Vibrant will start getting you close to Canon color pop. +2 sat and +2 contrast if you really want to push it.

I think the reds with Canon are always too much. Without grading i can tell immediately if footage has been shot with a Canon. It's the reds piercing from the screen in contrast to the other colours. I think the image of the GH2 is much more neutral in that regard. But you need to pump it up a bit, cause i'm getting constant remarks from Canon users that is too colourless.

@andyvia68

How your clip is related to topic?

To answer abaci's question, I brought a few still frames in photoshop.

Canon 5D MK III captured both carpet and bull eye as almost magenta, with bulleye more magenta than the carpet.

Panny GH2 captured these 2 items towards more orange side. Both items shifted towards orange on the color wheel. Bulleye landed almost exactly on red and carpet laned a bit more towards orange.

I personally like the GH2's skin tone. It's more natural and good for grading, canon's skin tone is too pink.

What I also noticed though is that the canon one has blown out many light colored shirts, especially at the start of the clip. GH2 managed to hold more details on the shirts.

Regardless of the tests we see and the conclusions that are made. Until Canon produces an $800 camera body that outperforms its $3500 camera body, the GH2 will still reign supreme.

GO GH2!!

PS: @brianluce You're not the only one that spotted the aliasing. I almost think I caught a little banding too but can't be certain.

I did notice very little jello though...sorry Mr. Cosby

There's just something about Canon's color that does it for me in a way that the GH2 doesn't (I own a 5d and a GH2). But still, the image falls apart in many other ways on the 5d if you're shooting landscapes/heavy detailed areas so maybe the mk3 is the best middle ground for me. We'll see.

Sarah Palin sighting @ 0:29

jhero> "I dunno about the white balance of both shots so it's tough to judge colour"

This is the first thing I thought when some were comparing color. This also pretty much echoes Vitaliy's response > "making conclusion from short vimeo footage"

I agree, there's not much to be derived from one quick vimeo video.

5D M3 looks good to me. It appears that the GH2 still holds the resolved detail crown, but I do like the colors of the 5D better.

Still though, nice that my cheapo GH2 can hold up so well to a new 3500$ DSLR

Uhmm, are the namings correct? In this qick test, he canon looks more like what I would expect from a GH2, whereas the Gh2 looks more like what I would expect from the $3500 Canon...

I think the biggest difference is the colors... where Canons see red/pink carpet... GH2 see orange one... Also I like the Canon skin tones more :( ... actually, the color output of GH2 is the only thing that keeps me working with it less than I would like to.

Hard to tell on my laptop, but it looks like the 5d footage of the heavy guy in black stripes has aliasing and moire.

@Manu4Vendetta

Do not worry much :-)
@stefanos just hope that people won't start making conclusion from short vimeo footage