@maranfilms What do you think about video compression on G6? IMO you can get more details on GH3. Last week I came back from India. I brought tons of videos from there recorded on GH3 in different light situations. So far I didn't see any video recorded with G6 from over the internet that is able to match quality of GH3. Don't get me wrong, I would love to buy something that is the same quality of GH3 (image quality), and is cheaper, but as I said so far I didn't find any video that can compare to GH3 quality.

@prz3mo Can you put somewhere original footage from these 2 videos that you have provided here (I mean the same videos but not compressed?). Thank you.

@DanPV

You mean that you want to be maintainer of G6 FAQ? :-)

Here's a video where I used my G6 with the kit lens and a 85mm samyang with speed booster. The car mounted shots are LX7 and the shalow DOF wide angle shots are 5D MK2 raw with 24-70L. First time I really used the kit lens on the G6, I liked the stabilisation but the autofocus isn't the best and bokeh is ugly. I want to try a sigma 24-70 f2.8 with speed booster on the G6, as I already have a samyang 14mm and a 85mm. The other option is to get a samyang 35mm (not cheap) hope you like it!

@adam_mercier Is the 14-42 kit lens you used the new or the old version?

@Adam_Mercier

That's the new version...cut little thing. And go to the RJ thread. Someone's using the tamron with the RJ with good results

I really like it for documentary style work but I've been very deceived by the quality in photo mode and for cinematic video! here's what I mean about the bokeh (frame grab) :

@Spinsterboy I've appreciated the skin tones in Breaking Bones. Really good work. Is the sigma you have used the 17-35 f 2.8-4? I am considering to buy a Sigma 17-50 XR 2.8 to use with RJ speed booster and G6...what's the problem with the aperture?

@GoldHouseMedia what lens have you used in your G6 Photo Style 040614 test? thanks in advance...

I am really satisfied with G6 video quality, videos appear smooth but fortunately not excessively flat for my eye. Working with GH1& GH2, I was used to avoid contrast, while in my opinion G6 is not so sharp-tuned, it looks pretty natural. The only cons: I have the impression that skin tones can be tricky on G6. Perhaps it's a matter of white balance, I like the warm color profile of G6, cold-neutral colors appears a bit digital here... But it could be a subjective impression. One remark: it seems that it has not the same pleasant grain of GH2. I've found that gx1 has a nice fine grain using high iso, very cinematic, useful in interior scene. But for ergonomics and mic input, I prefer the G6 overall..very good cam for its price ;)

I'm probably overlooking a setting or something, but how do you set it so the screen shows what the picture will look like before you take the picture? (It shows the preview when in movie mode, but not picture).

@maranfilmsmaranfilms bravo! love that look :)

@oscillian Thank you, The music is from Gladiator, Lisa G. with my fav, James Newton Howard. I was in kind of a mellow mood when I cut it. Now that the GH4 is out, G6 footage is second hat, lol. I still like it a lot though.

Hi Everybody,

I am working on an update to the G6 FAQ page. I found this earlier discussion by @mercant about ISO settings to be interesting. Here are two video's he posted earler:

I just want to ask for everybody's opinion before I update the FAQ:

• Is it best to stick to multiples of 160 when choosing ISO?
• On the gh2 we got the best video quality by moving from a higher ISO to a lower ISO. For example say you want to shoot at iso 640. You will get better quality if you select iso 800 first and then move down to 640 rather than moving up to iso 640 from a lower iso. Is this true for the G6 too?

In that discussion (on page 11 of this thread) @ralph_b asked: "So, when you approach an ISO from a higher ISO, the picture is darker and cleaner than when you approach it from a lower ISO? That seems to be what your test is showing. Is that correct?"

@mercant replied: Yes it is, I notice some colours issues too whit the ISO going up,

Is that the opinion of most G6 users on Personal View? Post a reply below and let me know.

Thanks,

DanPV

@DanPV I am a great fan of vivitar (kiron) 28 f2, on g6 it is a very good performer...the improvement is evident with the RJSB

I agree that scrolling from right to left will result in the cleanest iso. However, on my copy at least, I've found that 640 is noisier than 800 regardless. I've been avoiding using 1/3 increments as I've found them to always to be noisier (at least when scrolling from left to right) and have been using 160, 200, 400, and 800.