Thanks in advance

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Any Ideas?

Thank you for your help! Alberto

In the past i have been far more active here than in the last few months. Partly because ive been busy with filming rather than patch development. Besides @driftwood the genius that he is leaves me no work to do in patching for a long time now.. hehe Thank you btw. In Any case with that said i want to show you the trailer for my new film hitting a few festivals soon shot mostly on my GH2 and an assistant on his cannon. We had a red carpet premiere here in NYC and are now doing the festival circuit. Due to the timing of the release we will be missing some of the major festivals but will enter those next year. Generally i love to do narrative work but in this case i did a documentary which was a bit of a challenge due to the size of driftwood patches... but the quality is worth it!

My request is if you could please help me out so that i can go on to do more work by pressing the like button on my page. I always promote @Vitaliy_Kiselev and the GH2 on any set or project i am involved with. i wold REALLY appreciate some support from the community if you will be so kind. You can also find my GH2 guide on there if you haven't seen it yet, it was popular before the faq went up around here but it still gets plenty of comments.

One of the things that excites me the most about this release is that thanks to @driftwood and @Vitaliy_Kiselev i can continue to prove that the GH2 INDEED has enough quality for the movie theaters! That it is more than just something you compare to other cameras on vimeo!! I've had poeple dispute this claim that it does not belong on the big screen in my forums and to them is say keep complaining... its not exactly a scarlet FINE but the rest of us are putting the gh2 EVEN with those short comings on the big screen ANYWAY, its the best camera to me and especially thanks to @driftwood and @Vitaliy_Kiselev who i cant possibly thank enough for their work. In that way i would say they helped with my work and in my opinion NOT indirectly.. with even my career for making the camera everything it is today.. It most definitely boosts my creativity or just work ethic to LOVE my camera, i can never seem to put it down, every single day i shoot something. The last time i loved a camera this much was the DVX100, remember those days?? hehe... aah.. Another Panasonic classic.

I humbly request everyone click like on my page here : http://www.facebook.com/OSGFilms
or like it from my site here http://osgfilms.com/whilewewatch/ (its on the left column)

You can view the imdb page for the film here : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2118550/combined

And last but not least a great review for the film by the huffington post here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-fagin/whilewewatch-a-review-of-_b_1201107.html

Thank you so much if you help me with the likes to promote the work or my page a littte bit, it could really help me move on to my next project. Its always a pleasure to be a part of this community and working toward the GH2 being # 1, May we see many more projects hit the big screen filmed with it!

Thanks in advance for any help.

Here is a list of lens used at the moment, they all behave the same:

Panasonic - 14-42 - 14 140mm

Nikon: - 135 mm 1:2.8 - 50mm 1:1.8 - 52mm 1:14 - 85-205mm 1:8 - 300mm 1:4.5

Therefore I sometimes use the fully auto video mode and it does everything for me. Sometimes i need to quickly grab the cam before I miss the action.

So my question is: What is the best mode to convert to match my 1080p24 footage?

1080i - I would need to deinterlace and then this would end up 540p right? Well, no way true 1080p

720p - ok this is 50p and I would be stretching the footage to become 1080p

I know I will be losing quality but sometimes it can't be helped for the odd few short shots here and there.

So my thoughts were to use 720p rather than 1080i... Any ideas? Thank in advanced.

latest trick-tip. I try it and it works, even with unhacked 1.1 firmware!!! You have just to start with whitebalancing a little to blue to reduce the red channel. Of course the 320/640 etc bug exist.

I ask because Canon EOS audio is out of sync by 2-3 frames (depending on the framerate), which makes it almost useless to me due to the huge amount of manual re-syncing required.

(if this question have already been answered : sorry)

14-140mm kits lens, 50 shutter speed, ISO 160, aperture closed down for correct exposure to 22 (no ND used).

Once I got back and checked footage on large screen I noticed this video had quite a lot of noise.

The shot that I took with the Voiglander 25mm f0.95 didn't seem to have much noise. I think this was set at f2.8 and then I used a lightcraft variable ND to get the correct exposure.

So my question is... Does closing down the aperture fully (22) create this horrid noise?

Does anyone have any advise on what would be a good aperture to use when shooting landscapes? Is there a recommended aperture not to go passed, like 16 or something?

