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GH5 Panasonic camera, from anticipation to love or hate
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  • jamesbjamesb

    "180 fps (as with any of the FHD slow mo modes) look much better than the softish looking 96fps GH4 mode." driftwood

    Thanks driftwood, I would imagine it is not as good as the 24,30 or 60fps 1080p due to compression bit rate limits; but being better than the 96fps GH4 VFR is a big plus.

    Is there any sensor crop at 1080p? GH4 aliased in 1080p and not in 4k, I assume the GH5 is similar. If they are reducing the full sensor to 1080p I would be impressed and it should look extremely detailed.

  • VeskuVesku

    Sony shows and even Panasonic when shooting video with 4k/6k photo. It works very well and shows automatic values with 1/3 EV steps while the result is smooth.

  • EnoEno

    @Vesku , I think some values which are in automatic can't be shown on display cause they may be constantly and rapidly changing with the exposure.

  • VeskuVesku

    @Vitaliy_Kiselev

    Sorry. This was feature info of GH5. Not many are reading my exposure topic.

    I think this is more important feature than focus peaking or histogram or zebras. I think many would be angry if Panasonic has decided for some reason to leave peaking. Panasonic courages using auto exposure with new features like auto iso in M, iso range and new stepless aperture lenses and then makes it harder to use by not showing what the camera is doing. How can I set up auto iso in M if I can not see the iso?

    GH5 is a consumer camera and not all users are film makers. Photographers sure wonder if their new camera is broken when exposure numbers disappear when switching to video mode. At least I wondered it with my first Panasonic.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @VEsku

    I think best idea is to focus discussion of such thing in http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/15142/why-panasonic-exposure-so-simple-and-limited

  • VeskuVesku

    Can someone explain the LOGIC why exposure info is visible when taking photos but not when shooting video?

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev
    • NX1 size - 138.5mm x102.3mm x 65.8mm, weight is 550g
    • GH5 size - 138.5mm x 98.1mm x 87.4mm, weight is 725g

    And if you look at MB you'll also see how superior NX1 engineering had been.

  • driftwooddriftwood

    180 fps (as with any of the FHD slow mo modes) look much better than the softish looking 96fps GH4 mode.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Andrew

    I talked to Panasonic’s Matt Frazer to clarify the use of H.265 on the Panasonic GH5.

    By it’s very nature, H.265 is a long-GOP codec which does not store every individual frame as would an ALL-I recording mode.

    Matt says Panasonic are at the moment using H.265 only for the 6K Photo Mode as a way to compress the very high resolution 18MP images at high frame rates to smaller files without compromising quality.

    Nothing new here, except very technically incorrect statement. H.265 can be intraframe and it is not "long-GOP in nature", H.265 is significantly more efficient compared to H.264 as intra codec.

  • HillTop1HillTop1

    For me I love all the new add-ons for the GH5, but the only thing that's holding me back is the iso performance. If it has usable iso up to 6400 like how Nick video claims, I will definitely buy 2. Come wedding season, they will pay their self off easily. I would have preordered them if they had a good test showing the iso performance has being improved. This has being my one biggest grief with the GH line. I skipped the GH4 and if iso on GH5 is good, I am in.

  • rolyroly

    @cas1

    I doubt it, it's not on sale yet. Anyone getting their hands on one will have a pre-production version, so any tests won't be valid.

  • cas1cas1

    Can someone with a GH5 test the AF?

  • lmackreathlmackreath

    I do the odd paid gig like weddings but they are few and far between which suits me as I have a day job. At the end of the day I film family and you can do that with an iphone!

    But I do like the idea of the right tools for the job, and for me with a small footprint, handhelp, no rig, mic etc something like inbody stabilisaton would improve the look of my work. I purchased the gopro karma grip over the holidays and have been blown away by the smooth cinematic shots I can pull off, so much so that I would use it more than the GH4 for anything but static shots....

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @lmackreath

    Again, wait for late April.

    It is absolutely no need to preorder GH5 now, until you know how it will pay for itself.

  • lmackreathlmackreath

    Thinking hard about whether I not I can pull the plug on the GH5 or to get the G80. I have the GH4 currently and love it, but the thing I wish I had the most is the in built stabilisation. The G80 offers that, and in theory I could sell my GH4 with a lense for the price of a new G80.

    The 10 bit doesnt interest me, and the 4k 60p would be nice but not essential.....and it seems low light performance hasnt really improved that much....

    Tough choice, and tough justification to the wife to spend £1699 when she says "why do you need it?"...and I say..."well i dont....i just want it!"

  • VeskuVesku

    The new focus pull function is nice. Even better would be ability to drive focus motor by pressing FN-buttons. It would be easy to add to that feature.

  • gabiloursongabilourson

    question : is form factor of GH5 is ok with GH4's cage ?

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    Marketing Interview

  • SpectraSpectra

    This camera looks amazing...been waiting for a camera with 4k 10Bit 4:2:2 internal codec. Thanks Panasonic.

    @dacloo

    I suggest you look at Trucrypt - its free and uses AES256 bit encryption...you could copy all your camera files to a couple of Trucrypt volumes at the end of each shoot if you need to...

  • dacloodacloo

    I wish camera manufacturers started offering in-camera encryption of video files, so that files cannot be interpreted unless you have the password. Some sort of hardware chip that doesn't delay encryption.

    Ideal when shooting confidential material & having your camera stolen. Or recording in politically sensitive countries and war zones.

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  • joetheprojoethepro

    @Eno nevermind, must be thinking of something else

  • EnoEno

    @sammy, sorry, I copied your nickname by mistake.

  • sammysammy

    @Eno ? I think your directing your reply to the wrong person?

  • nic2011nic2011

    Footage was shot by Nick Driftwood

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