I think Nick is a good actor and is using his acting skills in the interview, even though it is clear he really likes the camera. I believe he is making the most of an opportunity to help sell as many of these as possible so we will have a GH5 to look forward to in the future.

Everyone I talk to about shooting video on a DSLR thinks Canon is the best at video based on the name alone. We need more videos like Nick did to get the word out that this is possibly the best hybrid video/stills camera as of May 2014.

Anyway, I respect Nick and think that his motives are to further the community even at the risk of being misunderstood.

@caveport of course. I'm certain they just meant it had no stabilization in post. But what kind of surprises me (well, surprise might be a strong word since these ARE forums!) is that the clip doesn't get some praise. If it is a genuine GH4 video, it's one of the best I've seen: colors aren't over-saturated, very little aliasing or moire, and the best drone footage yet. Watching it in 1080, I realize that's probably how I'm going to work with the camera for the most part: shoot in 4K and downscale to 1080. I just hope we can get some good CineLike to download and play with.

Nope didn't get a penny off Pany to do that. Wouldn't take it if they offered. I like the GH4. There, I admit it. Doing the interview was fun. We had a laugh and it went live! Hey what the fuck!

What it means is that I get more info and valuable time with Panasonic for personal-view.com. I will be doing an in-depth report on all the features of the GH4 this weekend - so any questions that need answering email/pm them asap.

@endotoxic I wrote a few notes and wanted to include it, so, here and there I did read from a note or two! C'mon, it was an on-the-spot- video done quickly! I was invited to put across my thoughts to Jessops store visitors in layman's terms. Just remember this: Good relationship with Panasonic = good relationship for p-v. Simple. And that's what its all about.

GH4 still produces the same "thin" picture.

"Thin picture", "improper skin tones", "slightly rotten high frequencies"... good sequence of bullshit.

It would be nice if GH4 can recall the previously used shutter speed in creative movie mode and photo mode when switching between vid and still

@driftwood It looks like you were having a great time there. I for one can't wait for May to roll around.

Does anyone know if the Stop Motion feature has onionskin?

@c_adams , i don't think so, i think except EU even Australia PAL is in use ...

I have taken some 4k video posted from the GH4 converted it to 1080 using the Edius AVCHD converter. It dosen't have to be a AVCHD file to convert to the Edius HQ (fine) codec. It played well on Edius 5.51 and looked very good to me played back from my timeline out to a 1080p monitor. I think my workflow will be to shoot in 4K, convert to Edius HQ, edit and output to the web. I will have to find another application to edit the 4K files as Edius 5.51 only goes up to 1080.

I found this program to downscaling 4K. I have not tried it yet. http://www.firecoresoft.com/convert-4k/downscale-4k-in-prores.html Do anyone have experience with this program?

Nick did a great job, what people don't understand is that with a pre-release camera you just cant waltz about and expect to be given time with it with an indication of not playing for the team in some way. Driftwood knows how to play the game, you have to be encouraging and genuinely excited about the product as that is what will sell the gear to the viewers.

Some review sites that are overly critical usually are left with a loan or purchase once the product is out to review it loosing on exclusives and early testing. It doesn't mean Nick was out to be a PR person for Panasonic, he managed to channel the enthusiasm and at the same time show a lot of the features on a quick interview. You are not going to be negative or critical this early in the game especially with a pre-release product, you need time and a few shoots to measure the true strengths and weaknesses of a product and do a fair assesment that is of some worth.

@driftwood

First off thanks for everything, the info you will provide will be of most importance, second the following tests would be ideal if you have time and are just ideas:

-Rolling Shutter against GH2 or GH3 mounted side by side or on the hot shoe.

-Cinegamma D and V vs standard profile on the same shot, hopefully with a person in the shot.

-Pedestal before and after tweaking.

-Slow Mo Mode 96f how long can you record and quality compared to regular 1080p, maybe the quality is reduced like in the FS-700

-AF tracking moving targets and faces.

-Fast pan for finding Mud on 4k and 1080p. Detailed scene.

-5 seconds of Cinema 4k and 5 Sec of Standard 4k to see differences in crop factor & quality.

-Ask it if it can do an English Breakfast? ;-)

Thanks again!

It may be that some programs will be better than other for downscaling, but I just took the footage EP provided and did a bog-simple 50% scale in AE and it looked great at 1080p. Of course it already looked great at 4K, so perhaps not the best test. Very curious to see what downscaling does to a noisy high ISO shot.

Anyone tested these out on greenscreen? Would downscaling 4k 4:2:0 into 1080p 4:4:4 give a better key? I would love to see a greenscreen test with this baby both under ideal conditions (even lit screen, good distance from subject, good lighting setup on subject...) and not quite so ideal conditions (i.e. badly lit screen, 50 cm from subject, 20$ eBay muslin wrinkled fabric and work lights, in other words your average garage sci-fi production setting)

Any idea what sort of recorder can record 4k from the HDMI output? I haven't found any - at least not anything remotely budget friendly.

I'm torn between this and the BMPCC because this would be awesome because it is still a hybrid with great still photo features, the BMPCC is a video-only camera, and less "wife-friendly" but it's cheaper and probably better for greenscreen because of the raw features.