I only had time to test the GH2 in my appartment, so welcome to my sleeping room:

You´ll have to watch very, very, very, very carefully:

This was shot with 160 ISO/ Shutter 50, Nostalgic, Contrast/sharpness -2 GH2 unhacked: On the wall, between the windows, mostly visible between the horizontal wooden bars that divide the windows, you´ll see a faint horizontal lighter area matching the height of the bars. Move the page / image up and down with your mouse If you dont´t see it. This smearing becomes more apparent with higher ISOs, and it will get a purple cast. But I have not prepared a jpeg yet. For comparison: My Canon XH-A1 1/3" CCD´s that should be more prone to smearing do not show this effect at all.

Now introducing my washing machine at 2500 ISO, again Nostalgic Mode, unhacked: Same effect with lesser contrast:

Watch the left side of the open lid: A faint lighter bluish horizontal line starting from the lid. If yo don´t notice it, move the image up and down.

This line is not a reflection in the stock 40-140 lens, it was perfectly "motion tracked" to the lid when I panned the camera up and down.. A reflection would move more like a lens flare I guess.

Even though the smearing is hard to see in this JPEGS, I did notice it instantly on the GH2´s LCD-Screen while recording. Like the window, the lid is not much overexposed. And with the grey behind the white lid, there is not much contrast.

Could anyone confirm this effect? A "built in fault" like the the dark band caused by shutter in high ISO , or faulty camera? I am not shure wether IDynamics was on, but I think, I at least switched it off on the window. All the best, Frame

Viewing the hacked footage, the only complaint I have left is that the camera appears to perform some sort of spatial filtering (presumably for NR purposes) in dark areas. The noise in the midtones and brighter areas is fine and high-frequency, and almost film-grain like. However, shadow noise appears to be spatially filtered, with fine details missing. This occurs even with all the NR settings disabled on the camera, and is problematic for doing further NR in post production, especially when underexposed footage needs to be brightened.

Is this something you're aware of? Can it be disabled to give us a "warts and all" image from the camera?

Example (gamma raised to show issue): http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1715/gh2noise.jpg

Chris

And am extensively frustrated that I don't see where and how to install the latest firmware "hack" for my GH2. Can ANYONE send me a link and a way they successfully downloaded a "hack" that is relatively trouble free with good results? Thank you in advance. -Panties in a Bunch

"Also, with all patches, I've discovered that the manual white balance sample and set function (the next to last option to the right) creates noise. You really need to either use one of the presets or dial in the balance by adjusting the temp (last option on the right), using the sample white function to set white balance creates something similar to the ISO bug, insane noise."

which generated nowhere near the amount of discussion I think this issue deserves.

I do all my white balance with a gray card, and I suspect many of you do also. From everything I've read, white balance is a necessary step to achieving a proper exposure and capturing a neutral image. Without a gray card it is very difficult for me - a non-pro and with limited experience - to know if my image is properly white balanced short of my opinion of what i see on the LCD screen on the back of the camera.

For now I have the following questions and invite anyone with knowledge/advice/solutions to comment:

*Can anyone else confirm this problem?

*Does the manual WB sample and set issue reported by Shian exist in all patches/firmware or just the Quantum V7 patch?

*Does the camera white balance by changing color temperature only or does it also modify the settings in the adjust screen in the WB menu (which looks like a target with the following codes at the NSEW positions: G+, B, M-, A)?

*If one does a manual white balance with a grey card, what is the most accurate way of achieving the same results using the Temperature and Adjust functions (thereby eliminating the noise issue reported by shian)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers!

• Enhancement in the performance of AWB
• Enhancement in the performance of [AFF] (AF Flexible) and [AFC] (AF Continuous)
• Improved stability when used with the SD Memory Card complying with UHS-I
• Addition of [STEP ZOOM] and [ZOOM SPEED] in the setting of [Fn] (Function) button and [Q.MENU]
• Reflection of [DRIVE MODE] settings to [CUSTOM SETTING]
• [MENU RESUME] in each menu tab
• Page flip in the menu tab with [DISP.] (Display) button

As I am filming long sequences (theatre plays, 2 hours and more) I get out of battery sometimes while filming.

So then the following error occurs.

After changing the battery the GH2 can´t write anymore in AVCHD to the SD Card. Error: "AVCHD files: maximal amount reached" Actually I only had 6 to 10 mts files.

I then have to change to another SD Card or continue to film in motion jpeg on the same card.

Error occured with bandwith 44000 bytes and with an 64 GByte Oltramax class 10 card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GXBOEazeIn0#!

is it real solution for vertical color line (banding) problem?

I'm looking for a list of ISO's to use and/or avoid from someone qualified and experienced. Can any of the GH2 pros in this forum help, or point me to a place with credible conclusions?

My thanks and best regards to all of you!