Just some random shots I took with Valkyrie Lite at a 600 years old mausoleum. I really liked the setting and it held up pretty great during grading and little bit of scaling.

Thanks bkmcwd for your effort.

@bkmcwd

I decided to try the 64gb 45mb/s cards on the Valkyrie 444 TYPE-ZERO3_BETA2 patch. I did not experience any problems with 24p/HBR30p/720p modes. The 24p and 720p modes spanned for at least 1/2hr before I stopped the recording. In the HBR30p mode I was able to record for 15 minutes before the recording stopped. I repeated the test twice in the HBR30p mode with the same results. I am not sure what changes were made to the patch, but at least I can use my slower cards now :). I did not have a Panasonic lens on the camera, I used a Nikon 50mm 1.8g lens so I am not sure if this makes a difference but just thought that I would share this info as well.

Best Regards, ナナオ

L mount 50mm Lenses / Hacked GH2 Valkyrie Lite by bkmcwd

L mount FED 53mm F2.8
L mount CANON 50mm F1.8
L mount Jupiter-3 50mm F1.5

@Azo

Hi Nanao,

Thanks for your your comment! :-)

if you have any suggestions for a Steadicam type of device please let me know because I would like to purchase another brand.

It seems that it is very good to modify FLYCAM C5 in my friend's talk although I am not detailed about a ready-made article. It seems that however, C5 is quite heavy...

I would like to ask if you could post a picture of your custom made steadicam so I can look for something similar.

It is displayed on the beginning of my YouTube.

Hacked GH2 by bkmcwd "Valkyrie 444 TYPE-ZERO3 BETA2" Pana12-35mm + TIFFEN 72mm Variable ND Filter AVCHD24p, SS1/50, Aperture Open, ISO160-400, WB Outdoors under a clear sky, NOSTALGIC(-2,-2,+1,-2) Transcode from MTS to ProRes422 by Adobe Media Encoder CS6 Exposure & Color Adjustment, Edit by FCPX Music: http://www.jamendo.com/95626(Fragilita)

@bkmcwd

Awesome steadicam footage, especially the backpedaling part near the end! Did you use a vest or was it all handheld? Thanks.

@ bkmcwd

Very nice job on flying, I purchased a Glidecam several years ago and was never able to master it. It takes a lot of practice and patience to master it and it seems that you have mastered this delicate art. The footage looks phenomenal! I don't see any motion blur that I normally see while shooting 24p (High Details and Motion Test) for this type of scenario. This may be the all in one patch that I was looking for from the very beginning.

Thank you or uploading these videos and showcasing what your patches are actually capable of. The (Close Up & High Details Motion Test) are very helpful.

あなたにナナオありがとう

@Aashay

What is the reason for suggesting against using Lite for 24p work, If I may ask?

If your request is taken into consideration, I will recommend you Valkyrie 444 Lite or GOLGOP3-13-MAX2.

This is for mainly saving file size. In the scene to which fine details spread on the whole screen, G-MAX2 may do better work. If there is no such scene, 444 Lite may exceed in all.

I think that you need some prior tests. :-)

@bkmcwd.. Since that throws Lite out of the question for me, what would you suggest for this shoot I have coming. It's a 200yr old Mosque on banks of Ganges and I was hoping to get great detailed mural/paintings/sculpture shots but not get intra like file sizes as well. What is the reason for suggesting against using Lite for 24p work, If I may ask?

@coors

Lovely horse! :-)

Can you upload this modified ini file?

@bkmcwd Dechecking the 1080 modes brought undesired side effects, noise and slight rolling shutter jello, so I tried changing the 1080i GOP length parameters to match those of the 720p GOP lengths. Here is a 720p_50 test shot of GOLGOP3-13-Max with 1080_50i GOP length set to 6GOP:

In my opinion, I've never had such rock solid 720p from GF2 before this.