I agree, just 24mb 25p and 720p, I'd be very happy. If we can have 50p, 28mb+ even better. Apart from that its all cherries on top. Panasonic should have released 25p and 24mb all formats anyway, annoyed.
Low ISOs probably hardware limited and very low level, but they would be extremely useful... Would avoid need for ND filters, and allow optimal shutter speed of 1/50 in bright daylight for much better motion.
I second the ETC changeable during recording, and it would be great to have as function key. I was shooting a wedding a few weeks ago with the f1.7 20mm, and any time I wanted to get a closeup, I would have to stop recording, set the ETC, then start again, putting a break in footage and audio. If this were seamless it would be great.
I would like 4:2:2 clean HDMI out at 10bit and 100mbps. This woud be a real bonus for pro work. As od now it is unclear whenever the machine can output that, the manual would not tell. AF10o outputs 4:2:2 @8 bit.
foorage recorded through HDMI out shows that it’s really 4:2:2 that has been deliberately crippled by Panasonic to make the camera less interesting for professional vido use. This “cripple” mainly exists of timing disturbances, applied to both the video timing (“field cadence”) as well as the timing of the separate chroma channels.
A lot, and I mean lots of people would be whooping for this.
the best of all would be to have the jpg burst mode engaged for more time than an useless 1 seconf and 2/3. That would make the GH2 a-la-par with the Red Scarlet..
I would like to see a picture of Vitaliy giving everyone the bird as soon as we turn our cameras on.
I feel this would be a very useful tool in ensuring that every shoot of mine begins with me having a good laugh. This is important to me, and could prove to be far more valuable film making tool than even the much coveted 1080 60P would be.
Actually that's an awesome idea!!! A custom Boot screen instead of that LUMIX logo screen! Sweet! But make it user definable. That way I can put my Grandma on! She looks much more interesting flipping the bird I think! :D
BTW, we've already got Languages added to the requests right? I mean this is how I originally fount out about the GH13. I needed (wanted!) English on a Japanese only camera. The GH2 is the same thing right? Asian units are Japanese only, or Chinese only - right?
Yay, you are my hero! I really hate that limit... Seriously though it's really great what you are accomplishing, thank you so much for all the work! (:
So I was thinking.... I realize now how silly it is to think that in regular 1080/24p mode you could get 4k resolution. However, thinking as an Action Script coder such as I am : ) what if you could make a setting based around the ETC mode. Like a duplicate ETC, that instead of the *parameters* being 1920x1080, it was like 4kxWhatever. So not more pixel depth per se, but just using the mode that re-analyzes what get used on the sensor, for a different purpose. Does that seem like something that could be feasible? In my head, it's like getting into the parameters of a 1920x1080 flash doc... but I know it's not that easy.
do you think something could be done regarding change (decrease) of the autofocus speed with µ4/3 lenses ? Could be nice to define a slow speed, than click on the touchscreen and having a slow change of focus (with a constant speed)