So I have a little time now and been investigating a bit more the video capability of my newly acquired D7100 (Nikon photo shooter) vs my Panasonic gh2. What I really wanted to know is the sharpness compared to the gh2, because the DR, low light etc... are more or less well documented. I made a series at different sharpness setting in camera, I was going to upload them little latter when I have finish uploading some work. But meanwhile I thought about doing a blind test, because I was surprised how close they looked. I use the same Tamron 17-50 at 50mm on both of them.

Few b shots with canons 7d and 550d (those soft ones ;), and unavoidable Gopro for underwater photography.

GH2, sedna AQ1 + manual nikkors & toki 11-16. I have written, edited, directed, graded, AE'd the film and even filmed part of it :)

Let me know what you guys think. Any helpful advice/tips are encouraged. Thanks!

This year I specifically bought the GH3 and 35-100mm F2.8 to shoot the National Championships. I have to remain very mobile at the comp going from climb to climb so a tripod or even a monopod is not really practical. There are usually 5 or 6 rows of people in front of you so it is hard to shoot over them. I usually lift the camera over my head and use the flip-out screen to frame the shot.

I shot the video below entirely hand held with the GH3 and 35-100mm F2.8. About half of the shots were at 100mm and I never had to use the ETC mode. I have a GoPro 3 Black that I leave running for wide angle shots at 4k and 15 FPS or 720p @ 120 FPS. However, the GoPro really isn’t in the Video Quality league that the GH3 is even at Ultra-HD resolutions.

I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the results from a stabilization stand point this year. I had to stabilize a few of the 100mm shots in software but it is clearly better than last year’s results without the in-lens stabilization.

There is also the fact that I had a stake in the game for some of the shots. My son and his teammates made it much further in the competition this year. Therefore, I was shaking like a leaf in those shots.

My son’s final climb starts at 4:11 into the video. Even with the software stabilization it was obvious that I was shaking uncontrollably. Just check the two clips after that on the same climb. They are almost rock solid without any software IS at all. Those clips were taken almost an hour later after my heart rate had a chance to come back down out of the stratosphere.

In the end my son jumped from last place to 3rd in the final round and made the US National Team for the first time. His teammate also won his 4th consecutive National title and will compete at Worlds next month.

Let me know what you think about this video. I didn’t do any color grading at all. This is simply the Scenery color profile essentially straight out of the camera. I used AFF the entire time and I use the touch screen hand held for all of the focus pulls.

I can’t believe how well some of the iPad focus pulls turned out.

Anyone who says that m4/3s focus isn’t fast enough or accurate enough is simply just doing it wrong or they are basing that opinion off of the older cameras. It is the easiest thing to just drag the focus from object to object on the LCD screen. I never use the EVF either. I think the LCD screen is much easier to use.

I also save stills from these videos directly in the cameras playback mode to upload them to facebook for instant sharing. Most people are shocked at how good the quality of the movie stills is. They are also surprised when I have uploaded pictures of their climber before the climber is even done climbing their route.

I shoot the videos in stills mode. Most people assume that you have to use full manual controls or at least shutter priority mode for video to control the shutter speed. However, I use the flicker control setting to fix the shutter speed to 1/120 of a second for the 1080p @ 60 FPS video I shoot. This is also a good way to get around the fact that the GH3 only does 1/125 of a second shutter speed for stills. The flicker control is a true 1/120 of a second shutter duration.

Overall I couldn’t be happier than I am with both the GH3 and the 35-100mm F2.8 lens. I use it in full auto mode for video so I can even hand the camera off to someone else if I need them to shoot some video.

I never intend to sell my videos so I am not a Professional photographer. However, I do want the best quality. With the GH3 + 35-100mm I can get that. However, lately I have been recommending the FZ200 and LX7 to the other climbing parents and they are able to get very similar results for much less money.

The days of needing $10,000 worth of gear to shoot high quality footage are over. The GH3 is better than anything else I have ever shot with for video and it holds its own for stills against the APS-C cameras.

I have a listing for an ag-la7200 anamorphic adapter, which has NEVER been used. I found this in a broadcast equipment shop, new in box. Had to take it out of the box to check condition and snap a pic, but otherwise brand new. The auction has no reserve, starts at $499, go nuts!

It appears that low light AF is improved. and several new settings are added. I don't fully understand when AF is improved though. Is it when the scene is underexposed or just when you are using a high ISO? I have tried some tests with my v1.1 firmware GH3 but it seems to do an excellent job already without the update.

