@bullet2 I guess you didn't save the right settings on the firmware. 44' left isn't possible with this settings.. sounds like stock firmware settings. I would suggest to do all the process again..

In response to @stray and his post about revisiting Profiles; one thing that has been concerning me about these new high bit-rate patches (and there's not a hint of an ungrateful attitude here - I'm loving the GH2's evolution as a cinema powerhouse), has been the amount of noise added in the shadow area's, or slightly underexposed areas of the shots.

I don't pretend to understand the complexities going on here, but it seems to me like the camera is trying to pull out as much information for the shot as possible, and is some situations adding unnecessary noise. I tried a bunch of different profiles in order to counteract this phenomenon, and did some pixel peeping (which I'm usually not a huge fan of), and was pretty surprised with the results.

I used the 3 profiles that I use the most often; Smooth, and Cinema, and also used Standard in order to have somewhat of a baseline. Then I compared the 0, 0, 0, 0 settings with -2, -2, -2, -2 settings. Theres still a lot of testing to be done, but I thought the grabs at 200% were pretty telling.

My initial impression is that 'Cinema' at 0, 0, 0, 0 has the least noise (to be expected given the increase in contrast) - and that Smooth 0, 0, 0, 0 has some odd pixelation going on in the shadows. Smooth at -2 for all settings has the least banding in the highlights.

@magnus387 Thanks for the analysis and framegrabs.

Hey, why the 1440x1080 grabs?

It's funny that there is so much discussion about noise. Look at any film and in low light you will have some sort of noise/grain. It's only really recently that we've been spoilt by very good sensors producing incredible noise free images in low or little light. And if noise really bothers you then use Neat Video. It is truly brilliant what it can do. Even with stuff shot I the ISO no go zone.

I really like the grain we are getting in shadows. Before unexposed areas were muddy weren't they and now that is gone. fine detail is retained superbly. I have footage of a painted wall and the rollermarks are completely visible. Incredible! I am using Orion and I can't believe what I am looking at. The shadows do hold detail now and you can pull out the shadows with fill in post which wasn't an option before. I am assuming too that this will work very well with sky gradation as the noise actually helps mask the 8bit colour space.

Just over the past few days I have found that I am using Cine and Smooth all set to -2 apart from colour. I use Smooth indoors as it lifts shadows and Cine outside as it tends to limit hilight blow out. But the great thing is consistency. Just to be able to know that you can play with the image after is great.

fantastic times to be a GH2 owner.

To be honest, I'm being overly picky about the noise, and got a well deserved slap from the girlfriend when I repeatedly asked if she noticed it.

OMG!!!! Orion IS AMAZING! :D check out a quick test shoot I did. Grading it was a breeze! I barely retouched it. Check it out! :D :D :D Super thanks to Nick Driftwood and Vitaly!! :D amazing work!!! keep it up! I feel like I never want to touch another camera ever!!

@driftwood, I down loaded SpanMyBitchUp in the last few days. Did not have time to put the settings in the camera just yet. I will probably have a little time this weekend. Might be able to test it out. However, I looked at the settings and found that the "Video Bitrate FH/H" was at 5,000,000 (5mbs). Is it intended this way?

Thanks.

@stanlymanly2 Love the clip. But where are all the people. Looks like the Walking Dead. Just need a wrecked car here and there and you'd be good to go.

@rsquires true that! should have tried to put some 3D burning cars and zombies in there! :p except im no visual effects guy. cloverdale is where a lot of smallville was shot and it does have a small town feel to it like the town in the walking dead. i loooove the quality Quantum Orion provides! just amazing and mouth watering!

Hey, this is a repost of a video that I put up but it is in HD now. It is all hand held but there are some good shots to show the power of this camera.

this seems like a great hack. I am new on this site. I have looked and installed the different versions. Can someone tell me if it allows now full manual control in video (with regards to aperture/Shutter combination)? I am still trying to over ride the annoying automatic compensation that kicks in when light changes. thanks for your insights.

@driftwood @leejb4

I have same kind of problem with v2. But when i look the file with Steamphrser, it looked ok. In winmediaplayer and premier still skip frames. So i try vlc and file looked OK. After that i convert file to Prores and it was just ok no dropped frames. I also first think that it was my Trancend class 10 card, pany 14 - 140. And strange incam play did not drop any frames so now i have my doupts. Also now i have v3b what i have not tested prperly yet.