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Panasonic G6 topic, GH2 replacement camera
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  • DeadMeadowDeadMeadow

    Just part of a comedy piece I'm working on...watch in HD if it will let you

  • digitalamatordigitalamator

    no...i use ss100 with 50p. With 25p i use ss50. Why sharpness 0 ? Because it looks better than other value.

  • telagraphictelagraphic

    I've got a Sanford & Davis tripod and the screw only goes in for three turns. It's too big! I took it to a professional camera store and they said to grind it down.

    Anyone experience this with a regular tripod and the G6?

  • c3hammerc3hammer

    @telagraphic, all my tripod plates work perfectly with my G6. Two are for my Manfrotto 700RC and the others are for my Gitzo 1380 fluide head. There must be something in the bottom of the mounting hole or the thread is bad on your G6.

    Cheer, Pete

  • Manu4VendettaManu4Vendetta

    @thorgas thanks for share the test. G6 is great.

  • svartsvart

    Ok all, here is the music video I helped shoot recently. The night/outdoor/party scenes were all shot with the G6. The tunnel shots are the GH2. Lens was the 14mm 2.5 panny for the whole thing. Make sure you choose an HD playback on the youtube player.

  • tinyrobottinyrobot

    @svart Great song and video!

  • Adam_MercierAdam_Mercier

    Slow motion with the G6 and RJ speed booster... Only complain from me on this cam : build quality and weak peaking. Otherwise all good for the price! Takumar smc 50f1.4 and samyang 14t3.1 + rode videomic GO

  • oscillianoscillian

    @manu4detta Your short? Any case, wonderfully shot, edited and graded! Nice use of ambient sound.

  • oscillianoscillian

    @svart Excellent video with nicely executed theme. Oh, right choice of colour for the background ;)

    BTW Great tune, love the analogue basses!

  • svartsvart

    Thanks for the comments. The band has 4 songs on their new EP and each one of the band members will direct a video for the songs on the EP. I did the DP and technical work while the band member who asked me to help wrote it and directed it with my help. I suppose you could say I produced it. The rough editing was done by the director and I went back to try to fix all the small issues. Some of the ideas for the video didn't work out quite right because we didn't have a big enough budget to execute some things, so we had to do some strange transitions and effects in some places to make up for it. The director asked for some very specific coloring in certain spots so the places where the scenes look yellow or orange are intentional.

  • Adam_MercierAdam_Mercier

    Just noticed this, do you think it is a bug in editing software/ user error or a glitch from the cam? with the external mic it takes 12 frames to get sound, at the start of clips.

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  • WandererWanderer

    To Adam Mercier Over the weekend I tried the new "AFF" auto focus and exactly the same problem on nearly every clip.

  • Adam_MercierAdam_Mercier

    @Wanderer I used manual lenses so maybe it's a more general issue?

  • woolhatswoolhats

    @Adam_Mercier ..it is a delay on every clip ..it´s the same with omd ..i tried 2 g6 cameras..has nothing to do with lenses or external mic..the sound just starts to record 12 frames after the video

  • scryerscryer

    Hi everyone, I find one problem with my G6, today. When I turn on wifi connection and I remote controle my G6 while recording, after 30 seconds LCD screen on G6 show : Monitor is turning off, and then its turn off definitly. I cant brake it. I try to push any button but nothing stop it. Do you have same problem, and how can i fix it? Thanks for all answers.

  • DaleWDaleW

    scryer - I had the same issue so I am interested if anyone has a fix. This happened to me during my sister-in-laws parents wedding speech. I panicked and turned the camera off and on quickly - losing a section of their speech :(

    Otherwise I love the camera, and look forward to a hacked bitrate someday if it is possible :)

  • bluefoniabluefonia

    Adam_Mercier - I have a G6 and don't have the sound issue (only used internal mic though). How is your settings for Audio/Wind cut? You might try to set it to off. When set to on there is possible some kind of a noise gate opening up and it probably is not very fast to open up and that could cause the problem. On my G6 it is set to auto. Anyways, - do you really need the soundtrack (and picture) from the very moment you kick the record button? I my world that is very unusual.

  • digitalamatordigitalamator

    Adam_Mercier yes...all owners of g6 have this bug with a little sound off on start of every clip. If someone says that he dont have this prboelm...probbably he's dont know about it but trust me...everyone have it.

  • bluefoniabluefonia

    digitalamator and Adam_Mercier - I stand corrected. Indeed there is a delay in the sound. I imported a mov file into Logic Pro and the delay was exactly 7.76 frames. I come from 15 years of making films on analog gear, - Betacam SP, 16 and 35mm film. We would never expect the gear to produce neither picture or sound from the moment we hit record. I even don't trust or expect digital cameras to do that. I will always let the camera "run" for a few seconds before "action". Of course this is a personal preference and you guys might have other workflows where instant action is needed :-)

  • scryerscryer

    DaleW: ou its horrible situation, im so sorry for it. :( What number of firmware do you have? Do you tried 1.2? If you find something what can fix that problem, please write me, I try find something too

  • svartsvart

    @dalew @scryer There is no fix for what you are seeing. I mentioned this a number of times in this thread. It seems panasonic engineers didn't think that people would need both the wifi connection AND to view in camera at the same time. The camera turns off the LCD, most likely to save power while using wifi, which eats up a lot of power.

  • digitalamatordigitalamator

    I allways do like bluefonia says...start camera a few second before correctly record.

  • CFreakCFreak

    I noticed on the GH2, it takes ca .5 seconds after pressing record, for there to actually be an image recoded and when you press stop, it might be the same. However you do get picture with sound once it is recording.

  • thorgasthorgas

    A first comparison of the hacked GH2, G6 and GH3.

    More details in the video description or at my blog: http://gro.solexiv.de/2014/02/iso-comparison-gh2-vs-g6-vs-gh3/

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