Hi Driftwood.. I just want to know if, The softer Matrixe mean a smoother image....more closer than a film look

What was the image of? I just made a slow pan from my office couch to the desk, both illuminated by a separate light, shadows in between, and 24p was great while 25p was loaded with banding and mosquito noise, the latter especially on my laptop screen displaying a text doc. Quantum rocket at 25p seems to me as if it cannot handle the information recorded by the sensor. Hence my idea that using the efficiency of a long GOP setting for 25p might solve the problem.

I filmed a bit tonight with quantum rocket (just boring stuff at my office) and 24p looks great! My impression though is that 25p is significantly worse and if I understand the various threads regarding 25p it's tough to get 25p to be as good as 24p, at least in a GOP1 or GOP3 setting. My problem is that I am intending to am interested in using the GH2 as a potential A cam on a project for a broadcast project for PAL countries. So my admiration for the formidable work of the short GOP developers turns into frustration when I see that the potential quality of the GH2 is lost when having to film in 25p. I could perfectly live with a long GOP setting if it spares me from macro blocking, mosquito noise and too much banding. My filming style is mainly tableaus anyway, so motion is limited to the motion within the frame. I am willing to test and report, but I would have to know where to start. If some of the more knowledgeable people could provide some settings as a starting point I would be very thankful!

Interesting lens combination you got there @mozes, its not too bad with that Tele setup...

Hmmm...lost the attachment. Trying again.

@iLovPieNCake Wrong setting/ firmware or poor card. recheck everything, youve fucked up somewhere I think. Actually, I spot the rogue P frame in your streamparser which indicates you havent set encoder setting 1 720 =3 and encoder setting 1 1080 = 1. Redownload 'Quantum X v2 Rocket' you must have changed something.

GF2 User Here. I have a 16gb PNY Class 10. For some reason 720p doesn't produce any B-Frames resulting in choppy footage. Stream praser Image attached. But 1080i works just fine at a higher bitrate?

Oh, I just loaded the settings and flashed then reset all cam settings.

Some Quick Tests

Card Sandisk 32GB 30Mb/s

Lens canon FD 50mm F1.4 @2.8

ISO 400

Film Mode smooth -2,-2,-2,-2

Downloaded 720p file this video and looped

Test one 24H did not span nor played back in the camera

Test 2 720p50 SH spanned up to 13 mins and stopped by me, there were three files on the card and played back in the camera as single file. Screen grab of only first file

Test 3 HBR 25p spanned up to 12 min and stopped by me

Test 4 1080i50 could record up to 2 mins, did not played back in the camera

720p60 card writing error in both SH and H

@driftwood can i increase bit rate of 24L setting to say 80mb/s as quantum 100 24H was spanning 100mb/s on my sandisk 32gb 30Mbps card in almost all type of condition. Will shoot some real world footage 2marrow

just my first shots with Xv2.
Nothing special, shot in 24p, 25p and 720 50P, with and without tele2
Renderd with Avid's DNxHD codec 1080p 25fps.
All done with iso 320, shutter 1/50, nostalgic all in -2, and whitebalans = clouds
Last shot is 720, iso 320, shutter 1/200 and 1 stop under illuminates. (tele2)
Lens is a Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm 1:4-5.6
Completly zoomed in and parts included with tele2

Ps, card is a sandisk extreme hd video 32gb 30mb/s

I've been saving up for a Sandisk 64GB card and just wondering if anyone has ever tried Transcend UHS 16GB card? I remember reading somewhere that they have speeds up to 85Mbps. Since the price difference doesn't seem to be that much from Sandisk 95mbps 16GB, I'd rather continue saving up for the Sandisk. Just wondering if anyone has tried them out with the hacks, if so, how do they fare compared to sandisk 95Mbps and sandisk 30Mbps

@driftwood do you feel a quick format of the SD card is sufficient for Quantum X v2, or is a full format (yet somewhat time consuming) preferred?

By the way, QuickTime Player 7 plays back MTS files without a hitch (if you let them load completely first) with Panasonic’s AVCCam Importer QT plugin. No dropped frames. I can also use Quick Look right in the Finder. I’m on a mid-2010 MacBook Pro.

@Oedipax Pleasae remember this Quantum X (v2 Rocket) will push your card to the limit on detailed shots - that's why I swear by Sandisk Extrme Pro cards - but thats my personal view. Make sure before a major shoot, you reformat cards too.