discovered daily. I bought that book the week it came out, and the section about hacks was starting to be outdated just a week after. Things move quickly here.

@markmark1 Yes I am using Mac, but I already used it to hack the 1st GH2 and it worked. So basically what I did is copy the same file to the other SD card and it does not work, while if I put the same card in the hacked camera and I press play, the message of updating the firmware appears but not in the non hacked.

@Meierhans

Just switch to extele, point straight at something some distance away, measure the distance to the subject, measure the width of the subject being recorded, this gives enough info to work out horizontal angle of view which is what your tracking software really needs, though some lame software design makes you put in focal length in 35mm terms, which you can reverse to from angle of view.

@aksel, read the GH2 hack FAQ, "How do I flash my camera?". Post again if the suggestion there doesn't work.

Yes. You are seeing more of what the sensor is producing.

@Aksel

If you look back at the topic, you'll find solution.

Use larger version increment (I mean the number).

I had the same problem at first, I think he means when you are creating the firmware, you have to manually change the version increment (the first thing in the drop down area). I changed that from a 1 to a 10. I guess the camera checks that to see if it's a new firmware or not.

edit: Just to add I finally loaded up Aquamotion2 last night and did some low light test shooting (generic lamp light in a living room) and the footage looks great. Blacks are deep and rich, and not fizzy. I tried the 12k ISO and that looks pretty grainy, but that's to be expected.

I need to get used to not using automation ISO as well and tweaking that stuff.

Moved topic to this forum upon request, not that I think its' necessarily the proper place for it... but here it is:

HI all,

Scary development: I've hacked my GH2 about two weeks ago, shot a bunch of stuff and was very happy with the results. Then yesterday out of nowhere I get really pronounced trails, or ghosting in my LCD, sort of like shooting on a slow shutter speed, but different in a way that's difficult to explain. But I can assure you I am not shooting slow shutter, I've done the test at many different shutter speeds. It's also strange that the effect is less pronounced in the viewfinder and even less so in the recorded image, although there is a jagged motion in recorded image. It doesn't look smooth or fluid.

This is of course very worrying so I went back to the official Panasonic firmware, and the problem persisted, so I reset the cam to all default factory setting, refreshed the pixels, cleaned the sensor, and still the problem persits! I would really appreciate help in diagnosing this problem, as I have really no idea what is causing or what to do! Has anyone heard or seen anything like this?

Thanks for any thoughts or advice, yb

Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev 10:43AM

This is the proper topic for such stuff http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/443/basic-and-beginner-questions#Item_647

To be short. It is not related to hack in any way.

@blackspot Ok, well that's actually interesting news because I am in Canada and was shooting yesterday in very cold conditions. What worries me is that the problems seems to persist today even if my camera has been indoors overnight. But it really is only in the LCD the recorded footage seems fine.