CobyD

Old wide angle lenses (24mm, 28mm) on m43 ?
I tried a Vivitar (Komine) 28mm f2.0. Almost no contrast and very soft when wide open, and when stopped down a couple of stops still easily beaten by the short end of the14-45mm Lumix. Avoid.

Comment by CobyD January 2012 permalink
GF2 Hack collecting
@Stonebat: need a clarification ... are you saying that the GF2's shutter is already controllable through the 'flicker' setting that you referred to?

Comment by CobyD November 2011 permalink
Best Encoder Settings for Upload onto Vimeo?
Basically, my understanding is that since Vimeo will always recompress your file, the highest quality will come from 720p MP4/AVC at the highest bitrate you have the patience to upload. I don't think you chose a format that will avoid the rec…

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
Be Careful: GH2 body dead after I connected it to a 8,4v Battery Pack
@roy batty: the first adapter I bought would power the camera on in standby mode, but when I activated record it said "this battery is not compatible". It was a fairly puny adapter so I have a higher-amperage adapter on order. I will po…

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
Be Careful: GH2 body dead after I connected it to a 8,4v Battery Pack
Last week I bought a 3rd party ac/dc converter to use with the Pany DC adapter, prompted by the same video as linked to above. The male plug of the converter fitted the socket of the DC adapter nicely, but the default polarity was indeed reversed …

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
How long will my relation with panny last?
Y'know, you have 1080i50, 720p50 and now with the hack 720p25. Plus the A100 in the wings. 'Abandoned' is a bit strong. Or should I feel that was too just because there's no 1080p30 for the NTSC crowd?

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
Confessions of a VDSLR Shopaholic
How's the Dual Pre working out for you? Are you recording direct into the GH2 and monitoring with headphone through the Dual Pre? It seems like that should work but I'm struggling with headphone levels....

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
"a low contrast, soft, old lens" - there's, ahem, a few of those on EBay, starting at around $15. This is the brilliance for m4/3: a $20 Minolta MD adapter and the world is your oyster!

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
PTool 3.61d topic
@sSTEV. Yes - the hack enables you to switch back and forwards between PAL (24P, 720p50, 1080i50) and NTSC (24P, 720p60, 1080i60). It also allows the language to be changed. @Madhatter. I believe you would simply reload the original GH2__V10.b…

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
@bdegazio: "2) irregular decoding in playback (i.e sometime a frame is decoded a field or two late) 3) interference in playback with 60 fps monitors" I agree about these kinds of playback issues; I find my footage looks different on my …

Comment by CobyD August 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
OK, here are the tech notes, since those dont show up if you watch the embedded version of the Vimeo clip: A Panasonic GH2 and a HMC40 were mounted together on a pan-head tripod. Both were set to shoot 1080p23.976 at 1/50 shutter. The resulting MTS…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
@Elenion:"I think it is quite incredible that no one here can see the effect ..... just take a medium-wide lens, go outside in the garden..." OK, I did just that. I strapped an HMC40 onto the tripod along with my GH2, and went outside in…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
While not disagreeing with lpowell about the pixel-level stuff he's commenting on, let's not lose sight of the bigger issue being highlighted by those two side-by-side screengrabs (which I posted way back when on DVXUser). The original GH…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
Hacked GH1 vs. Hacked GH2
@truestory: unfortunately, if you connect via HDMI to a GH2 set to 720P mode, it will flip the camera into 1080i mode In other words, you cannot use an HDMI monitor if you wish to shoot in 720P, which makes me sad :(

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
GH2 Stutter/Judder/Strobe issues discussion
There are several separate factors mixed in together in this GH2 judder issue. To those who say "that's just what 24P looks like" For that guy, clearly something wacky is going on. But I personally don't think it is anything t…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
Hacked GH1 vs. Hacked GH2
Since no-one explained specifically ... FPN stands for 'fixed pattern noise'. Also, be aware that if you are desperate for 25p the hacked GH2 can provide 720p25.

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
25p official topic, aka Don't cry for me Argentina
@flyguy - My GH2 is an NTSC model, so the steps I go through are to select the NTSCPAL and AVCHD 50P>25P options in PTools, apply the hack, switch the camera over to PAL, and then select AVCHD 720 film mode. At that point it will start shooting …

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
AVCHD: Stable settings
What's the issue with Tele-Ex? Does it crash on settings that are otherwise stable?

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
25p official topic, aka Don't cry for me Argentina
I've had a couple of questions about the 50P->25P option that I mentioned in my earlier post, so to clarify: 1) The unhacked PAL GH2 has a 720p50 AVCHD option, and the unhacked NTSC GH2 has a 720p60 AVCHD option. 2) The PTool361d hack …

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
25p official topic, aka Don't cry for me Argentina
I just hacked my NTSC GH2 to enable PALNTSC switching, and enabled the 25P option for 720 AVCHD. It does indeed produce genuine 720P25. I have not played with bitrates as yet, and there are no B-frames, so I can't comment on the quality.…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
GH2 PAL and NTSC versions
@belfryman Thanks! I had assumed that was just the playback format, but it does indeed switch the recording format.

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink
GH2 PAL and NTSC versions
First post - glad to be here! I just hacked my NTSC GH2. The update went OK and now I have higher bitrates as expected, Hooray!! But .... I also checked the "PALNTSC menu" box, and so far I don't see that option appearing o…

Comment by CobyD July 2011 permalink

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