Has anyone applied the update already. Will applying this update prevent you from using a Hack/Patch that is based off of the v1.1 firmware? If so then I imagine a lot of people won't update right away. I don't intend to hack my GH3 so I will give v1.2 a shot.

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/fts/index2.html

There is a good explanation of the low light focusing by Andy Westlake at the link below.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/07/09/panasonic-releases-firmware-updates-for-lumix-dmc-gh3-and-g5-mirrorless-cameras

Here are the changes

Ver.1.2

"Low Light AF" is added that makes it possible to set focus on the subject in low-lit situations (-3EV).

"Silent Mode" is added which suppresses electronic shutter, shutter sound, operation sound and flash emission with a single setting.

"Exposure Comp. Reset" is added which resets the setting of exposure compensation to ±0 whenever the camera is turned off or the shooting mode is changed.

Performance of AF is enhanced in use with H-PS14042 and H-PS45175.

Connection problem with Apple Mac computers via Wi-Fi is fixed.

Wide Conversion Lens DMW-GWC1, Tele Conversion Lens DMW-GTC1
Macro Conversion Lens DMW-GMC1 and Fisheye Conversion Lens DMW-GFC1

Panasonic is pleased to introduce a variety of conversion lenses for the Interchangeable Lens System Camera LUMIX G Micro System. Compact, lightweight conversion lenses propose users to experience the fun of switching lens and enjoy the different angle of view casually.

Compatibility*	Wide Conversion Lens DMW-GWC1	Tele Conversion Lens DMW-GTC1	Macro Conversion Lens DMW-GMC1	Fisheye Conversion Lens DMW-GFC1
H-PS14042
H-H014		-

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Wide Conversion Lens DMW-GWC1

Attachable to H-PS14042 and H-H014*As of January 9, 2012.

• Enables capturing dynamic scenery in wider angle of view
• Extends the focal length of wide-end from 14mm to 11mm by just attaching it to the front of the lens.
• Compact, lightweight design featuring high mobility
• Included Adaptor Ring for the use on H-PS14042 and H-H014
• Helpful in shooting from dynamic landscapes to indoor group portraits

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Tele Conversion Lens DMW-GTC1

Attachable to H-PS14042*As of January 9, 2012.

• Enables capturing distant subject up close
• Extends the focal length of tele-end from 42mm to 84mm by just attaching it to the front of the lens.*
• Compact, lightweight design featuring high mobility
• Included Adaptor Ring for the use on H-PS14042
• Helpful in shooting from travel to street snapshots

* Attachable when the lens is at tele-end.

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Macro Conversion Lens DMW-GMC1

Attachable to H-PS14042 and H-H014*As of January 9, 2012.

• Enables shooting macro shot easily
• Features closest focusing distance of 0.14m by just attaching it to the front of the lens.*
• Compact, lightweight design featuring high mobility
• Included Adaptor Ring for the use on H-PS14042 and H-H014
• Helpful in shooting delicate, descriptive subject such as flowers or insects

* Closest focusing distance is 0.14m with H-H014 and 0.16m with H-PS14042. Longest Focusing Distance is 0.23m with H-H014 and 0.26m with H-PS14042.

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Fisheye Conversion Lens DMW-GFC1

Attachable to H-PS14042 and H-H014*As of January 9, 2012.

• Enables shooting unique images with rounded effect
• Features 120-degree angle of view by just attaching it to the front of the lens.
• Compact, lightweight design featuring high mobility
• Included Adaptor Ring for the use on H-PS14042 and H-H014
• Suitable for shooting characteristic, impressive images unique to the fisheye lens

Official Web Site http://www.falsenotes.com/

Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/pages/False-Notes/320258744777463

Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakattaq/sets/72157634409371663/

Is it possible to assign the lens ring to some parameter ?

Thanks

Leuven, Belgium – June 18, 2013 – Imec presents a CMOS image sensor capable of capturing 12-bit 4,000x2,000pixel progressive images at 60 frames per second (fps). Based on a stagger-laced dual exposure, the image sensor developed with Panasonic, was processed using imec’s 130nm CMOS process on 200mm silicon wafers to deliver high-speed and high-quality imaging, at reduced output bit rate.

The number of pixels on image sensors in video and still cameras keeps increasing, along with the frame rate and bit resolution requirements of the images. 4K2K will be the next-generation broadcasting format, offering an increase by a factor of two in both horizontal and vertical resolution compared to current state-of-the-art High Definition TV.

