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GH4 - Best Video Settings
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  • WalterHWalterH

    Thanks for mentioning that, Kikojiu. Just trying to get a feel for what's reasonable to expect with this new camera vs. not.

  • kikojiukikojiu

    Mine has exactly the same problem. I think this is a camera limitation. I wish it wasnt as i really love all the GH line. However in low light can t even be compared with the 1DC. I believe it is a question of sensors.

  • WalterHWalterH

    I have been getting to know my GH4 this past week and wow, you really can introduce shadow noise if you want to by combining mstr pedestal with boosted shadows, etc.

    But I find that I am seeing fine shadow noise at base ISO even in fairly low-contrast scenes like this one - the blue of my shirt is quite noisy. Curiously, less so at ISO 400 and exposure adjusted accordingly. This was shot with me about one stop underexposed to preserve the sky - not much.

    My settings are Natural -5, -3, -3, -3, ISO 200, mstr ped 0, 0-255, no adj to highlights and shadows. Whether CineD, CineV, and NR at 0 and even increasing exposure one stop and losing the highlights slightly, I still see this fine noise.

    I know others have mentioned this issue but I am unsure that it is a settings issue or when do you know that your camera should be exchanged for another?

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  • SeekingHeartwoodSeekingHeartwood

    @5thwall http://tv.adobe.com/watch/creative-cloud-for-video/adobe-speedgrade-cc-shot-matcher/ also pm'ed you in case this gets booted for being off topic

  • EliasDEliasD

    Lens: Olympus 12-40mm f2.8

  • x_worpig_xx_worpig_x

    @EliasD That clip looks amazing! What lens were you using? Any more footage?

  • EliasDEliasD

    A closeup from a priest, 4K UHD, cine V, contr -2, sharp -5, nr 0, sat -2, hue 0, graded at premiere cc w/ filmconvert +sharpness

  • valpopandovalpopando

    @mrbill Thx just CINE D -3-3-5-3-0

  • 5thwall5thwall

    @seekingheartwood can you post your workflow or pm me directly?

  • theconformisttheconformist

    I've found shooting at 200ISO is ideal when using 96fps. The image seems to totally fall apart in low light at higher ISOs. I shot slow motion at nighttime at 800ISO and it looked like footage from an old VHS tape, really strange.

  • Rivo_KikkulRivo_Kikkul

    Also 1080 96fps on GH4 is better than 7D 1080 or other bit cheaper canons.

  • FilmingArtFilmingArt

    Let me just put it this way...... 96fps on GH4 looks better than 720p on 5D Mark III.....

    If people use 5D Mark III for video professionally in it's compressed format, I think GH4 is more than enough, Most people who pixel peep don't even shoot for a living let alone make any money from it. There is nothing wrong with that, but please put everything into perspective. Yes 96fps is softer, but still MUCH better than many other cameras. Also remember GH4 has great 1080p 60fps mode as well if you need best detail.

    Furthermore I would not shoot in Cine D as I've found it really destroys skin quality, I would be shooting in Natural or Cine Like V and adjusting contrast/color/sharpness settings in camera.

  • SeekingHeartwoodSeekingHeartwood

    @5thwall No color charts needed

  • nobbystylusnobbystylus

    I have to agree on the 96fps. To me it looks great. Not as sharp or quite as well encoded but basically really usable and fantastic to have. Tips for shooting in 96fps - don't go super flat, bring back sharpness in camera to -2 no lower, make sure shutter is 1/200 or 180 degrees.

  • c3hammerc3hammer

    96 fps is far from bad. Some of you guys and your bs about this cams features and "look" sound completely ridiculous. If this isn't good enough, by all means go buy an fs700 or phantom, but for the rest of us playing in this realm, 96fps is an amazingly good tool to have in the quiver. There's no other cam at even 4 times the price that can touch this. What could you possibly be complaining about?

    Cheers, Pete

  • AronJAndersonAronJAnderson

    @ mo7ies To bad 96 is bad, doing 1080 60 is how I did this on the GH3. Wish 96 was better.

  • mo7iesmo7ies

    In my experience, GH4's 96fps looks heavily aliased and not quite HD on scenes with lots of details and movement. Think Times Square NYC. However, on relatively simple scenes, it may look OK.

    Workaround: if you deliver in 24p, just shoot 1080p60 in 200Mbs and then slow down in post to 24p. Not quite like 96fps, but image quality is very good, and you can compensate for the difference (and then some) with Twixtor.

  • AronJAndersonAronJAnderson

    Yeah maddog I do some video for broadcast here in Puerto Rico and 720 and even SD is used. I also think 720 still holds for the Internet being that most people watching YouTube don't switch the video to HD and uploads and streaming is faster. But I think I'll still upload in HD just so people won't loose their minds if it's not in 1080. I'm not hearing others say how bad the 96 fps looks. I'll google it now. That's to bad it's that bad.

  • mrbillmrbill

    @valpopando - lovely stuff! Profile?

  • valpopandovalpopando

    Short color grading test with Filmconvert pro , and Cine Style filter

    and Tested new uploading features 4K on vimeo on new FCPX 10.0.2 ( do you see any difference ?)

    ...Nothing special silly video LOL !!But maybe finally I got what I would from GH4 ! and still loving my Nokton 17,5mm

  • Rivo_KikkulRivo_Kikkul

    We would def make good use of a high bitrate hack when it comes to 96fps.

  • thornthorn

    Many American broadcasters will be accepting 720 for the next few years, because that's the end signal they're delivering.

  • maddog15maddog15

    @AronJAnderson Yeah, when you take the 1080p footage and scale it down on a 720p timeline edit it's not too bad. But editing the VFR footage in 1080 is really bad. Looks like footage that was shot @ 6 to 8Mb/s. For Consumers, Prosumers, Professionals and Manufacturers its all about 4K. I feel like editing in 720 is slowly becoming a thing of the past. Though TV stations are still accepting 720p for broadcast I think it's best for web delivery in most cases.

  • AronJAndersonAronJAnderson

    I did a quick video showing that you can take that digital look out of the GH4. So far I love the cinelike D profile.

  • AronJAndersonAronJAnderson

    @maddog15 that don't look to bad at least on my iPad mini.

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