I checked the topic above and switching to iso 640 from 800 or 1250 from any higher or in any combination did not resolve the issue if "THE LINE", i also checked every movie mode( cinema, standart, smooth........) nothing changed, "The LINE" is still there. the next test i shot in all of the frame modes, they all had the line, except 1 thing i noticed that when i shot 1080i and 720 60i on shutter 1/60 "THE LINE" wasn't there, as soon as i switched to 1/50 or 1/80 or other speeds, "THE LINE" showed up again :( Than i went on to a more desperate test and shot footage with every function available in the menues "ON" and "OFF"............nothing helped to resolve the issue. My conclusion is that "THE LINE" is there to stay and i just have to learn to live with it, at least for now until GH3 or RED SCARLET comes out :)

Well the same issue exists on 1080i60 at 1/120 and 1/100 when using 1080i50 - it's just more of a problem when using 24p and 25p. Annoyingly.

@mozes I think that may not be the issue - those lines are sometimes just caused by the light source itself. This issue is a fixed band that doesn't change location when run at 1/50 shutter speed and 24p/25p. You're probably seeing that as well though. But the other lines aren't related.

jey man, i hear your pain and unfortunately im in the same boat :( for now im just learning to live with that and work my way around it, learning new tricks, such as: if you shoot 24p with high iso, set your shutter on 1/40 or even 1/30 and in your picture profile set sharpness on 0 or +2 that way you will compensate in sharpness of the image shot at 1/40, and "THE LINE" moves all the way down at 1/40 and could be cropped out of the image, and of course at 1/30 its completely gone. Hope it helps to ease your day a little bit :)

@alexpj19 thanks for your help but I'm still fuming over this. It's like buying a new car (disregard the price difference) and finding out that the 2nd gear doesn't work. And the manufacturer states that the car was built that way, and not working 2nd gear is the car's characteristic. Furthermore they tell you there is no way to fix it. But hey, there's a workaround - from the 1st gear you can simply shift to the 3rd and you'll be fine.... :) Well, you get the idea. And I will not calm down until I am sure that GH2 sales has dropped to 0. Unless Panasonic readdresses this issue ;) Thanks again.

@kanintesova I can assure you Panasonic is aware of the LINE issue. They have confirmed it over the phone today. I will get onto EU Consumer Center in a next couple of days and will find out if Pany can get around it legally. My main point is that the camera is not fit for it's purpose and such a 'characteristic' (as they say) is nowhere mentioned in the User Manual. I believe if it's a characteristic - it should be described somewhere. I might be wrong. But I will find that out.

@benzopilas: I like guys like you: Take the fight :) But what I meant is: they never promised that the recording was to be perfect. We all take it as it should be a nice image. But that image could be with noise, it could be however. Where did they say this could never happen and this is the way an image should be represented?

Just my five cents. There is always a way to circumvent stuff. Especially legally - what was the deal? And since it is not proffesional gear. People in the business won't necessarily give it bad "rep". As other PRO gear would have been discussed and abandoned - but if it were PRO gear, it would cost lots more and less people (crowd) would know about it faults but when they start talking... Then PANA would listen faster to demands... Cuz the PRO's have money and (also have contacts and new customers for hi end gear)... ;)

It still sucks though!

It's weird mathematics but f**K

Yep, I'm drunk. From the Vodka belt!!!

Vitaliy! Cheers from Sweden!!!

thinking about canon or PANA for so long but this camera is much more fun! It has it quirks (like evereyone). but the new territory in image and all the lenses it si FUN and interesting. Canon just looks like Canon!

Nastarovio!

Kudos! All the best!

Yeah I do think that is the bottom line. I'm loving my GH2 more by the day and I haven't used it that much yet or produced my first video. I'm ready to go full force with it but the only nagging doubt is whether this 'characteristic' looks worse on mine than it does on some other's.. If it doesn't I can relax and work around it, if not I need to act before my 30 days is up to try a new one.. Ah decisions. ;)

Damn great cam though. Only using 1.1 at the moment but 25p HBR looks fantastic..

@JamesAllenVisual

I think it is worse on some cameras than on others. I'm uploading a video now comparing the replacement (WE1J) I got with the original (WE1S). I won't make any comments yet, but it seems to me the severity of the line varies between the two cameras. I still have both so I might do more tests to decide.

Thanks man for posting this, thats a great example of the problem im having

Nice one @shaun - great test. Anymore you can do would be awesome. I am wondering if mine show's the problem more than other's as I see it alot. I do quite a bit of outdoor shooting as night draws in though there is normally still decent street lighting and it shows up regularly - very clear. I will decide tomorrow if I'm going to return mine for a replacement. If Amazon send out a brand new one immediately like they often do it's probably a no brainer.

i have it to, but no way it is like your video shows James. i will try to make a clip, so others can see the differences...