@Nameless Nevermind they just got out haha. They were only in for like 2 days.

Ok, I'm going to go on record here. As I get asked all the time what are my favourite personal shooting settings. Mysteron 24p is my fun patch and the burst mode is pretty killer but it will stop recording at some stage.

All round Settings: 24p - Sedna A Q1 as an all rounder, though A Q20 provides great lower bitrate performance. It has the edge over Quantum 9B. Plus it took me an age developing & experimenting with matrixes for finer Chroma/Luma.

Night: 24p - Canis Majoris 'Night' Setting. I just love it for my evening Dusk to near Dawn Shots. However, I may release Day AM after further evaluations.

Documentary/Event Shooting: All REC Modes: Cluster v5 12/15. And I will soon be adapting some new matrix ideas for this. Currently the Q target is 16 and stays on it on motion water tests beating all GOPs greater than 1.

Green Screen: 24p/720p - Crossfire 'Green Screen' setting has worked very well for me.

I love all my 2012 settings regardless of what people think. They all serve a purpose else I wouldn't have bothered. What is critical is YOUR feedback, this is why I upload all the settings that I am solely satisfied with to test further in the public domain. I refuse to believe that one man can judge which is best and I do indeed LOVE and LISTEN to your feedback - it IS taken on board. Whether I reply or not. I get a ton of emails, and PV pms everyday so sometimes its difficult.

I'm very impressed with bkmcwd's 3GOP 24p modes too - and they look superb with Sedna matrix from my own tests.

To be honest, I'm not happy with any HBR/1080i/720p modes and I have personally found it difficult to find exceptional results in these modes through a variety of GOPs.

Intra SH/FSH: 720p50 as you have seen in early Driftwood Intra releases is pretty good. However, 720p60 cannot work for more than 4 seconds at Intra. Both 720 modes when adjusted affect 1080i/HBR modes (well documented in the past). 1080i/HBR Intra isn't too bad for both 30p/60i/25p/50i, however, the longer GOPs 2 (Mozes has done good work here), GOP3 see Driftwood settings, 6 Driftwood, bkmcwd and Lee Powell's are good, 12/15 GOP cbrandin or Cluster and RalphB's 18 GOP (I think Im correct?) have their followers.

When it comes to flowing detail @LongJohnSilver 's severe test (fine detail underwater) has killed many a setting including my own. I would recommend filming in 24p Intra in this situation and pro-up to 29.97fps in post. But its just a fix. I would like to see how CLuster v5 gets on with that scene before dedicating more time to these settings. Reports from drewnetwork suggest that Cluster v4 12/15 GOP handles detail and motion very very well... and Cluster v5 should help accomodate detail even further. I am looking to refine the matrix further for Cluster for these Long GOPs and sort out the laws of P and B frames (Ps really should be bigger than Bs I'm afraid and I don't believe they should share the same matrix).

A HBR Shootout, 720p Shootout and 24p Shootout is probably unfair as some people provide settings for lower bitrate consumption but as you know I always test for quality that is my objective and for that matter, bitrate always seems to be king - though a good sampling with P and B frames can get very good results. Maybe we will never get there... before the next camera comes out. But there's a whole choice of great settings out there be it cbrandin's, bkmcwd's, Lee's, Ralph's, Cake, mine and more... Whatever works and rocks your senses - use.

@MichelleLane When I do screen grabs on my Machack (Shift + Cmd + 3) the monitor resolution attached gets grabbed. In this case the monitor is in this particular case a Dell running at 2560 x 1440 resolution. Hence the size of the 'screen grab'.

@Sangye nice video @DeshonDixon Canis majoris Night is better than sedna when it comes to color correction and grading. sedna A is sharp but cm night is more filmlike with sufficient sharpness. you can push cm night upto iso2000 without any noise or little. sedna A cannot be pushed over iso1250 it introduces lots of noise above 1250.same video whch @Sangye uploaded will look better if it is CM night.

@DeShonDixon wow...that's not good at all... wasted talents....

Your video is making me want to switch back to Sedna... I love canis night personally but I'm finding hard to keep up with @driftwood and the many treats he has given us...keep up the good work

@DeShonDixon Just wanted to commend you on that fantastic video you posted a few days back. A real fantastic example of what the GH2 can do..not to mention those artists caught me by surprise. They were alot better than i expected especially the 1st guy

@Sangye Great job that was sharp af!!

@driftwood , wow, thank you for cluster v5, this works great :-) I reduced a bit bit-rate but it is amazing :-) First is HBR, second is FSH (PAL) very low light ... Also another test:

@driftwood - many many thanks for Cluster V5. Downloading 'Globular' now - though don't know how it can better the original. It recorded to a 16gig class 4 SD high and low bitrate no problems at all and the images for both are stunning. Great great work.

It looks like a drainpipe... but its razor sharpeness is simply magic. :-) Its a lovely rare lens.

@daisuke Took down 4 GH2s a nokton 0.95, OM 55mm 1.2 Old Olly, Canon 80-200mm 'Magic Drainpipe', a few fast FDs, and the Panny 7-14mm.

Cluster v5 12/15 GOP is now out. Cluster v5 is highly recommended for documentary makers and event specialists requiring high bitrate/very hi quality recordings but still well within the grasp of most SD cards.

Here's a few scenes from Cluster 5's 24p setting from a test event today. Today's footage just 'killed' two camera ops working on Sony EX3s and EX1s. They were stunned at the quality. This is the best Long GOP setting out there right now.

With Cluster v5 (pretty much the same looking as v4 12/15 GOP with even finer tuned PATCH settings, Lotsa days spent going over super-tightening quantisation, 'GOP Related' structure (allocating the balance of memory to odd/even frames), pouring over coded pictures in Elecard Buffer Analysis, checking the quantisation co-efficients in detail with Elecard Streameye Pro, analysing for any fallbacks in Stream Analyser & Streameye Pro, looking at timings, whilst retaining an eye on bitrate bandwidth. Observing the irrelevance of some of the patches in ptoolsfrom other settings... etc... etc...

One day I'll finish my book of Settings but like anytime ask away and I will try to answer any of your questions.

So is Cluster V5 (like 4) 24p just another plain setting...? Take it from me its pretty darn good :-)

This setting is dedicated to drewnetwork!

@driftwood, Hi, I'm some kind newbie here so need some expert info. Start using your patch Cluster v4 for aerial shooting and it is great. But cannot record in HD mode if HDMI cable is attach into GH2 (viewing with goggles what recording). Also test and plugin HDMI into external TV or HDMI monitor with no luck. Is there some limitation in HD rec when using external monitor+HDMI on GH2? Is there some workaround to rec in HD mode. Need rec in .mov 1080p, 25fps :(. Thanks for any info.

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