Tagged with panasonic - Personal View Talks

Sensor cleaning, Eclipse, dust membrane? (GF1)

alphaomega — Tue, 29 May 2012 05:55:09 +0000

Hello Vitaly and all the community, I am here to kindly ask you for some advice.

My near three years old GF1 collected some dust on the sensor that I'm not able to blow out with my Giotto blower. I have searched the web for viable solutions (other than sending the camera for service) and learned something about the so called "Wet method" sensor cleaning technique based on Eclipse, swabs and PEC-PADs.

But during my research I have read somewhere that in the Panasonic bodies there is a dust protective membrane (part of the anti dust system) placed over the low pass filter of the sensor, preventing the direct access to the low pass filter surface and I don't know if this is true or not.

I guess that you, by dismantling some panasonic body, looked at the sensor many times and coud give me some advice regarding this issue: do you ever noticed that the exposed sensor is covered by a sort of dust membrane or something else? Because if there is such a membrane I think that it is not possible to directly clean the sensor without damaging the membrane and/or the sensor. And more in general, do you have some experience regarding this issue?

Any comment/suggestion is welcome and will be highly appreciated. Many thanks in advance for the attention.

Ciao :)

Newbie to GH2, what do I need to know?

acuriousman — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:05:21 +0000

Hi all!

At last, I'm going to be getting my hands on an NTSC GH2. It'll be my first DSLR camera I've ever used (Coming from a Kodak Zi8/Flip Video) and I was wondering what I needed to know to get the most out of it. Basic starter stuff as I have no plans to hack it yet. :p

For example, what speed/model SDHC card will I need?

I saw a thread that had different "settings" which can make the video look gorgeous, how do I use these and what would be best for indoor low light shooting? (http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/953/gh2-settings-vault-most-popular-settings-in-one-place/p1)

How do I get the best quality video out of it?

Is the stock lens (14-142mm) worth using at all?

Those are just a few questions. Anything else you guys can tell me would be wonderful. I love this place!

Panasonic upcoming fast zooms topic

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:16:42 +0000

There will be a 12-35mm and a 35-100mm fast X zooms!!!! Panasonic said they will come in 2012 and have a “large” aperture.

Via: http://www.43rumors.com/

Sony and Panasonic shares

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:07:47 +0000

Sony and Panasonic shares plunged to their lowest levels in more than three decades on Friday as investors fretted about the future prospects for two of Japan's most iconic firms amid massive losses.

Sony, which reported a record $5.7 billion annual loss Thursday, dived 6.43 percent to 1,135 yen, while Panasonic closed down 1.55 percent at 570 yen shortly before posting a record $9.67 billion annual loss on Friday.

The firms' shares stood at their lowest level since at least 1980, taking into account previous stock splits, according to the online edition of the Nikkei business daily.

Via: http://news.yahoo.com/sony-panasonic-shares-plunge-30-lows-043559428.html

GH2 vs HVX200 DVCPro HD

joeevento — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:20:03 +0000

Hi all, I did this test for a comparison of dynamic range and have a margin of error within which I can retrieve details of overexposed or underexposed between GH2 with Flowmotion and HVX200 DVCPRO HD with whom I worked very hard and know enough well its limitations. I state that the GH2 was in "Cinema", which by all and recognized as the worst way for the DR. In the color correction I simply lowered the overall brightness with "YUV Curve" and I am impressed by the ability to retrieve color and detail with the DVCPro HD (note scales) in contrast with the AVCHD GH2 Hack Flowmotion. My question is: if this situation improves with other hacks or quality of 4:2:2 is still unreachable for us?

Good lenses for documentary filmmaking and run & gun shooting

sohus — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:33:29 +0000

I am currently looking for a good lens for documentary filmmaking with the GH2. I love my primes but when you are shooting documentary, it is very inflexible. One way of solving this is adding one or two bodies so you can just change them around but a zoom lens is the best option IMO.

Lenses that qualify are:

FourThirds:

OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_012-060mm_f028-040_olympus

Panasonic : LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_014-050mm_f028-035_panasonic

OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL 14-54mm F2.8-3.5 II http://www.four-thirds.org/en/fourthirds/standard.html#i_014-054mm_f028-035ii_olympus

MicroFourThirds:

OLYMPUS : M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-50mm F3.5-6.3 EZ http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/standard.html#i_012-050mm_f035-063_olympus

Panasonic : LUMIX G VARIO HD 14-140mm F4.0-5.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. http://www.four-thirds.org/en/microft/standard.html#i_014-140mm_f040-058_panasonic

I focused on the Olympus/Panasonic lenses for now. I think that the Panasonic : LEICA D VARIO-ELMARIT 14-50mm F2.8-3.5 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. and OLYMPUS : ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 SWD are good candidates. Especially the Olympus has a very long range (24-120mm in 35mm terms) while still offering a F2.8 wide-angle (and constant F/4.0 over entire range). Documentary shooting is about making trade-off and I will always have my primes for really dark situations (Voigt 50mm/.95, SLRMagic 12mm/1.6 and Olympus 45mm/1.8).

