http://www.zacuto.com/zvideo/RGCSO-TechnicalCameraDocumentation-V1.pdf

Hi @shian, yeah this particular shootout has me intrigued -not just for us GH2 users but how they have conducted it. To my eyes they are at least trying to make a fair middle ground playing field, however, this may not really show off the ability of the big boys. Hence the all round grief this is generating...

@driftwood @shian Very interesting indeed. Last week at the Chicago screening they mentioned they would be releasing this information as a PDF within a few days. During the screening they flashed it up on screen for a few seconds at the end, and it was near impossible to discern what each crew did during relight etc.

It's worth noting that while the f65 was the only camera to not relight anything, the purpose of the relight was to get the best possible image out of the camera based on the DP/cinematographer's preference, meaning they could have just relit the scene because they didn't like Zacuto's master 1:1 setup. Also, Sony was the only company that didn't let Zacuto's colorist grade the footage for either the empirical or creative round. They used an offsite facility and colorist of their choosing, which kind of sucks.

Also, I believe they mentioned during the screening that every Cinematographer exposed for the exterior, and attempted to relight the interior to match/bring up the interior in post as well. When you get a chance to see the non-grade vs graded footage of the GH2 you'll see a massive difference, as is expected.

Still, looking at the relight time and the number of adjustment layers, I have to ask, what the hell was the c300 team doing (relight time of 1hr 24" and 27 post production layers), unless that camera was just that difficult to use in this particular setup.

I can't find a dedicated C300 thread, so my experience today shooting with one, was --- a quick learning curve, granted I had a Canon rep there to help out finding things, and when I questioned my exposure out loud, she said, "...just use the waveform monitor." I think I just stood there and blinked a few times, dumbly, at her....."This thing has a waveform monitor built in?" "Yeah, just push the little 'wfm' button on the side." I almost became a canon fan...but as good as this cam is, it's not worth the asking price.... It really does produce some nice looking footage, that grades really well. But for $16,000 it oughtta. It also OUGHT to play audio during playback, which it doesn't. The controls take some getting used to, but for the most part it's a very smart design, nice and light, not too happy with the choice of lenses. (Canon supplied the lenses, all EFs) Really needs a PL mount option that is not a factory hard mount, but interchangeable. The Waveform monitor is really awesome!! Almost as awesome as False Color, easy to read, and easy to toggle on and off. Same with peaking and zebras, nice on/off toggles on the side of the cam.

Doesn't handle highlights as well as the advertised 12 stops would lead one to believe, BUT it is better in that dept than the 5D, 7D... and, I have to admit, the GH2.

The link is up for Part one - learn about the guys behind the GH2 setup at around 17 minutes in.

http://www.zacuto.com/shootout-revenge-2012/revenge-great-camera-shootout-part-one

I chose F, B, A whilst there... I know the answers as to what camera is which... should I tell which camera is which? ;-)

16:47 Starts the GH2 section of the Shootout (the process they used) and it ends at 18:40.

Comparison footage starts shortly after 19:00. It ends at 23:22. There are 9 test clips.

Interviews end at 27:44. The rest is credits.

@driftwood No, message the people that ask but do not post publicly yet. The rest of us should have to take bigger risks than we would knowing the answers. :)

F-B-A-I-H were my top5. D is defiantly iphone, G is 7D. H is GH2?

Starting my observations and guesses. This round focuses entirely on the last part of the shot, with the two actors sitting down in the foreground.

Which one is the iPhone? D. If D is not the iPhone, somebody made a big mistake creatively with it because there is no reason for the DOF to have to be that deep on any of the other cameras.

Why are the highlights so yellow on the exterior for camera C? Seems an odd creative choice to keep them that way, whether or not the camera rendered them that way to start with..

I like the choice of blue on the shirt in the foreground in E and H. It is an interesting variation from that used in the others.

Do you think H the GH2? Thats my guess, could be way off... but thats what it felt like for me.. F just has so much range and clarity, I want one... Only thing I didnt love about H was the blue highlights so much. Maybe do a little Highlight De-Sat in those areas.. Just a thought.

@thepalalias Yeah I agree about the light in the top corner, I think it just needed a little bit more balance to white. I didn't mind the blue highlights too much but next to the others it seemed slightly off. Maybe thats just comparative analysis, but that would be my only thought about negatives on those two clips, i still liked them favorably regardless.

B doesn't look as good to my eyes as some are saying. maybe in the screening it looked better... Seems oversharpened, and in her dress at the sitting position towards the end it seems like some artifacting is going on in the blacks or something.

Gah, it's killing me knowing which camera is which and not chiming in on the discussion. Everyone's gonna be in for a little surprise once everything is revealed....