Here is a short test I recently shot. Shot with a hacked Panasonic GH2 camera. I used Sedna C patch by Nick Driftwood. Simply fantastic - thank you! Just some test shots to see how regular 24p mode intercuts with 24p ETC mode. I am very impressed. ETC mode is very handy. All ants shots are in ETC mode. Shots intercut very well, sometimes regular 24p mode looks too smooth compared to ETC but in this particular test it works out fine. I did not use the full potential of macro in ETC mode. I simply didn't have the right macro lens. With macro lens (which usually has a higher optical resolving power) this could have been much better. ETC is a really tough test for any lens designed for full frame, APS-C or even a m4/3 sensors. Those lenses simply don't squeeze the optical resolution in 2/3" image circle - instead the resolution is spread out on a much bigger area. I am impressed how well a humble Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AIS performed in ETC mode, shot at f/2.8 - f/8 - beyond that effects of diffraction are immediately visible. I think I might have used a wrong ISO setting which resulted in a known 320/640/1250 ISO bug (higher noise). I am not sure, maybe ETC mode introduced it, too. Seems to me that it is a red channel that is prone to noise in this mode, look at all the browns. Greens are super smooth, blue looks good too. I look forward to shooting more with this patch. Possibly Sedna A could have worked better for the close focus shots because of slightly more detailed rendering of the image. I am yet to find out. The Vimeo compression does not do this camera justice. 720p original file doesn't either (exported with Compressor from 1080 timeline). I have to figure out a way of highest quality upload. Maybe someone can share their tips with me? Only luma adjustments (no chroma grading). FCP, Color. Music: Nocturnes, I, Nuages by Claude Debussy.

I am not sure why embedding the Vimeo video does not work, anyway, here is the link:

Open the .ini in the text editor and read the first lines..

@Bueller - That's wonderful! It realy is the only way to judge somehting that will be exhibeted that way. The driftwood settings and what they are reaching for in all their subtlties will be seen on the big screen. When you add sharpness, how do you do so and to what degree? Thanks!

@bheath Bring the sharpness until it looks right, then back it off. I use Neat Video on most everything and it has it's own sharpening adjustments.

I'd like to thank @driftwood and @Vitaliy_Kiselev for their hard work and for making the GH2 a BEAST! I'll make a donation real soon because those hacks are just amazing! I am currently messing with Orion v4b and i love what's coming out of the camera. Also thank yall for this great forum and wonderful community.

Used Orion v4b. -2 All Across. Shutter speed 1/40th & 1/50th. 35-70mm Sigma Zoom Lens 3.5 and Nikon 50mm 1.8. Both lenses used with ND Fader and Polarizer.

wow Paul, great job! Really beautiful skin tones, clean and crispy white. I am very impressed. Well done! Lucky you had a beautiful bride too who obviously liked acting very much. I hope they paid you a fortune ;-) Schappoh, Genosse!

Did you use a steady cam if so which one? How did you grade it and which are your pictoris modifications?

@POP24 Absolutely amazing pictures!!! Could you post here your pictoris modified patch? Thank you and congratulations

@peaceonearth thank you :-) i used a glidacam hd 1000 @paglez for the pictoris patch i used the panasonic matrix. in the future i will use the Canis Majoris "night" patch i think this is the best patch i the moment.

All sedna aq 1

@bheath I am looking forward to it! I have shot with 77mm Tiffen Ultra Contrast 1, Ultra Contrast 3, Low Contrast 2 and Warm Black Promist 1 filters. They all have their pros and cons but for softening skin, the Warm Black Promist 1 is often the most flattering. Still, I have experimented with stacking just about every permutation of those filters to see what I could get. Most of the time what I got was a not very detailed and overly washed out image that I could not save in post, but then again: I am still learning and the issue is far more my desire to try crazy things than the fault of the filters. :)

@xavieramelio thanks! I can't wait either.

@driftwood , any news on Cluster 2.0 ?