http://personal-view.com/talks/categories/panasonic-cameras/p31/feed.rss Sun, 28 Apr 24 13:31:22 +0000 Panasonic en-CA http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1908/gh3-coming-in-april-2012-rumor Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:15:12 +0000 Ralph_B 1908@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1919/exposure-discrepancy-between-video-modes-and-40-fps-burst-mode Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:13:21 +0000 thepalalias 1919@/talks/discussions
The images below were all shot with the same lens, aperture and (according to the EXIF data) exposure time, with the Driftwood Quantum V5 Beta loaded.

- SH model upscaled to 1920x1080
- 24H
- 40 fps burst mode

What's happening with the burst mode and how do I fix it (if it can be fixed)?]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1844/gh2-slower-timelapse-with-intervalled-stills-how- Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:35:13 +0000 robbie75vr 1844@/talks/discussions
Thanks]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1916/olympus-lens-not-recognized-by-a-hacked-gf1 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:33:44 +0000 mdagohoy 1916@/talks/discussions
]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1838/this-is-a-bug-or-is-normal-in-my-gh2-audio-and-variable-movie-mode- Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:45:10 +0000 Manu4Vendetta 1838@/talks/discussions
I was experimenting with slow mode (80% of velocity of time normal) but record without audio, after record to 100% and have audio, then i try newly at 80% slow and havent audio. This is normal?

PS: Sorry by my bad english.]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1798/multicamera-setup-50i-hacked-or-25p-hbr Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:37:52 +0000 fatpig 1798@/talks/discussions I am currently in pre-production of a multicamera live music shoot.
For those of you who maybe already tried this-
I will bring my GH2 and my HV30 (which also does 25p) to a shoot with already about 3-4 interlaced cameras there.
GH2 of course will be main cam.

The 30min limit will be a problem in the 3-hour long concert, but i can restart the cam. no biggie.
From your experience, would you rather have hacked 50i or unhacked 25p in this live-event to intercut?
target is DVD.

Thanks, folks!]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1794/moving-with-gh2-to-usa Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:24:44 +0000 ahbleza 1794@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1699/question-about-gh2-dr Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:43:00 +0000 Tamir 1699@/talks/discussions http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonicDMCGH2/page12.asp . It appears that GH2 has the least latitude of all the cameras tested. For me, to get the GH2 to bump up 3-4 steps (it's now rated at about 10 steps) on par with the canons with technicolors color profile would a BIG bonus. Just curious about the outlook of that happening? With that said, I want to give a big shout out to VK, in case I came across as ungrateful.]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1684/panasonic-dmc-gx1- Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:27:57 +0000 michael 1684@/talks/discussions
I have a friend visiting Japan and he just purchased a Panasonic DMC-GX1 for me.
To find that the menus are all in Japanese and it seems like it cannot be changed to English.

Any reccomendation on a firmware or update that could alter this?

Kind Regards
Michael]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1650/gh2-resolution.-is-it-enough-for-my-otherwise-perfect-film Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:38:54 +0000 mark2929 1650@/talks/discussions
Some have said by using the letus adapter I would only effectively be able to resolve about 700 lines indeed some did quick and dirty tests. If this is the case then I wonder how many lines the GH2 resolves? I estimate then maybe 550? Seems a bit low.

Does anyone know or have an idea?. ]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/771/its-official-firmware-update-for-dmc-gh2-g3-gf3-gf2-coming Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:39:09 +0000 Vitaliy_Kiselev 771@/talks/discussions
The firmware version 1.1 will be released to enhance the functions when the camera is used with the new power zoom lenses - LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm / F3.5-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S. (H-PS14042) and LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm / F4.0-5.6 ASPH. / POWER O.I.S. (H-PS45175).

The following functions will be available with the new firmware:
- Display of the local length
When you zoom, the focal distance is displayed and you can confirm the zoom position.
- Step zoom
When you operate the zoom, the zoom will stop at positions corresponding to predetermined distances.
- Zoom resume
When you switch the power switch [ON], the zoom positions when you last switched [OFF] are automatically restored.
- Selectable zoom speed
Users can select the speed of electric-powered zooming.

The new firmware program ver.1.1 will be available worldwide from the beginning of October at http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/.

The power zoom lenses can be used with DMC-GH2, DMC-G3, DMC-GF3 or DMC-GF2 if the firmware is not updated. However, Panasonic recommends all users to update

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/dsc/download/index.html]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1635/gh2-sequence-settings-in-cs5 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:40:43 +0000 jard667 1635@/talks/discussions HDV 1080p24
or
DSLR 1080p24

Thanks]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1490/is-high-iso-acceptable-on-gh2 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:56:42 +0000 danyyyel 1490@/talks/discussions

I am asking myself if the combination of high resolution and preserve detail in the shadows of the gh2, has resulted in an image that might be a little noisier than the Canon but scaled to the same resolution is better. The example above cleans up very well because of much more detail with some noise reduction software. As you are starting up from a much more detail in the end even if you loose some you end up still better. It is the same thing as pixel binning to reduce noise. If you compare the Nikon D700 to the Canon 5d2, at pixel level the D700 is better but as the Canon as about twice the number of pixel at the same viewing size or print they are nearly equal. Another very nice one here with the high bitrate hack and test of underexposed high iso shots

