Hi Vitaly! Just made a contrib... (you really need to add another option- after 7) We 'pros' have had enough time to settle down from FCPX, and now we want DMC-GHX! Seriously fantastic job! Just a question Vitaly... what sort of workflow will we need when working with the HDMI output... (just simple de-interlacing-or something more exotic)... I'm ordering the Ninja for this baby!
By the way Vitaly, if in any way replying to this post stops you from working on code- just don't do it, although, I have worked with professional coders- and you guys need to blow off steam now and again,... :-) (just don't hijack heavy machinery and race it down the road).
(btw: thinking of getting you a t-shirt)
Dear me I am not usually like this... mmm... HDMI... not F$%ked up by Panny, mmm...
Hello. Thanks again Vitaly for all your work (specially for the european standart...). Just added a few $$, always glad to help people to break the rules!
I totally agree with VMEE! if you could fix the HDMI output to to 29.97 and/or 24p, that would be awesome! Right now, it outputs at 60i which isn't recognizable by WebEx. If you could correct that, I would happily be willing to pay you $200 for the solution. It would change my life!
Thank you for your continuing work on the GH2 hack. From what you've seen so far, how difficult will it be to correct the disturbed cadence of the HDMI output so we can get clean 24p out?
Do you feel the HDMI out fix is something we could expect in the first GH2 Hack release?
I see that you've changed your last message Svart. But in general, I think the missing features when using HDMI, and also the lack of focus tracking during video, are much more likely to be processing power limitations.
@v10tdi: I use manual lenses. I usually have the talent hit their marks and then use the focus assist(digital zoom) touchscreen function to get the focus dead-on. Then I mark it on the follow focus. That way at least I know I hit perfect focus through the blocking.
If you have an HDMI output, you can't use the focus assist/digital zoom at all. Even if you have the external HDMI device unplugged and you are in focus assist, as soon as you plug the HDMI device back in, the focus assist exits and you are back to normal view.
> During my last shoot we even only had a HDMI cable with bad contact, everytime after pulling it out to check focus (in some scenes that was for every single take) we had to tweak the cable for many endless seconds to get it back to work
The manual is kind of unclear to me (might just be me).
Pg84 (USA): The MF Assist is disabled whe using the Digital Zoom or recording motion pictures.
Nothing about HDMI disabling MF Assist that I could find.
I don't know if this will work - and it's certainly not an ideal workaround - but what if you adjusted the program knob to one of the photo options (maybe C3) to check focus? I'm not sure if the focus will hold when you flip the knob back to film, but if it does, then at least you wouldn't have to remove the HDMI. Just an idea...
> I can't tell you how many times I pulled the HDMI cable out so I could use that feature
Yeah, I know what you're talking about. During my last shoot we even only had a HDMI cable with bad contact, everytime after pulling it out to check focus (in some scenes that was for every single take) we had to tweak the cable for many endless seconds to get it back to work
@Svart would love to see a trailer or something when you/they finish it. People don't believe me when I explain my reason for buying this over a 5d or 7d...I even lost a gig cause the guy(moron) didn't believe me about 24mbit ACVHD....its a well implemented codec and if you just change the log/trans setting to pro res (HQ)[*its (LT) by default] in FCP your footage looks awesome...seriously for 1k this is the BEST value in the video-world...period. And with the Hack it will just get better, and better...
After using the GH2 on a real movie shoot over the last week, I'd say that the one thing that seems more useful than pretty much anything else is the ability to use the touch-zoom focus assist while an HDMI output is happening. I can't tell you how many times I pulled the HDMI cable out so I could use that feature, only to have to wait for a while for the HDMI to sync back up.
I didn't really even notice codec problems and we shot primarily in gardens and woodlands.