Does anyone here own one of the above lenses? Please share your opinions with me. I probably wait until the Panasonic X 12-35mm and 35-100 are announced as they could be good candidates too, although 12-35mm is a more limiting range.

Double kit lenses for $300 if you have body and want some IS lenses

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 01:00:40 +0000

http://www.adorama.com/IPC1442.html?sub=NZTGD042912Pana1442M43rds&utm_term=Other

http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-45-200mm-4-0-5-6-Olympus-Cameras/dp/B001ISKNKA/

Panasonic GH3 wishlist

ssh — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:47:58 +0000

GH3 is rumored to be released in October. This site has the biggest amount of GH2 users that Panasonic will target with upcoming GH3. What features do you miss the most (GH2) and would wish to see implemented (GH3).

We still have some time, who knows, Panasonic might listen...

Derelict Roller Coaster - Sedna A Q20 (now with added fairground music!)

DaleCampbell — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:28:51 +0000

Just a few test shots that someone may find interesting... or not : )

All done with Sedna A Q20 Sandisk 16Gb 95mb/s Tokina 11-16 + Vari-ND filter Kessler PB pocket Dolly + electra drive

Converted to Prores 422HQ with 5DtoRGB Edit FCP + Magic Bullet Looks

Ungraded version -

Graded Version -

Official GH1 "Lenin" Hack Project Discussion

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:37:46 +0000

Current Status:

1. We are collecting money to get two unhackable bodies.
2. As soon as cameras will be available we'll dump firmware image.

Expected results:

1. Ability to flash new firmware with hacks.

Canon 5D Mark III vs. Panasonic GH2

Manu4Vendetta — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:39:39 +0000

The Lumix with Quantum X.

GF3(Red) for sale

shungyiu — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:07:12 +0000

Body only = $320+shipping Lens only = $100+shipping

Body+lens=$380+shipping

Will ship to anywhere as long as buyer pays shipping, prefer Australia though.

GH2 Skateboarding Impressions

Stiffla — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 06:51:12 +0000

As I often read, that some potential GH2 buyers are wondering whether the camera is a good choice to shoot skateboarding or other extreme sports or not, here is my first try to get some good shots with my GH2. I have to say, the handling was quite easy and I am really looking forward to shoot some more. Only shot in in MF mode.

I used one of driftwoods patches out of the Timebuster 1.3 for timelapse. Videoframerates are at ~30Mbit/s 720p, and to me it looks really nice in the original file. Maybe you like it and you can give me some critics. Cheers

New to ALL of this...

MisterBink — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:49:22 +0000

Im about to buy the Panasonic GH2. The hack info that I've found so far astounds me, especially the high bitrates, the 4K, and the 4x3 aspect because I shoot with anamorphic lenses and the 16x9 aspect is too squashed. Anyway, I'm trying to do all this for the first time, and coming from a Canon Magic Lantern background, I'm really keen to try. Anyone got some helpful tips and advice out there? Sorry for the huge NUBE sticker on my forehead! Thanks in advance everyone!

Panasonic GF5 rumors

kitano — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:38:33 +0000

http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/18/panasonic-lumix-gf5-leak-hong-kong/

Panasonic GH2 and external touchscreen.

FLASHWeRKS — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:23:23 +0000

Will it be possible to attach an exteral touchscreen (like the acer T231H - 23") to the HDMI and USB ports of the Panasonic GH2?

Saving and Sharing GH2 Setting for Multicamera shooting?

willianaleman — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:55:02 +0000

Is it possible to save and share costume settings between GH2 in a multicamera set up, like white balance and gamma color?
Thanks in advance

1080p/i and 50 or 60fps?

willianaleman — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:12:39 +0000

Is it possible to obtain a highest fps than 29.97 or 30 in NTSC 1080p or "I"? I'm looking for 50 or 60fps to record fast motion panning from a fluid head tripod with manual lens.

I'm using Balazer's Cake patch v.1.1 with Ptool 1.63. Thanks in advance for any help.

My cinematography showreel (a lot of GH2 stuff in there).

Gabel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:33:30 +0000

I hope I don't get warned for blatant self-advertising, but I just wanted to share my shoowreel here, there's some GH2 stuff in there (some of it hacked, one shot in the HBR mode). Here's a breakdown: First shot, done with HBR mode and Lomo OCT-19 primes 0:26 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AI primes

0:37 HBR with Lomos

0:48 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

0:56 HBR with Lomos

01:02 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

01:03 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

01:11 HBR with Lomos

01:18 Stock AVCHD with Nikon AIs

01:37 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

01:40 Cbrandin 66mbit with Lomos

01:42 HBR with Lomos

01:55 Driftwood GOP-3 with Nikon AIs

02:04 HBR with Lomos

02:14 HBR with Lomos

(sorry for the double spacing, but otherwise it would all just fall behind each other)

This really shows what an amazing camera the GH2 is! Even unhacked it looks amazing (I think what I got with HBR looks the best to me, but that has more to with my work).

