Yeah, but for me a flat/log profile and 10 bit would be just fantastic, until we see a gh3.

@danyyyel You said: The very very strong rumor of the NEX-FS700 (4k for $ 8000) is another indication that the manufacturers (japanese) are coming with all gun blazing. Who would have thought that Sony would bring 4k at this price point.

Well...we already know that the GH-2 can shoot 4k in a 40fps burst mode ...so imagine......

....NAHHH!!! FUGEDABOUDIT!!!

This thread is over the top. lol

Good job and well done, I look forward to seeing the cameras you work on for Panasonic in an official capacity with your team, I also look forward to seeing your work appear here for the cameras Panasonic don't need/want your help with, Features: One feature I have not seen mentioned is an external sync, this would be fantastic as we could then have a dual camera 3D system. Is this possible over the USB camera to camera or will it have to be a hardware update i.e. GH3???

So you can add this to the dream list.

Enjoy NAB if you are going with Panasonic now, and I look forward to the NAB coverage, it has been an exciting time for cameras this year, and this announcement has just fuelled the fire and will have some other manufactures in a flap.

What I feel from what VK said, is that Panasonic is going to come with a big bang at NAB. So something like 60 fps, log profile and even 10 bit could be on the low end of the upcoming Panasonic camera releases. So these type of spec which seems surprising today could be just average to low in two week. The very very strong rumor of the NEX-FS700 (4k for $ 8000) is another indication that the manufacturers (japanese) are coming with all gun blazing. Who would have thought that Sony would bring 4k at this price point.

It seems that the Japanese manufacturers have decided to wake up and charge along. One thing is that perhaps they feel uncertainty in the market and they are perhaps afraid that someone is going to draw first something radical that would sway the market in their favor, so they don't want to take any chance. The second thing is that the dslr revolution has shown that there was a huge untap market in the large sensor camera look. That it would be better to sell in the hundred of thousand than in the thousand unit. A bit like the photo market.

About Pana and this group is that already you start with a dedicated user group, or better word community. It takes time to build such a group, a bit like reduser for RED. A vocal and dedicated group that are enthusiast and developing content already. I admit that reduser is a bit of an extreme and I hope we will never go as low.

I so hate this, please Vitaliy say this is true. If not, we might as well collectively watch soap operas for the next 3 years.

Okay guys, I finally get it. You're all ganging up and goofing on me, pretending you really believe that Panasonic has hired VK to come work on their cameras. No way you guys could seriously keep making such over the top insane requests in earnest.

I admit it. You guys totally had me going. I really believed the rest of you posters were criminally naive, fatally optimistic, or batshit insane, or all three. Ha! Color me HAD.

Congrats VK and team. I'd like to see the new GH3 or what ever it's going to be called with weather sealing and just made out of something more durable. This might seam nit picky but have a mounting hole for the pin for the tripod QR plate just like a video cam. When you have to use a fallow focus it pushes or turns the cam from it's centered position having to over tighten the plate and eventually it fails, again. I made a bracket for the GH2 and the 7D for the pin on the head plate.I use a Manfrotto 501PL sliding plate. I like making things but would be great if it just worked. All the DSLRs don't have the second mounting hole for a pin. Would be great if Panny had the first. I love this little cam and what it can do after the hack. Plus HDMI out clean 10bit 422 (I know dreaming) better sound and most of all Just listen to VK and to your costumers. Best LukeV

Plenty of good development suggestions here already.. But a couple of things would make for substantial development:

1. Remote control (via usb protocol?) which could be made to serve as sync-mechanism for stereo- or multiscopic shooting.
2. Raw output (this would most likely entail a new interface / recording device for future models)

motivation1: a small camera body (that can produce wonderful pictures) would be perfect for stereoscopic shooting. Genlock is available only to cameras in a much higher price range. USB remote protocol (or some other solution) would be very handy for many things - especially if software can be developed externally. motivation2: raw output is available only to cameras of a much higher price range. It will be a game changer when raw output is made available from dslrs and interchangeable lens camcorders.

There is also big emphasis on clean hdmi output.

On balance, I think this improves the potential that the GH2 will further expand its recording possibilities. I would like to see higher bit rates with spanning for HBR25 as one improvement to evidence that the relationship works. Congratulations Vitaliy and team. You have served this community well, long may you continue to do so.

Good for Panasonic, great for VK, sucks for the end users. The hack is dead, the spirit of freedom is gone. Panny could have gone lawsuit\firmware lockdown way, but they are not stupid, this hack sold a lot of cameras for them (I bought two). By giving a retainer to VK Panny hopes to win over the community of this site's followers and gain a competent developer while at it. I doubt GH2 will have anything new developed for it, I hope nothing will be taken away. If Panasonic were smart, they would have an SDK for us in future, don't want to talk for all of us, but that's how you win me.

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Good luck with your new gag, i mean GIG. NO FUTURE

It is now past midnight in Russia, for good or bad can we put an end to the speculation of the Big Thing being an April Fool's joke or not?

Please :)

Managing hacking to a controllable level to give industries lead time to compete with each other, Good luck!