]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/490/gf2-as-good-b-cam-for-the-gh2 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:08:33 +0000 Shield 490@/talks/discussions Out of GH1, GF1, GH2, G3, etc, which one would you recommend that would be the easiest to match footage up with? Being able to record long amounts of time is a plus; my "B" cam could sit on a tripod and get the wider angled shot.
Thanks!
Shawn]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1622/dark-line-appearing-at-bottom-half-in-low-light-gf2 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:28:02 +0000 John_Farragut 1622@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1609/help-please-gh1-buttons-are-buggy Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:02:11 +0000 magnus387 1609@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/564/gh3-with-avchd-2.0 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:15:22 +0000 luax 564@/talks/discussions http://www.43rumors.com/ft4-gh3-with-avchd-2-0/
any first thoughts?]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/398/video-resolution-gh2-and-gf1-compared Sat, 16 Jul 2011 16:11:55 +0000 mpgxsvcd 398@/talks/discussions
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1041&message=38912742
]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1575/no-creative-movie-menu-in-my-firmware Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:47:52 +0000 triton 1575@/talks/discussions Thanks in advance for the help!]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1548/shooting-fhd-29.97-with-the-gh1 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:11:03 +0000 ivanlee 1548@/talks/discussions I've never imagined that I would ask this... because I shot 24P my whole life, and now I would like to make some "stock" work with my GH1. So that's why I want to shoot 29.97fps. How can I make the footage look good without the pulldown?
Sorry for the super newbie question.
Thanks!
]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1118/bricked-gh1-advice Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:44:52 +0000 mrbill 1118@/talks/discussions
thanks]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1515/qmenu Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:27:40 +0000 Blackout 1515@/talks/discussions
Thanks]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1362/gh3-worth-waiting Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:56:40 +0000 Alexauwa 1362@/talks/discussions
I am thinking about getting the GH2, but lately read an interesting article about the GH3 coming out with some great features such as AVCHD 2,0, 60p mode and better low light functionality.

Do you think is it worth waiting? Has there been any release date mentioned yet?

Looking forward to your replies.

Best,
Alex]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1437/gh2-best-af-featuresetting-for-14-140 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:38 +0000 Alexauwa 1437@/talks/discussions
just got my new GH2 with the 14-140 to start of with. Amazing cam!

I am still trying to figure out the best way to make use of the AF. How is your experience? Specially using AF after
zooming, panning and focusing near and far. What settings do you use?

I'd really appreciate your feedback and recommendation.

Best,
Alex]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1483/next-upgrade Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:41:52 +0000 kmarkb_8017 1483@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1476/does-gh2-limit-the-recording-options-with-a-hdmi-monitor-attached Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:08:20 +0000 Jon2323 1476@/talks/discussions
Thanks
JOn]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1457/whats-the-gh2-viewfinder-and-lcd-resolution-in-pixels-not-dots-thanks Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:36:10 +0000 Jon2323 1457@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1462/gh2-cinematic-mode-looking-laggy Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:46:31 +0000 Alexauwa 1462@/talks/discussions
Is this normal?]]> http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1397/gh2-doesnt-turn-on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 11:56:45 +0000 sohus 1397@/talks/discussions http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/1424/real-mjpeg-1080p-resolution. Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:20:12 +0000 pedro 1424@/talks/discussions
I'm not sure is this is the right way to ask a question of everyone on the issue of resolution regarding the Mjpeg codec but I didn't see a category anywhere that pushed this issue.

The reason why I have a concern over this is that I noticed with the ex. Telescopic conversion (ex.tel) on that when shifting between 24H and 720p 60p the image automatically zooms forward a bit more. Since in ex-tel mode the camera is no longer downsampling off the entire 4k sensor it makes sense since this is the equivalent of a digital zoom. It uses a central 1080p sized piece of the sensor and then it zoomed in even further to get a smaller 720p sized piece of the sensor. If I switch it VGA mode it the image will zoom in just a tiny bit more. I can only assume it is at that point jumping into an even smaller 480p sized piece of the 4k sensor.

This is all fine, what worries me is that if I switch back to 720p60p and am thus on the 720p sized piece of the sensor, and then switch to HD Mjpeg, which I have set for 2K (2048 by 1152) level of resolution, the image does NOT, repeat does not jump back out to at 1080p or 2K sized image from the sensor. It's exactly the same. This suggests, in ex-tel mode that as only a 720p sized piece of the sensor is used to film 720p60p mode, the exact same sized piece of the sensor is used to film HD MJPEG mode as well. In other words even if you reset the HD MJEG resolution away from its native 720p settings and push it up to 1080p or even 2K, it may still be only recording 720 level of resolution. In other words its possible the HD Mjpeg system merely upsamples its native 720p footage such that when we assess that footage in quicktime or VLC it will state that it is 1080p or 2K but in terms of literal optical quality we still only have 720 lines to play with.

I've noticed with identical shots I've taken with HD MJPEG 2K and 1080p 2p AVCHD that the resolution was almost identical but I somehow felt there was more clarity off of the 1080p footage. Technically the 2K I had with 2048 by 1152 should have been a bit better, but it wasn't.

Has anyone done a resolution test on the HD MJPEG, 720p and 1080p modes to confirm what kind of resolution we're actually getting off these different codecs?]]>