Very cool. I use Intravenus v2 Smooth myself. Interesting look when combined with Canon glass.

Using Apocalypse Now:

here is some intravenus:

@rezyserzycia Are you using Sandisk 64GB 95Mbps card? That's what I used with Intravenus v2 and got no recording errors at all.

Could be a bad card. The Sandisk 64GB 95Mbps card is now $79 at Amazon - maybe give that a try.

@kritzresn Thanks for mentioning that. My experience with Intravenous v2 was with fully manual lenses in fully manual mode. I guess the Autofocus lenses and iDynamic modes put more demand on camera processor.

@rezyserzycia

The footage is ok, but very hard to judge because of very heavy compression, but too sharp to my taste but that's the 14-42 shots mainly.

To put it simply there's a few reasons why a high-end patch might fail, since these are some of the most extreme settings around known to work on a gh2, depending on your settings and also what you shoot you might just go over that stable edge :)

First off the memory card, the GH2 is know to be able to write data the most stable way with a 64GB 95mbps card which you have, good!

Next up are tasks heavy for the cpu, these typically consist of the following:

• idynamic function, you can read up all about it when googling for it, but trust me you don't need it and the GH2 just becomes more stable with high-end patches when it;s off

  • ex-teleconverter, use it only when really necessary, for its purpose it degrades quality + can make shooting unstable.

  • electronic lenses like the 14-42 actually get some post processing from the camera applied, hence they are less stable when the gh2 is under stress already than manual non-electronic lenses like your helios 58mm, probably the crashes you had were under use of the 14-42, in combi with i-dynamic and the next point ill mention it is very likely the cause of what you had, you can't turn this off, i personally don't prefer the sharpness coming from a lot of electronic lenses thats what keeps me away from them already..

  • the scene itself: if you have any of the above applied (idynamic, tele-ex, electronic lens) then combined with what you're shooting it might crash, the more complex the "images" you're throwing on the sensor is the more it has to work hard to process it and the more it can go wrong basically, scenes like a forest in the wind, a field of grass n flowers is so much heaver than a still scene with nothing moving / very light variation in color/lighting. You will also see this in your bitrate, it would be much higher when recording lots of moving detail with big color/light variation.

The GH2 is a tool you need to somewhat understand to get the most out of :) if you do it's a very rewarding camera.

Although the GH3 is easier to use i would indeed say GH2 has the edge with image quality.

everyone is expecting cinema smooth matrix.

And which is the sharpest patch?

@rezyserzycia Yes-I tend to prefer 80s film look. The Lomos I have weren't too expensive - the 50mm (f 2.2) you can find for $150, and the 28mm (f 2.4) is around $350. I use the $100 OCT-18 adapter from Ciecio on ebay. It's not anamorphic though - I guess those are more expensive. I like that first video you did with the woman walking the street. Image looks great and music is real nice (plus doesnt hurt to have a stunning actress playing main role). Story, performance, composition/lighting are biggest focus for me...camera and lens is just something to be sorted out to make sure the canvas imaging texture is basically what you want (I prefer 80s film look, others like a more modern look). (I've been playing around with the hack setting called Canis Skin Tones Soft by driftwood. I've heard it can be problematic with some situations, but I love it. I shot an interesting experimental test with it to establish mood, look, and feel for a prison drama film I'm working on called Zebras In Wyoming. Here it is - a different look than Intravenus v2. This shot with same Lomos.)

the same patch of the previous