That is the ranking of the sever testers form the German “Stiftung Warentest“. As you see the Panasonic Gh3 ranked as current best DSLR+Mirrorless System Camera. Also the compact cameras from Panasonic and Olympus are on top of the list. Quite an astonishing result! That said there is no such thing as a perfect ranking and testing. It all depends from what you need :)

http://www.43rumors.com/the-camera-quality-ranking-from-stuftung-warentest-germany-in-stock-at-amazon-on-sunday/

I was really on the fence between GH3 and D5200. Being a long-time Nikon owner I was pretty excited about the performance I have been seeing from the D5200 but I needed to make a choice and just go with it. I took a chance and just ordered my GH3 this morning from Texas Media Systems. I should have it by end of week and look forward to field-testing.

@feha, @aljimenez, @Pulse Thanks guys! For the panning and such, i haven't experienced choppyness at all. Im sure I just haven't done anything to encounter it yet but I may experience this soon as I've seen a few posts with the same issue. A lot of the the shots were in 60p and when in 24p i was using a monopod or tripod. I am going to shoot a music video this saturday and if I come across this problem I'll let you know what may be causing it.

Otherwise it is all about settings, 24p i shoot in 1/50th shutter and 60p I go up to 1/125 or 1/160th. When I watched Philip Bloom's GH3 video, I observed the panning shot with the corvette speeding down the highway. I think he shot at a higher frame rate then conformed it to 24p. The cards I use are the 95mb/s Sandisk cards. Maybe a higher quality card would help you@Pulse. Thanks again guys!

@emonty

Always use search. Plus this topic is not for this, it is mostly for Issues topic.

http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/5969/gh3-lcd-hinge-cover-fix#Item_3

@Conundrum Yeah its weird, I directed a shoot with 5d MKIIs and IIIs as well as sony fs100 on a slider.... all running at 25p- never seen anything but normal fluid action from them ( i know...they cost more)

This mild flicker / strobing is unfortunately slightly unconvincing.... as it takes my mind of what I should be doing which is being absorbed by the material.... But I will do your tests you suggest and then judge....

Btw - Which settings should strobing normally be un-noticeable? Like real life, non digital, fluid motion? Should it be 24p with 40/50 Shutter, or 25p, or 50p?

If the tests come out with something useful I'll post them, if this has all been user error and my ProCamera friends shows me something I completely missed I will post that too.... Best.

Thanks Conundrum, I will do precisely those tests, it will help when I go back to the shop to have all of those ready if it still does the strobing, I really dont want to return the camera but I completely understand your reasons for doing so - it is a size able investment, and this is all about capturing life at the end of the day....it should look life like!

Robbin I use a mac book pro and a apple cinema display.... this kind of set up is what 99% of my audience is going to use in the next years, I might submit stuff to film festivals at some point but for now its Vimeo and Youtube.

Thanks for the replies.

@Pulse You need to set your shutter to 50 to loose the strobing effect. It has to be the closest multiple to your actual recording frame rate.

Hi Conundrum, I am using the 35-100 2.8 and the 20mm Pancake 1,7 Lumix lenses. Both are excellent. I have been going through all the codecs with diff. frame rates, and have lost many hours trying to resolve this. right now I have convinced myself the only thing close to a natural life motion is AVCHD 24FPS with shutter at 30/40. Everything else strobes more or less and looks pretty unnatural to me.... it sucks cos I really really like the GH3 but this is a major issue because part of what I use it for is product videos and there will always be some smooth tracking shots required.....

I read your previous posts.... didn't you give your camera back? I dont want too, but may have to if I cant get one basic smooth pan out of it.

@stanlymanly2 Great video! yeah there is some cinematic vibe there for sure. Say how did smooth panning and tracking shots work for you, I had my camera a little over a week and am still having trouble with choppy motion, pans etc.

if anyone has a tip for this would be awesome, I wonder if it is my SD Card. 32BG Gold Panasonic SDHC I,Write 45 MB/s.

I love this camera, but am a bit down that I cannont figure out how to get smooth tracking / motion... :(

Greetings

@stanlymanly2 , great work!