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GH2 better than second GH1?
  • I'm really happy with my GH13 and wondering whether the GH2 offers significant improvements on the image quality? I'm not worried about the faster autofocus or the touchscreen focus (which does look nice) as I'm slowly adding to my gear bag and plan for rails and followfocus eventually along with some of the manual lenses recommended here.

    At the moment I'm very pleased with the Powell settings on Vitaliys awesome hack along with a 14-45 lumix and a 0.8x adaptor on a Glidecam HD-1000, and while I haven't had much low-light work it is a possibility. But I'm also keen to know whether the GH2 is as good as the GH13 (excellent!) for running shots with detailed background?

    Some early samples: GH13 with 50mm Nikon 1.4 manual and 17mm 2.8 Olympus pancake http://www.youtube.com/user/BRANZmedia#p/u/1/znFMbC43GvM

    and GH13 with Samyang 8mm 2.8/Olympus 17mm 2.8, plus Olympus FT-1 for shots in rain http://www.youtube.com/user/NZOrienteering#p/a/u/1/opsrj7-HoTQ

    Cheers, and thanks Vitaliy for the great hack/forum!
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  • PAL or NTSC?? 1080p or 720 50/60fps??

    If it's PAL maybe want to stick with GH13, i'm not moving till GH2/3/4 whatever has 25P and decent 50p
  • Thanks - NTSC and 720 60fps is my usual preference for running shots.
  • The 75 peak reliable V2 lpowell works best for me with lot's of camera juggling around. Too much jello in 1080.
  • Check out the GH1 vs GH2 thread I created, which is essentially asks the same question you did. I'll see if I can find it and put a link here. Ah, here it is: http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/451/hacked-gh1-vs.-hacked-gh2/p1
  • @MrAnthony thanks, plenty to think about there