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  • berniezberniez

    Well my EVF is perfect (S/N ends 1009 software is version 1.00) Keep in mind there is comprehensive setup of your monitoring in the menus. There's color balance, cast, contrast etc... it's all there so you should be able to make them look right. Mine was great straight out of the box. Other people complain LCD info turning off but I love it! The histogram stays on if you set it but I don't need to see all that other stuff (which I set anyhow) cluttering up the screen when I'm shooting... great! I also love the button layout, everything is exactly where you need it. I can only guess the delivery delay was Pana fixing the issues people have had in the first release... haven't done full test yet so we shall see.

  • griplimitedgriplimited

    mine sucks as well. seriously didn't realize how good the evf on the gh2 was. just thought all evf's should be like that just like how the nex's are.

  • MRfannyMRfanny

    @ berniez whats your serial number out of curiosity,you can pm me if you want. i got mine last week from Perth and my EVF isnt great at all.

  • berniezberniez

    I've just received GH-3 that came in today at digi-direct Sydney. Of you have one on order there give them a ring, they only had 5 in the shop so I made sure I hightailed it down there to not miss out. I'm interested to see how hi ISO's perform but right off the bat, some problems I DIDN'T find. The EVF is fantastic and matches the LCD perfectly so whatever the past complaints in this arena they're GONE! The Varavon viewfinder fits, it just needs a new hole drilled in the baseplate as the screen distance from the mounting screw is about 5mm out. I was freaking out about the complaints people have posted but now after just turning it on and having no issue re viewfinder LCD I'm feeling confident... more soon.

  • mattherematthere

    @Stranger sorry to hear about your Gh3 There are a few threads that discuss corrupted clips or getting data off cards..

    Good luck!

  • StrangerStranger

    Today I destroyed my GH3......OK now stop laughing. I urgently need to recover the last unfinalised AVCHD 50p clip. The card is fine, all earlier clips play without any problem. Please can anyone point me in the right direction for a solution.....

  • RikerRiker

    I'm not familiar with the way products like these get distributed, but could it really be that all this GH3 delay is due to Panasonic putting finishing touches on the product based on few early "victim customer" reports?

    If that's so, how will users be able to differentiate early GH3 from bug-free (more or less) GH3?

  • mikelimamikelima

    @jonbeeotch, Manu4Vendetta

    My intervalometer tests do not agree with the results at timelapse.org:

    http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?301562-Requests-for-firmware-upgrades&p=1986280069&viewfull=1#post1986280069

  • jonbeeotchjonbeeotch

    About the intervalometer... YES definitely has issues. i posted a while back about it. at first i thought it might be just with long exposures and buffering times, but it isn't. its inconsistent with everything, today i did a test shooting 1 frame every 5 seconds at 1/1000 sec, same as the above video, close but totally off. been so frustrating that i have started my old external intervalometer.

  • Manu4VendettaManu4Vendetta

    Issue with intervalometer?

  • PaddyPaddy

    @azza_act "Three months later and still there's only weak little drips of GH3s. Every store in Australia, plus the world, is saying end of Feb now. You must of know it was going to be a high sell camera." To feel even better, maybe you could imagine the reason why there are so few GH3 available worldwide is because Pana are busy trying to fix the various issues that have been reported from the first models they sold?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @azza_act @mikelima @toxotis70

    Use proper topic :
    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/4641/gh3-ordering-and-availability-topic#Item_209

  • toxotis70toxotis70

    gh3 is available here one month ago, and there are plenty of kits available (only with 14-140mm).

  • mikelimamikelima

    I was a little surprised when my October preorder shipped as early as it did (December 10).

    One thing that seems certain is that it really is possible to get the GH3 to shoot too flat, something that never seemed to be an issue with the GH2.

  • azza_actazza_act

    Wow Panasonic, fuck you... thanks for the hopeless amount of GH3 bodies you have produced. Three months later and still there's only weak little drips of GH3s. Every store in Australia, plus the world, is saying end of Feb now. You must of know it was going to be a high sell camera. But still... I'll end up buying it and sure, when i finally have one i'll forget pretty quickly about the camera delay (can't imagine what the BMCC pre-order guys must be feeling like) Maybe I should of pre-ordered...

    But still, i feel like bitching.

    Ahhh.... that felt better :)

  • soundgh2soundgh2

    In the end - surely get out and shoot shit - believe me PMs don't look at aliasing - if you need to hone your skills hone em - as I sit here with the head of MTV having a kebab, he don't care what fringing you have on a lens - no really he doesn't - he cares what the post house delivers - cameras are sown up for our lifetime believe me.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @crisvpl @SuperSet

    Use proper topic for discussion or PM.

  • crisvplcrisvpl

    Thank you! but where is the New Item icon? I am not druk, but I can t find it!... Ok, I reset my workspace and I find it! Thanks!...but the same export error(disk full)

  • SuperSetSuperSet

    @crisvpl In CS6, the easiest way to do this is to drag your MOV from the Project Window onto the New Item icon in the lower right corner. CS6 will then create a new sequence, based on that clip's properties.

  • crisvplcrisvpl

    I have a problem with Mov. 1080 50p in PPro. if I choose DSLR/1080/25p sequence settings, if i export with match sequence settinge, it is rending 0,7X time, but the file is 25p. If I choose H264/50p output, is 2,5X time. What I have to do in order to have a mov. 1080 50p file output?

  • Swiss_BoySwiss_Boy

    Is it possible to record in slow motion modes and 1080/50p when an external monitor is connected thru hdmi to the gh3? I'm asking this because i know you can't record 720/50p with the gh2 when using an external monitor

  • stoneystoney

    On behalf of @HillTop1, here are the photos taken by him.

    I can't quite tell whether it fits to either Canon or Nikon. I'd be surprised if it is. Hopefully we see some 3rd party eyecup accessory at dirt cheap price!!!

    IMG_20130211_160646.jpg
    2592 x 1944 - 2M
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    2592 x 1944 - 1M
  • HillTop1HillTop1

    @stonebat, check your pm

  • stoneystoney

    @HillTop1 Can you please take a photo of the EVF after the eyecup is removed? Thanks~!

    If it looks like Canon/Nikon eyecup holder, I'm sure there will be 3rd party accessories available. With a good eyecup, it's possible to stabilize up to 40mm focal length in handheld.

  • HillTop1HillTop1

    @stonebat, yes eyecup can be separated. I have removed mine a few times. Don't have a 3rd party eyecup though.

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