@feha The only thing I can suggest is to shoot without auto-focus. Actually, you shouldn't need auto-focus anyway when shooting from a car with a wide angle prime lens, like the 14mm.

I have installed the Sanity 5. but I have a doubt, in the ptool have increased by 2 the number in the section 'Enter increment', originally this patch come marked with 1. I did well?

Thanks!

Should the firmware on my GF2 show up as v1.1 (so it does after the hack) or as v0.0 (like on GH1s)?

Just want to be sure that everything worked out fine. It seems that the 29.59 min border has been removed (time remaining is shown by 1 hour 4 min) and I also have got all the languages (that I don't need BTW... forgot to uncheck).

Would would you say?

edit: I went through this whole hacking process using this great tutorial including the vids:

http://pixelphile.blogspot.de/2011/06/gh1-how-to-hack-guide.html

Did I get it right that the firmware uses autmatically the tweaks and setting used in the actual patch - here: Sanity 5? For instance: if I choose PAL for video the gF2 or better its new firmware chooses automatically the 50p mode? And when switching to NTSC it uses 60? Is that right?

I'm just trying to understand the functionality of those hacks tweaking the firmware.

@oneday As subco suggests, try dropping the ISO down. Even going down just one notch to 2500 may make all the difference.

@ duartix I read your comments to the -very sharp- concert fotage. But I did not find with which format you fimed. 25h, HBR, 1080i, 720p? I am interested to know. Thanks

quick grab off the camera

Suspense only adds excitement to the drama ;)

Hey Aked, don't Tambo with Rambo... haha.

@Rambo & @AKED Sorry, I was using was 24H.

I've expected from Sanity 5 bitrate of HBR (customer asked 25p) about 44Mb/s , but I got on high detailed scene with Lumix 7-14mm @f/5.6 about 24Mb/s, and at scenes with very shallow DOF @Nokton 25mm @f/1.4 about 18Mb/s. Little confused about overall quality, image not looks closer to any 24p footage. And I think if more bitrate can help to improve it. Yes, I know 25HBR at interlace container not looks shine, but I would feel better with bitrate real 44 Mb/s or 66. May be possible to change VBR to CBR withSanity 5 settings? Second problem was 4-5 freezing hang out (on wedding dance party at garden) and so sad I was unable to save about 4-5 clips with message about slow cards!) It was low bitrate and fast memory cards. I shot it with 2 GH2 with Sandisk 64gb 95 MB and Sandisk 32gb 30MB - on both bodies with different cards and lenses happens same problem.

This may have been done already, but a buddy of mine borrowed one of my GH2 bodies, which was hacked with Sanity 5. I think it was Nikon lenses he used. Hopefully this helps someone. The noise in the blacks and the blue are present in the original file.

@Ralph_B

Nothing new here. I just wanted to tell you that I was totally suprised by your Sanity patch this week! V4.1 gave already very low bitrates in my (static scnene) footage from Portugal (aprox. 15mbs) and looked beautifull. V5 suprises me even more! I shot 2 scenes with stock firmware and your V5 patch. V5 rendered much cleaner footage with lower bitrates than stock settings!! Here are the grabs and stream png´s. Thanks for all the hard work! Settings: vibrant -2, 0,-1,-2,

@mo7ies Because i use vibrant -2+1-1-2 settings the stock firmware gives overly sharpenened footage and much less natural curves and blending in high contrast area's like the bridge side wooden frames in contrast with the water. The movement of the water is also far more natural @ the right side in the original footage (v5). I have also shot close-ups from trees and Sanity v5 gives much more detailed and less blocky and highlighted footage.