@pop24 what did you use for the slomo

@JPB1138 Great grading and feel to it indeed!

*** NEW *** Cluster v6 6 GOP Variation 'Nebular'.

Again, primed for a target Qp of 16. After another week's research and beta testing by my test team (with special kudos to @evanflys, @luxis, @Zaven13, @konjow, @onionbrain and @conscius please find attached Cluster v6 'Nebular' - the 6 GOP variation of the previously released 'DREWnet' setting at 12/15 GOP.

The two settings share striking similarities in the matrix and the only real difference is Nebular's GOP, the 'GOP Related' weighting of bitrate to i, p and b frames, and bitrate to produce a rate control that increases overall bitrate by around 25%. HBR/1080i certainly looks even better. But let YOU be the judge.

@pundit first off, rest up! Secondly, any footage from that shot is ok. Doesn't even have to have sound. I just want to see this combo (v6 & the pentax lens) to see how good it looks. If you're up to it, just do like a 10 seconds clip if not, whenever you get to it :)

@JPB1138 @pundit @Butt @MartinD @oscillian @xavieramelio Wow! guys, some terrific looking varieties from these Driftwood settings. Thanks so much for posting and sharing. Looking great :-)

Hey @peternap, I'm Tim AKA @evanflys and I helped Driftwood out the best I could with testing the 12/15 "DREWnet" setting and this "Nebular" setting. My role was mostly in torturing the camera as best I could to ensure no freezes or write errors and giving him as good a quality feedback as I could about what I found.
The sweet spot for my usage is 720/60P in shutter priority at 1/125 with Panasonic AF OIS lenses. I do a lot of aviation video stuff and that's the setting I use the most. It also just so happens that the GH2 has the toughest time with those parameters. I did run it through as many NTSC and PAL tortures in all modes as I could and Nick has a winner here folks! I'm not a good pixel peeper, and honestly very much still an amateur, so I'll leave that to others but I can say the reliability is dead on and the IQ sure is beautiful to me! I'd share some clips but I have videos in the queue I have to finish.

hope this helps, tim

@hank Cluster? The 6 GOP 'Nebular' version is looking better at HBR25p/30p with the 12/15 GOP variation 'DREWnet' not far behind.

@strancali Here you go! Apologies for no audio but the only thing this 10 second clip has been through is a quick conversion to MP4 using Handbrake on my HP Mini Netbook before being uploaded straight to Vimeo with no grading/correction.

Shot using a Pentax FA31 Limited F1.8 @ F3.2

Full details on Vimeo.

I suggest you go to Vimeo and download the 1080p file for the best quality.

@pundit thank you so much!!! This is absolutely beautiful. I will have to look into that lens. You sure you didn't use a red epic for this shot?!?. Get some rest :)

Awesome looking lens @pundit. Tell us more what you think about the Pentax FA31 LTD F1.8 please. I'm interested. :-)

@JohnTollwannabe Zzzzz!

@luxis Thanks. Im always going for some kind of mood or feeling. First thing I think about.. Who needs story? hahaha. Hopefully within a year I intend to do a short or feature.

@driftwood Thanks! Your settings have made it a lot easier to grade and lift shadows. Sedna really lets me do some cool stuff in post and minimize the macroblocking and noisy shadows.