The image sensor chip is a floating diffusion shared 4T pixel imager, with a pitch of 2.5 micron and a conversion gain of 70 μV/e-, which allows for both a classical rolling shutter or stagger-laced scanning mode. The 4K2K 60-fps imaging performance is realized by 12-bit column-based delta-sigma A/D converters. The stagger-laced scanning method improves imaging sensitivity and realizes a 50 percent reduction in output data rate by alternating the readout of two sets of horizontal pixel pairs arranged in two complementary checkerboard patterns. Additionally, the overall power consumption of the imager is less than two Watts.

“This is an important milestone for imec to demonstrate our capability to co-design, prototype and manufacture high performance CMOS image sensors in our 200 mm CMOS fab,” commented Rudi Cartuyvels, Senior Vice President Smart Systems & Energy Technologies at imec.

http://www2.imec.be/be_en/press/imec-news/imecpanasonic4k2kimager.html

OLYMPUS OM 75 - 150mm 1:4 ZUIKO ZOOM TELE + 2x Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm 1:4-5.6 Panasonic LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm/F4.0-5.6

Ex. Tele and Digital Zoom x2 used in some footage

I use my GF1 + firmware hack since more than 6 months, it's great, congratulations :)

I have the following problem :

• Set "Mode A" for video

• Shut down the camera

• Power on the camera

• The "Mode A" setting for video is forgotten! The only way for having "Mode A" for video again is : go in the menu, set ANOTHER mode , e.g. "Mode P" for video, and THEN go in the menu again and set "Mode A" for video again.

I know somebody else having the same problem, with the same camera.

Who should I contact about this little bug?

Thanks in advance.

A la demande de ma fille ;) GH2 1920x 1280 full HD . 14-140 HD . firmware 1.1

Now, for ease of editing on my slower computer, I rendered these streams into lower-res (1280 x 720) files, and I'll use these to do my first edit. Each of these took about six hours to render. (Each file is named for the date of the performance, i.e., Feb 1, Feb 2, Feb 5, etc.)

Thing is, eventually, after the actual edit is locked, I'll probably want to work with the full hi-def files. So I tried to render full hi-def versions of each performance. Thing is-- even though I'm using 1920x1080 29.97 files as a source, and the sequence has the same settings, each one of these will take about 10-11 hours to render. This seems strange to me, since there'd be almost no conversions, resamplings, recolorings, or anything else. (Also, the estimated final size of the file is twice as big as the combined original files.)

So. What sequence and export settings can I use for the greatest efficiency here?

Looking at presentation slide and using first grade math we can get their estimates for mirrorless cameras.

For 2013 it is about 530 thousands.

For 2014 it is up to 710 thousands.

Price 490 euros + postage.

This item is SOLD.

Hope you enjoy it. :)

It would be nice if they would enable this in the GH3 on the next firmware update.

Any tips on how to not do this again in the future would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Same amount recording time, also when I switched to MP4 and Mov. I double checked the card on my notebook just to be sure they didn't place a wrong sticker - but it actually is 32 GB.

Then I tried some more cards and it's not the camera - it's this card. Have bought another card and it has the same problem here.

Then I tried resetting the whole camera to factory defaults - still the same problem. I made a recording of 0:30 hour and then checked the memory card on my macbook. It sais I have still 25,4 GB memory left. When I putted my card back into the GH3 it said I have again 30 minutes despite the fact that it told me earlier that it was full. Then I initialized the card again, getting again the 30 minutes. Shoot spent 60+ euro's spend on a 32 GB card that's runs so poor!

Hope somebody has an answer as I will have lots of problems returning these cards. Guess the card maker will blame Panasonic and vice versa.

They've only been used once for a camera test on the GH3. They're spectacular lenses but for my productions the GH3 doesn't meet my needs.

Panasonic 12-35 2.8 for sale 1030.00 obo New

Panasinc 35-100 2.8 for sale 1260.00 obo New

This is 10 % off list price for new lenses.

I've been a longtime member on DVX user and trusted buyer and seller of gear on Red User. I'm also a NYC local 600 union cameraman located in Brooklyn, so I'm easy to track down.

I prefer to only accept cash, check, direct deposit, or wire. Sorry no paypal or credit cards.

You can reach me at: saintmarkspictures@gmail.com if you're interested.

You can also see my work and credentials at www.timnaylor.com and credits at IMDB

Thanks,

Tim Naylor - NYC DP. www.timnaylor.com

Panasonic GH2 14-140HD firmware 1.1 1920x1080 50i