Hi again,

When you can see the video, carefully watch the histogram. When I start recording, the historgram waves move right and when I stop, they move left again.

Should I get a replacement?

Is this normal?!?

@alecR can you describe in more detail what is happening? what lenses are you using? Also do you have i.dynamic mode on?

I would always dial in a manual kelvin setting. I dont use the preset options (cloud, sunny etc)

@sugareffect forgive me for asking the obvious...... you are setting colour balance manually?

@maxr Hey there, really thanks for your help, especially the v1.1 firmware file. What solved the problem is exactly what you did as well. If anybody's got pre-programmed Timelapse start/stop (wake from sleep issue) as well, here are the steps that will solve the problem.

Initial problem for me: Timelapse starts with the "Start Now" option but NOT at the option with a pre-programmed start time. Camera will go to sleep after pressing shutter button and never wakes up at the right time to take the timelapse sequence.

Firmware updated directly from v1.0 to v1.2 without going through v1.1

Solution: 1) Downgrade to v1.1 (ask generous @maxr for this if you couldn't find it). 2) Once firmware is downgraded, you could still experience that the issue still persist, at this point, go to the setup menu and find "Reset" and say "Yes" to all types of reset. 3) Once this process is done, you can test the pre-programmed timelapse and it should work. 4) Proceed to upgrade to v1.2 as usual, and it should work properly at the newest firmware version as well.

The RESET in v1.1 is the key to the solution of this problem. I tried resetting in v1.2 before and it doesn't work for me.

Hope that helps.

@jonpais THX for responding. You did it anyway corrections to the LCD? What? I also noticed that the camera underexposes a little bit.

the audio noise you are hearing sounds like an audio feedback loop, if your LCD monitor has a built in speaker you need to turn down volume as is is feeding back through the camera mic..

@JackBayer I have the same issue with my Lilliput into my HDMI. It makes me nuts.

Here's a vid:

Any thoughts????

Just a guess, I haven't used Timelapse other than starting it immediately, but maybe you have to disable "Sleep Mode"...

@h2otara do U have a GH3? Because it is very easy to check, your guess is incorress :P , it works (tested) even with sleep mode set to 1 minute, which is minimum time option

When you say "alarm" mode you just mean setting a tone for the electronic shutter so you know that an image is being taken right?

@i3_theanswer sorry to mess you up with my stupid lexicon man, I mean TL programmable start time

STEPS for programmable start time TL

1. Go into the timelapse mode to set up interval and number of total expositions, click set (ok button)
2. Select "Start Time" then "Start Time Set" and then indicate time you desire, click set (ok button)
3. Select "Start" then fully press shutter button, NOW GH3 goes to sleep then wakes and starts shooting

If you want to double check that TL is set you go into the menu and it will only show the red camera symbol

IMHO all interface experience it's badly thought out and quite confusing = not intuitive

Allow me to ad that "new" silent mode is total bullshit, why? Because if you set GH3 to silent mode it automatically turns on Electronic Shutter and off any light beam assistant and beep (shutter) sound, till here all good (or at least as supposed to) BUT if you want to change again to normal shutter you have to go into the menus and first turn silent mode off and then still change from Electronic Shutter to normal one... even if you assigned a Fn button to do so wont work till you disable silent mode... absolute fail and no point as takes too long. Possible solution; assign a Fn button to change to electronic shutter in photo mode and Tele Ex in video mode, then kill any beep and light assist, this is what I do.
    
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@maxr Thanks so much for the v1.1 file and the tips. When you say "alarm" mode you just mean setting a tone for the electronic shutter so you know that an image is being taken right?

I just downgraded to v1.1 and the camera still go to nap and doesn't wake up at the programmed time. I wonder if I am doing something wrong. And also, do others have the same issue as me?

Are these the steps you have set it up with? 1) Go into the timelapse mode to set up the start time, shooting intervals etc. 2) Go back to the main timelapse menu and navigate to the top "Start" press "Set/Enter" 3) Camera prompts press shutter to start, press shutter all the way down.

At this point the camera will go into sleep mode and I would assume that it should wake up to take pictures at the programmed time. Mine keeps in sleeping mode way past the time without taking pictures. I press the shutter to turn on the camera again and noticed its still in set timer mode, it asks me to press F1 to pause, or end the timelapse.

In other words, it didn't start by itself, please let me know if I have done any of the steps wrong.

Thanks.

I've had the same/similar issue maxr... You are talking about the pre-programmed timer function of the timelapse right? Not the "Start Now" option. I can do the "Start now" way but whenever I programmed the time to start, it will go to sleep, and it doesn't wake up at the pre-programmed time! Thanks for the possible solution, let me try this, I did update directly from v1.0 to v1.2 and skipped v1.1... where can I find a v1.1 file again?

Oh, it was my monitor problem. Just try another one and all works fine.