Thanks tetakpatak, I'll follow up on that as I'll stick with Panasonic's 1.1firmware, and mpgxsvcd's No adverse affects upload until a bigger card arrives. I think 3 of my issues relate to not being able to control Auto ISO in Manual exposure mode, other than in Creative movie mode, so I have put 720p and or 1080i in a cutom set but had to do with Speed prority. Not ideal but I couldn't find a solution in the Manual after a whole days looking. Cheers.

Obviously I missed something when looking at mpgxsvcd's video tutorial on how to install no adverse affects. I thought he said it required 3 downloads, 1. latest 1.1v firmware, 2. latest ptools, 3. no adverse affects. I can at least have full manual control at the moment in the 3 of the C memory modes without auto iso taking over, as it now does in every other mode. The same thing with Ex Tele if I want it. (preferred the 1.0v of Ex Tele to be honest, dind't have to wait for recording to start before it kicks in) Back to the drawing board. Appreciate your advice...Cheers.

I shouldn't own up to this but I will (he says with his tail between his legs)

Auto Iso was always there (apparently) in all modes apart from creative movie mode (so Panasonic assure me) probably only ever being interested in 24p enhanced my ignorance to that prior to firmware update.

Not having Ex Tele in still picture mode (this one hurts the most) I had fallen for it before and actually had it highlighted in my manual. With a 16:9 ratio, picture size is now M (7M) and all is good.

Which leaves me with just one issue with the Ex Tele switched on but only kicking in on Manual mode when record button is pressed....rest assured I'll own up to it when I fix it.

Feeling better.

I'm still ignorant and confused as to which ptools version is current or relevant to me.

@thepalalias thanks very much, I think that just about fixed up the last couple of my self inflicted dilema(s).

Good thing to come out of all this has been the links in FAQ that has given me a better understanding of things..eg; GOP structure, and compression etc, and never do a hack without the suitable SD.

Will reinstall spanmybitchup soon, now I have a sandisk 95/64g card, and no news will be good news from me for a while.

Anyway back to TFM again.

@Haberdasher Now you got it working give some of the Cluster X series of settings a go.

@Mirrorkisser & @driftwood. Many thanks, have been going between Flowmowotion2, and Cluster x, Drewnet Trial 8 over the past few days and have been very impressed with my ongoing tests. I think Drewnet gave me about 56 minutes recording time on a 95/64 SDXC, and any recordings over 10 sec gave me only 2 sec playback, but a small price to pay for outstanding quality (I thinks).. so a Pro would need 2 or 3 cards on a day shoot.

I'm taking the camera to work on the football this friday night. Closed roof stadium with television lighting (of course) and a mixture of house lighting. I'll be fortunate enough to be up close, but I'm up for any suggestions as to what might be an appropriate hack. I'm still sticking with my 24 fps, smooth, 50 shutter, 160 iso, -2-2-2-2, but once again I'm wondering what 720p might offer me with sport.

Cheers.

@haberdasher: something that just popped up in my head right now: do you really want to shoot in 24p? for sports events i think at least 30fps are a better choice. if you want to stick with 24p, go with an all intra setting for sure, all intra settings give you the most natural movement...

@tetakpatak, mpgxsvcd's latest .zip file has the incorrect firmware version number. It was his mistake.

@Haberdasher I have always left the increment increase at the default value and have never had a problem.

As for the filename, the important thing is that you only change the numbers - the name should be the same as the original ".BIN" file you downloaded other than that. But whether you write ""GH2_V12.bin" or ""GH2_V99.bin" makes no difference to the camera at all.

And yes, 3.65 and 3.66 are equivalent for GH2 use at the moment and I am not aware of a reason to need to use any older versions.

Bad Hack By Me...I think ?

................................................................................................................................................................... Thought I’d put a line through my initial question that I posted, declare that it was a good hack, but I hadn’t prepared myself properly (research) for what I should expect with a hack, the way the camera reacts to different hacks, and some of my woes would have been resolved in the Operators Manual as well.
Spanmybitchup, Flowmotion 2, Cluster x Drewnet trial 8, & Nebula trial 6 (at the moment), are giving me very pleasing results that are easy to work with on a 95/64 sdxc card. No real issues other than those that are stated with the different hacks. Any further comments I have concerning my type of testing of these hacks, I’ll use the appropriate threads/forum to make comment. Thanking those for the help and advice.

@OSGondar I've relied on the advice @thepalalias gave me regarding ptool version(s) and so I am currently using 3.6.6 without any problems so far (keep my fingers crossed) and yes I regularly watch http://osgfilms.com/hack-the-panasonic-gh2/, as it is an excellent tutorial for older beginners like me who are not computer literate as such. I increase the ptool increment to 01 as per the video with ongoing success. 2 things I think that are helping (1) reformating the card after the hack is done. (2) recharging battery straight away before testing camera = a good start. Thanks for feedback... PS @mirrorkisser, cluster X was great advice and 24p was great for crowd reaction shots at the football, I achieved a very non video look.