There's also some anamorphic stuff in there, done with my generic anamorphic on an AF100 with a Nikon AI 35mm (third shot, you'll recognize the rest)

And if you like, feel free to check in my site or like me on Facebook!

Panasonic GH3 photos

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:09:48 +0000

Pro: GH2 AVCHD encoder settings

dkitsov — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:52:38 +0000

This topic is for testing patches residing in testers section.
Carefully and systematically.

Patches for testers>AVCHD movie mode>AVCHD research>Encoder setting 1 1080i/p when value changed from Original 3 to Modified 2 there are no b-frames encoded into the AVCHD stream.

Panasonic AG-HPX250 vs Panasonic GH2 Intra

sebben — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:55:03 +0000

Has anyone shot the Panasonic AG-HPX250 and compared it to the Panasonic GH2 with an Intra hack? It looks like these two cameras would pair very well with each other. The HPX250 shoots AVC-Intra 100 Mb/s (10-bit 4:2:2) codec onto P2 cards, and I wonder how it would pair with the GH2 footage in terms of, noise, sharpness and colour.

Any thoughts?

Documentary film with GH2 japan version in 1080 50i.

Alberto — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:25:38 +0000

Hello everyone, this is my first post, excuse me if my question is kinda stupid but I need advice ... I will soon work as a cameraman in a documentary film shot mostly with a Canon XF100 Pal in 50i mode. My role will be a B camera, with a GH2 I'm going to buy in Japan. My question is, what is the best patch to turn landscape plans in 50i that can be fitted well with the Canon XF100?

Thank you for your help! Alberto

Lumix GH2 DSLR Cage

djhessler — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:28:01 +0000

Honestly I have been buying a lot of gear lately, I find it best to simply buy quality gear first instead of spending twice in cheap stuff then buying the real deal, but when it came down to buy a Cage for my GH2 I could simply not find one except for the Rewo Cage which is beautiful but way to expensive for my pocket, so I decided to do something simple and inexpensive to solve mounting options and access points for my GH2 and this is what I came up with.

Hessler
www.beyondcinema.net

Panasonic AF100. When a new firmware for this camera? Thank you.

alvenfilms — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:06:24 +0000

Hello everyone, I'm New Here. I'm using a Panasonic AG AF100, I wonder if there are possibilities to make a hack for this camera as was done with the GH2. To record a more Mbs. Thanks for everything.

Panasonic GH2 - possible to stop all in-camera Noise Reduction?

Lyris — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:03:20 +0000

Hello all, Many thanks for your amazing work in unlocking the Panasonic GH2's full potential.

Viewing the hacked footage, the only complaint I have left is that the camera appears to perform some sort of spatial filtering (presumably for NR purposes) in dark areas. The noise in the midtones and brighter areas is fine and high-frequency, and almost film-grain like. However, shadow noise appears to be spatially filtered, with fine details missing. This occurs even with all the NR settings disabled on the camera, and is problematic for doing further NR in post production, especially when underexposed footage needs to be brightened.

Is this something you're aware of? Can it be disabled to give us a "warts and all" image from the camera?

Example (gamma raised to show issue): http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1715/gh2noise.jpg

Firmware update for GX1

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:20:39 +0000

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/

Enhancement in the performance of AWB
Enhancement in the performance of [AFF] (AF Flexible) and [AFC] (AF Continuous)
Improved stability when used with the SD Memory Card complying with UHS-I
Addition of [STEP ZOOM] and [ZOOM SPEED] in the setting of [Fn] (Function) button and [Q.MENU]
Reflection of [DRIVE MODE] settings to [CUSTOM SETTING]
[MENU RESUME] in each menu tab
Page flip in the menu tab with [DISP.] (Display) button

Panasonic Lumix 14-140 HD Lens NEW

wastedthelight — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:13:06 +0000

Just picked up the GH2 with the 14-140mm HD Lens last week. I don't need the lens, store didn't have the cheaper kit lens package so I just went with this.

Selling for $610 shipped (USA only). Comes with lens cap, lens hood and lens pouch

Please send a private message

Thanks.

3:2 for movie mode?

TekPneumaN — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:19:55 +0000

I was wondering if there is a hack that allows you to shoot 3:2 at 24H on the GH2?
If not, is it impossible and why?

newb ptool no letter is turning green!

jaj — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:06:40 +0000

Working on a PC because it has a card reader...

Ptool3d, gh1_132 from panasonic, and setb from blackout all in one folder on my desktop.
I open ptool, load the 132 firmware and not one letter towards the bottom of ptool becomes green.

very frustrated, at a stand still, ready to donate when I get the hack working.

i have faith p-v.com will come through in the end here...