Hey everyone. I shot a save the date video for a couple over the past three weeks. And here is the video. High iso shots are very useable finally. Easy to fix the noise too with Magic Bullet Denoiser. Haven't tried it with the NeatFilm though. Overall, camera was great to use except for the damn faulty EVF. Such a shame. So i used a cheap LCD VF from ebay on the LCD display. Great dynamic range, footage is very malleable specially when isolating colors and using power windows. Shooting with the Lumix Lenses was hard because everything was razor sharp even with the profile turned down and with a ND Fader. Non Lumix lenses were a blast to use because it made things more cinematic to me.

Does anyone know if panasonic will fix the EVF issue when you send your camera back?

Lenses used: Lumix 14mm (flycam shots, sushi), Lumix 20mm (Campfire, home movies), Canon FD 28mm (ice cream parlour, date), Nikon 50mm (kite shot, first kiss), Soligor 135 (Introduction shot and closing shot), Sigma 24-70 (Supermarket, Arcade, Laptop)

I haven't been around here much lately, but now that Panasonic are releasing a new Firmware update for the GH3 I'm thinking of picking up the camera again. Just wondering how Mr @Shian and Mr @Driftwood are finding the GH3 now? What are your "longish" term observations? Still a reasonable professional production tool? Are hacks imminent?

I also want to mention that Rankin Film Production will be doing a series of 1 minute shorts with the GH3 by end of March, I'm really curious to see what they come up with: http://www.photographyblog.com/news/panasonic_partners_with_rankin_film_productions/ http://rankinfilms.com/home/

@vicharris the 'Discovermirrorless' guy's presentation style comes across too infomercial like for my taste. Needless to say, their YouTube channel does provide decent M43 camera product news.

Haven't seen too many other people complaining about this (and the question has yet to be answered) - so perhaps we are missing something. How can you keep the display from turning off after 10 secs? It's annoying if trying to monitor histogram and exposure...

@timfrakes I'm not a big fan of speeded up video, but that's pretty darn smooth.

@ishhy

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/115213#Comment_115213

It was in slightly weird topic, but it is annoucment :-)

Just Released! New GH3 Firmware had been announced at Panasonic Japan Web site along with new firmwares for three lenses. http://panasonic.jp/support/info/dsc/update_gh3.html (Japanese) It says the release of the new firmware will be around the end of March 2013.

GH3 1.Wi-Fi connection with PC name（For Apple Mac NetBIOS name） 2.MP4 Mode will get 1920x1080 60p and 28Mbps Mode

Lenses (H-PS14042, H-PS45175 and H-FS45150) improvement for AF Speed and continuous photo shooting in AFC, etc...

I have no further info, just translating this newsto be shared. Stay tune for the English or Global site's announcement...

I can never take that guy seriously anymore. I asked him on his page why he used cam audio for such a review if him and his friend are such pro shooters. He said he doesn't have time for something like that, told me unless I had something important to say, to go away, then deleted my comment. I just figured if you are presenting yourself as some sort of expert or pro and review products, maybe your sound should be better than an 11 year old doing a video on their phone. Just my two cents.

We recently tested a number of new SLR-like (mirrorless) cameras, and we were surprised to find that one, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3, scored higher than all the SLRs tested in this group.

In addition to scoring well in the Ratings, part of the story revolves around how the Lumix DMC-GH3 and other SLR-likes have built in many of the features consumers want. For example, the GH3 is one of the few advanced cameras with a swiveling touch-screen LCD. And you can set focus and shoot by touching the display. You can find this feature on some smart phones, but most SLRs won't have it, as they don't have touch screens.

http://news.consumerreports.org/electronics/2013/02/slr-like-panasonic-lumix-dmc-gh3-outscores-slrs-in-consumer-reports-lab-tests.html

:-)

Thanks Nick, I'm happy to be proven wrong, shooting an interview later today with the gh3 and the cluster x drewnet, I'll try to squeeze in an extra camera with moon and compare all three and re-evaluate. Thanks for all of your work.

the drewnet 6 gh2 hack may test better on a death chart, but in real world footage, i'm still finding the gh3 outclassing every gh2 hack, including drewnet 6. i'm not meaning to downplay the work nick has done, these hacks are incredible and drewnet 6 is no my go to hack for my three gh2's which serve as b-cams to my gh3. obviously personal preference plays a role in all of this.

Cluster x trial 5 is much better,. Just loaded and grabbed few low light shots,..@thepalalias any plans for comparision test in 24p ,, between Sedna canis intravenus and cluster x t5 ??