Please stop using the word "video-ish". Those who achieved film-look carefully observed each steps and improved them.

@raz
Go and shoot something.

camcorderinfo.com tests are really fucked up considering many things and models.

"My opinion is that the gf2 isn't really filming HD in the first place"

It's a technical spec and not an opinion, and you're wrong

@raz

This is exactly what I discovered too.

This is answer to whom?

@driftwood Hmmm... it's true that this is the first time I've dealt with 30 pSf in Premiere Pro (I've been spoiled with native 24p on the GH2 and 5D2), but I had assumed that manually setting each clip to conform to no fields (progressive scan) in the Interpret Footage window would do the trick. Clipwrap is not an option for me (I'm on a PC), but I wouldn't have thought something like that would be necessary.

Thanks for the advice, though. I'll be testing out Rocket v3 on GF2 next and will report back. I'm absolutely thrilled with the Quantum settings on my GH2, and am excited to see what your settings can unleash on the GF2. Thanks for all your painstaking work tuning these settings!

@driftwood I'll certainly test Rocket v3 next... you're so prolific, it's not always easy for us mere mortals to keep up with your latest versions!

Your explanation sounds reasonable, but I"m not sure why Premiere is getting these erroneous B frames. Rocket v2 is supposed to be an intra setting at 30p, and indeed, Streamparser shows all I frames... is there some procedure that needs to be followed in importing to Premiere Pro to ensure that it interprets the footage correctly and doesn't use phantom b frames like this?

I tried out @driftwood Quantum X v2 Rocket on my GF2 last night, and am having a curious problem. The resulting files play back fine in VLC and look completely normal in Streamparser (which shows an average bitrate of 32 Mbps), but there are strange issues in Premiere Pro -- frames appear to be skipped and/or out of order. It's not a slow playback/rendering issue... the problem exists even when you step through the clip frame by frame in the timeline. I've not seen behavior like this from GH2 files, but have had this on nearly every clip shot on my GF2. I was shooting FSH (1080/30p) mode using the 14/2.5 lens and shooting in rather low light conditions, but don't know what ISO was selected (GF2 is auto-ISO no matter what you set). Memory card was a Transcend 32gb Class 10.

videohg, what lens did you used?

I think these settings I'm posting are stable. Whether they're good, well I'm not sure, I only shot test screens and I do not have the eye of a pro to tell much difference with small changes very well.

Changed some settings on mjpg also, seems to work and looks good, but only ~3.5 min of record time Settings Tested:
E1 Quality=300
E1 Table=24
E2 Quality=270
E2 Table=24
E3 Quality=240
E3 Table=24
E4 Quality=200
E4 Table=24

Environment: Same as above

Does the file span successfully at 4GB? No, it only reaches 2GB and does not span
Can the file be played back on the camera? No, card read error
Were there any errors? Only during playback.

MediaInfo:
Video
Codec ID : jpeg
Duration : 3mn 32s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 74.7 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 30.000 fps
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.703
Stream size : 1.84 GiB (99%)

And 1080i avc:

Settings Tested:
Video Bitrate FH/H=32000000
Video buffer=0x1800000
1080i60 FB1=783360
1080i Top Setting=32000
1080i Bottom Setting=24000

Environment: Same as above

Results:
Does the file span successfully at 4GB? Yes
Can the file be played back on the camera? Yes, although I did not test thoroughly.
Were there any errors? None Observed

Streamparser:

@videohq sure, but just note it's only changing 720p settings now.. If you want to change 1080i you need to modify it or use someone else's settings. Also note I am no expert on this, just kind of messing with settings from others. I'm hoping to post some 1080 settings too, but want to test more first.

I think in general things to keep in mind when talking about stable: What happens when the file reaches 4GB? Can the video be played back on the camera? Were there any errors? If so, describe (card, scene). Can the error be duped reliably?

Saying something like "Pretty Stable" is too ambiguous for others to understand.

I'm new at this, so here goes what is most likely a stupid question: is there any possibility of making live view AV out available while shooting video ? I ask because this little camera would be an excellent companion for my Quadcopter due to it's weight and small size. And since video quality seems no longer to be a problem… :D